Polity Baoni State (Princely State)

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Baoni State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was a small sanad state, the only Muslim-ruled one in Bundelkhand Agency.

Establishment

  • January 1807: The Baoni state became a British protectorate in 1806, following the defeat of the Maratha Confederacy.

Chronology

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1. Partition of India

Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

  • August 1947: The last ruler of the Baoni State, Muhammad al-Hasan Mushtaq, signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 15 August 1947 and continued to rule the state .

Disestablishment

  • August 1947: The last ruler of the Baoni State, Muhammad al-Hasan Mushtaq, signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 15 August 1947 and continued to rule the state .