Jigni State जिगनी रियासत
Princely State of British India
1730–1950
Jigni State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area
• 1901	57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	3,838
History
• Established	1730
• Independence of India	1950
Succeeded by India
Today part of	Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India

Jigni State was a princely state of the Bundelkhand Agency of the British Raj. It was a small Sanad state of about 82.87 km² with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. The state was surrounded by the Hamirpur^[1] and Jhansi districts of the United Provinces.

Its capital was at Jigni, also known as Jigini.^[2] It is a small town —1,770 inhabitants in 1901— located near the confluence of the Dhasan and the Betwa River^[3] in present-day Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh.

History

Jigni State was founded as a jagir in 1730 by Rao Padam Singh, a Rajput of the Bundela clan. He was a son of Chhatrasal, the founder of Panna State. Originally the jagir had been larger, but its size was much reduced during the Maratha invasion in the last half of the eighteenth century.^[3]

Jigni became a British protectorate in 1810 under the rule of Pirthi Singh.^[4] Rao Bhupendra Vijai Singh, the last ruler of Jigni State signed the instrument of accession to India in 1947, the state becoming part of the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.^[5]

Rulers

The ruling family were members of the Bundela clan of Rajputs.^[5] The rulers used the title of Rao.^[4]

Title Rao