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AJAIGARH, or ADJYGURH

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AJAIGARH, or ADJYGURH  , a native state of India, in
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Bundelkhand, under the Central India agency . It has an
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area of 771 sq. m., and a population in 1901 of 78,236 . The chief, who is a Bundela
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Rajput, bears the title of sawai maharaja . He has an estimated revenue of about £15,000, and pays a tribute of £460 . He resides at the
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town of Naushahr, at the
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foot of the hill-fortress of Ajaigarh, from which the state takes its name . This fort is situated on a very steep hill, more than Boo ft. above the town of the same name; and contains the mins of temples adorned with elaborately carved sculptures . It was captured by the
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British in 1809 . The town is subject to
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malaria . The state suffered severely from famine in 1868-1869, and again in 1896-1897 .

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