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DATIA , a native See also:state of Central See also:India, in the See also:Bundelkhand agency . It lies in the extreme See also:north-See also:west of Bundelkhand, near See also:Gwalior, and is surrounded on all sides by other, states of Central India, except on the See also:east where it meets the See also:United Provinces . The state came under the See also:British See also:government after the treaty of See also:Bassein in 1802 . See also:Area, 911 sq. m . Pop . (1901) 173,759 . Estimated See also:revenue, £70,000; See also:tribute to Sindhia paid through the ' See also:Lat. dactylus, See also:finger, hence See also:fruit of the date See also:palm, gave O . Fr. date, mod. datte; distinguish " date," in See also:chronology, from Lat. datum, data, given, used at the beginning of a See also:letter, &c., to show See also:time and See also:place of See also:writing, e.g . Datum Romae . British Government, £1000 . The See also:chief, whose See also:title is maharaja, is a See also:Rajput of the Bundela See also:clan, being descended from a younger son of a former chief of See also:Orchha . The state suffered from See also:famine in 1896-1897, and again to a less extent in 1899-1900 .
It is traversed by the See also:branch of the See also:Indian Midland railway from See also:Jhansi to Gwalior
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The See also:town of Datia has a railway station, 16 m. from Jhansi
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