Karaia

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Karaia

Village in the Gwalior Gird district of Gwalior State, Central India, situated in 25 degree 54' N. and 78 degree 1' E. Population (1901), 4,989. The place is held by a family of Ponwar Thakurs on a quit- rent. It is said to have been founded in 1564, but nothing is known of its early history. In 1852 it fell to Sindhia, and until 1868 was in a prosperous condition. It afterwards, however, became notorious for the depredations committed by the Ponwars, their excesses reaching such a pitch as to necessitate the forcible depopulation of the place in 1893. It has since then been slowly recovering its position.