Lugasi
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.
Lugasi
Petty sanad State in Central India, under the Bundel- khand Agency, with an area of about 47 square miles. It lies between the Hamlrpur District of the United Provinces and the States of Chhatarpur and CharkharT. Population (1901), 6,285. The chief is a Bundela Rajput, and the original grant was made to Diwan Salim Singh, an adopted son of Hirde Sah, son of Chhatarsal of Panna. When the British became paramount in the early years of the nine- teenth century, Diwan Dhiraj Singh, son of Salim Singh, was in pos- session of seven villages, which were confirmed to him by a sanad granted in 1808, he on his part executing the usual deed of allegiance.
In 1 8 14 Dhiraj Singh, who was in ill-health, abdicated in favour of his second son, Sardar Singh, as the eldest son, Padam Singh, had revolted, and had only submitted on the arrival of a British force. In 1857 Sardar Singh's territories were laid waste by the mutineers on account of his fideUty to the British Government. For his loyalty at that time he was rewarded in i860 with a Jag'ir of four villages, yielding an income of Rs. 2,000 a year, the title of Rao Bahadur, and a khilat worth Rs. 10,000. The present chief, Diwan Chhatrapati Singh, succeeded in 1902, and is being educated at the Daly College, Indore, the State being under superintendence. The State consists of 1 7 villages, and has a cultivated area of 9 square miles and a revenue of Rs. 20,000. The chief town, Lugasi, is situated in 25° 5' N. and 75° 35' E., 8 miles from Nowgong on the Nowgong-Banda road. Popu- lation (1901), 1,786.
