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=Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs=
A collection of petty States in Central 
India, under the Bundelkhand Agency. These Jdghs were originally 
a part of Orchhii State. About 1690 Maharaja Udot Singh of Orchha 
gave his brother, Dlwan Rai Singh, the jdgir of Baragaon (now in 
Jhansi District). On his death the jdg'ir was subdivided into eight 
{/las/it) shares among his sons, thus forming the estates of Kari, Pasari, 
Tarauli, Chirgaon, Dhurwai, Bijna, Tori-Fatehpur, and Banka- 
Pahari. The first three subsequently became merged in other 
holdings, while Chirgaon was confiscated in 1841 for the rebellion 
of the jaglrddr Bakht Singh, leaving four shares. The dismember- 
ment of Orchha by the Marathas and the formation of the Jhansi State 
led to constant disputes as to the suzerainty over these holdings. After 
the establishment of British supremacy, it was decided in 1821 that the 
jdgirddrs were directly dependent on the British Government, through 
whom the tribute levied by the Jhansi State should be paid, but that 
the jdglrddrs should continue the usual observances to the Orchha 
chief as the head of the family. These conditions were embodied 
in the siviads granted to the jdglrddrs in 182 1 and 1823.