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The old town is surrounded by a stone wall, enclosing handsome palaces and gardens; the 17th century palace of Bir Singh Deo is one of the finest examples of Hindu domestic architecture available in North India . PRINCELY DATIA Datia had formerly been a vassal state of the Maratha Empire and came under the sway of the British by the provisions of the Treaty Of Bassein ( 1802 ), made between the Peshwa and the HEIC . The ruling family were Rajput s of the Bundela clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha . The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India . It lay in the extreme north-west of Bundelkhand, near Gwalior , and was surrounded on all sides by other princely states of Central India, except on the east where it bordered upon the United Provinces . The land area of the state was 911 mi² its population in 1901 was 173,759. It enjoyed an estimated revenue of £70,000/- and paid a tribute to the Sindhia of Gwalior , through the British . The state suffered from famine in 1896-97, and again to a lesser extent in 1899-1900. After India's Independence in 1947 , the Maharaja of Datia acceded unto the Dominion Of India ; it later merged with the Union Of India . Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950 . In 1956 , Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union Of India . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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