About Ajaigarh ( / Adjygurh )

Ajaigarh, or Adjygurh (Hindi: ) is town and a nagar panchayat in the Panna District of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. Ajaigarh was the capital of a princely state of the same name during the British Raj. Ajaigarh was founded in 1765 by Guman Singh, a Bundela Rajput who was the nephew of Raja Pahar Singh of Jaitpur. After Ajaigarh was captured by the British in 1809, it became a princely state in the Bundelkhand Agency of the Central India Agency. It had an area of 771mile (1997km), and a population of 78,236 in 1901. The rulers bore the title of sawai maharaja. He commanded an estimated annual revenue of about 15,000/-, and paid a tribute of 460/-. The chief resided at the town of Nowgong, at the foot of the hill-fortress of Ajaigarh, from which the state took its name. This fort, situated on a steep hill, towers more than 800ft (244 m) above the eponymous township, and contains the ruins of several temples adorned with elaborately carved sculptures. The town was...