page_title: Hasht-Bhaiya
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: Hasht-Bhaiya / History / Early history
caption_attribution_description: English: Flag of Dhurwai state FOTW
context_page_description: The Hasht-Bhaiya states were a group of jagirs of Central India during the period of the British Raj.
  They belonged to the Bundelkhand Agency and all of them had been originally part of the princely state of Orchha. The Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs were British protectorates between 1823 and 1947. Their last jagirdars joined the Indian Union in 1948.
context_section_description: Towards 1690 Udot Singh, the Maharaja of Orchha, gave to his brother, Diwan Rai Singh, the jagir of Baragaon near Jhansi.
  After Rai Singh's death, the jagir went to his sons and it was divided into eight parts (hasht) among the brothers (bhaya) in order to form the following estates:
  Kari (extinct)
  Pasari (extinct)
  Tarauli (extinct)
  Banka-Pahari 13 km², pop. 1056 in 1901
  Bijna 70 km², pop. 1578 in 1901
  Chirgaon (annexed by the British in 1841)
  Dhurwai 47 km², pop. 1826 in 1901
  Tori-Fatehpur 93 km², pop. 7099 in 1901
  Three jagirs were merged into the others, owing to lack of issue, a fourth would later be annexed by the British. 
  In the 18th century the dismemberment of Orchha State by the Marathas and the formation of Jhansi State brought about disputes regarding the sovereignty and control of the remaining five Hasht-Bhaiya estates.
caption: Dhurwai flag. Dhurwai was one of the last Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs.
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