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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Samthar<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]]<br />
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'''Samthar''' is a city and a [[municipal board]] in [[Jhansi district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Historically before independence of India, it was also known as '''Samshergarh''' erstwhile capital of [[Samthar State]]<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
{{As of|2001}} [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Samthar had a population of 20,227. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Samthar has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 43%. In Samthar, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Samthar was formerly known as Samshergarh and was capital of the princely state of [[Samthar State]]. <br />
The independent state of Samthar was created by king Chandrabhan Singh Judev and his grandson Madan Singh judev.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.jhansi.nic.in/excurs.htm|title=Samthar|author=National Information Center, Jhansi }}</ref><br />
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The founder was Ranjith Singh, who was a diwan of Datia. In 1817 Samthar was recognized as a state by the British.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lethbridge|first=Sir Roper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&pg=PA475|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire|date=2005|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=978-81-87879-54-1|language=en}}</ref><br />
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They received a [[Sanad (deed)|sanad]] of adoption in 1862. In 1884 the state had to cede some territories for the construction of the railways.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 22, page 24 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_030.gif|access-date=2021-09-01|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref><br />
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Mahraja Chattar Singh Bahadar succeeded the throne in 1865. His great-grandson, Raja Ranjit Singh declared himself as the Raja towards the end of the 18th century.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lethbridge|first=Sir Roper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&dq=samthar&pg=PA475|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire|date=2005|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=978-81-87879-54-1|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Jhansi district]]<br />
[[Category:Former capital cities in India]]<br />
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