Datia State was a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British India. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand Agency of Central India. It had been a state in the Bundelkhand region founded in 1626. The ruling family were Rajputs of the Bundela clan and they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha.
It was state with a 17-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of Second of the Princes of Bundelkhand. After India's independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Datia acceded unto the Dominion of India and it later merged with the Union of India. Datia.
Orchha and Datia's Gaja Shahi series coins are very similar and are best sparated by the obverse symbol, which usually has five dots, 'lobes' (or other bud shapes) for Datia coins, but three for Orchha. The Orchha ones come in a wide variety of shapes, some of which are not five-lobed, but the variety of symbols also indicates Orchha even if five lobes cannot be seen. They all have crude calligraphy, and telling which emperor's name is on the coin is not always possible. There are so many weird date combinations on the coins of both states in silver and in copper, that reading the date is not always evidence of when it was struck.
It was state with a 17-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of Second of the Princes of Bundelkhand. After India's independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Datia acceded unto the Dominion of India and it later merged with the Union of India. Datia.
Orchha and Datia's Gaja Shahi series coins are very similar and are best sparated by the obverse symbol, which usually has five dots, 'lobes' (or other bud shapes) for Datia coins, but three for Orchha. The Orchha ones come in a wide variety of shapes, some of which are not five-lobed, but the variety of symbols also indicates Orchha even if five lobes cannot be seen. They all have crude calligraphy, and telling which emperor's name is on the coin is not always possible. There are so many weird date combinations on the coins of both states in silver and in copper, that reading the date is not always evidence of when it was struck.
| Ruler (title Rao/Raja/Maharaja) | Reign | |
| Rao Ramchandra Singh | 1706 – 1733 | |
| Rao Indrajit Singh | 1733 - 1762 | |
| Rao Shatrujit Singh | 1762 – 1801 | |
| Raja Parichhat Singh | 1801 – 1839 | |
| Raja Bijai Singh | 1839 – 1857 | |
| Raja Bhavani Singh | 1857 – 1865 | |
| Maharaja Sir Bhavani Singh Bahadur | 1865 – 1901 | |
| Maharaja Sir Govind Singh | 1901 – 1947 |
1 Rupee - Shah Alam II, KM#6
Rev : Dalipnagar mint. RY#6
Details :
Plain edge. Some Scholars Read the mint as "dalpati nagar", based on the name of the King of Datia, "Dalpati Rao"
KM#6
1 Rupee - Raja Shahi Series, KM#C27
Rev : RY#6
Details :
Plain edge. Error date.
KM#C27
½ Rupee - Gaja Shahi Series, KM#C37
Rev : Inscription, Gaja (mace) mint mark and RY#3x
Details :
Plain edge. Struck for more than 100 years, with the AH date on the obverse and the regnal year on the reverse bearing little relationship to each other.
KM#C37
1 Rupee - Gaja Shahi Series, KM#C38
Rev : Inscription, Gaja (mace) mint mark and RY#46
Details :
Plain edge. Struck for more than 100 years, with the AH date on the obverse and the regnal year on the reverse bearing little relationship to each other.
KM#C38
References :
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datia_State
- South Asian Coins & Paper Money (INDIAN EDITION) - Krause Publication
