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Encyclopedia Britannica



DATIA

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 846 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DAH-DEM
DATIA , a native state of Central India, in the Bundelkhand agency. It lies in the extreme north-west of Bundelkhand, near Gwalior, and is surrounded on all sides by other, states of Central India, except on the
east
  where it meets the United Provinces. The state came under the British government after the treaty of Bassein in 1802. Area, 911 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 173,759. Estimated revenue, 70,000;
tribute
  to Sindhia paid through the
' Lat. dactylus,
finger
 , hence fruit of the date palm, gave O. Fr. date, mod. datte; distinguish " date," in chronology, from Lat. datum, data, given, used at the beginning of a
letter
 , &c., to show time and place of writing, e.g. Datum Romae.
British Government, 1000. The
chief
 , whose title is maharaja, is a Rajput of the Bundela clan, being descended from a younger son of a former
chief
  of Orchha. The state suffered from
famine
  in 1896-1897, and again to a less extent in 1899-1900. It is traversed by the branch of the Indian Midland railway from Jhansi to Gwalior. The town of Datia has a railway station, 16 m. from Jhansi. Pop. (1901) 24,071. It is surrounded by a stone
wall
 , enclosing handsome palaces, with gardens; the palace of Bir Singh Deo, of the 17th
century
 , is " one of the finest examples of Hindu domestic architecture in India " (Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908).


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