Lot 441

Jagadhri of Buria, (AD 1764-1829), Copper Takka, 10.86 gms, 16.67 mm, Buria is a town-sized village in tahsil Jagadhri of present day Yamunanagar district in Haryana. It incompasses the revenue area of Buria Jagir and Buria Sarkar. The Buria Chiefship was formerly of considerable importance. Its founders were Nanan Singh a Jat of Jhawal Mandan in the Manjha, and Bhag Singh and Rai Singh brothers, all Bhangi Sikhs, who, in 1764, seized the fort of Buria, which the year before had been abandoned by Lachmi Narain, an officer of Zian Khan, the Muhammadan Governor of Sirhind, and had been taken quiet possession of by a few Narwaria Sikhs. Jagadhri jagir lapsed in 1829 and came under direct British control. The Rani of Dialgarh was one of the nine chiefs who were retained as independent protected chiefs. She retained her position until her death in 1852, after which jagir of Dialgarh also lapsed and it came under direct British rule. Buria proper was also reduced to the status of an ordinary jagir in 1849. Ref. Journal of Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, volumes 34-35(2010-2011) pp. 148-183, very fine, very scarce.