Jesar State

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Jesar State was one of the small princely states of British India. It was scattered over a total area of 1.25 sq miles and was one of the states that formed up the Sarvaiya in the former Rewa Kantha Agency. [1] The capital was Jesar.

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References

  1. Khandekar, G. H. (1894). The Indian Companion: Being a Manual of Universal Statistics of All the Provinces in and the Countries Adjacent to India. Law Printing Press. p. 458. Retrieved 8 April 2019.