Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar

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Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar, also known as Kunwar Sone Shah, died in 1816, ruled on Chhatarpur dynasty as Raja between 1785 and 1816. [1]

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  1. Luard, Charles Eckford (1907). The Central India State Gazetteer Series. Vol. 6, Part 1. Thacker, Spink. p. 312.


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