Nagod

Nagod lies in the Baghelkhand country west of Satna. It became the seat of a small state ruled by a Parihar Rajput family, whose earlier capital was at Unchahara. Their lands survived among the stronger Bundela and Baghela domains that surrounded them. The family had earlier held Unchahara under Raja Bhoja, who made it the chief town in the fifteenth century.

In 1720 Raja Chain Singh moved his capital from Unchahara to Nagod, giving the state a new seat and eventually a new name. During the expansion of British influence in central India, Nagod was treated as tributary to Panna and included in its 1807 grant. Two years later the ruling family received a separate sanad confirming its possessions, recognizing its long history as a distinct chiefship.