Orcha, the oldest and highest ranking of all the Bundela states, was found in the sixteenth century.
During the years of Mughal expansion, Orcha came under the supervision of Delhi.A few years later Jujhar Singh rebelled but was defeated and dispossessed. Shah Jahan installed his brother as ruler in 1641.

In the eighteenth century, as the Marathas took control of the region, only Orcha from among the Bundela states was not totally subjugated by the Peshwa. In the nineteenth century Orchha came under British Protection.