Jaora State
| Jaora State जावरा रियासत | |||||||
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British India | |||||||
| 1818–1948 | |||||||
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 Jaora located within the Malwa Agency near 4 | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 1,471 km2 (568 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 84,202 | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| • Motto | "Dil o daulat" (Heart and wealth). | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1818 | ||||||
• Independence of India | 1948 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Madhya Pradesh, India[1] | ||||||
Jaora State was a 13 gun-salute princely state of the British Raj. It was part of the Malwa Agency.[2]
The total area of the princely state, with the dependencies of
History
Jaora State was established by the British and was handed over to Abdul Ghafur Muhammad Khan in 1818, so that he can maintain an army of 1,000 soldiers for the
Muhammad Ismail Khan was not a good administrator and the state fell in heavy debts with a sum of 16 lakhs due. The state also had to pay nazarana fee of 2 lakhs to Holkar when a new ruler was installed and a yearly tribute of 1.6 lakhs to the British when Jaora failed to provide troops. This tribute was later reduced to 1.4 lakhs and was preferred by the state. The army was then reduced to 59 cavalry, 124 infantry and 36 irregulars. There was also a regular police force present in the state.[10]
Jagirdars of Jaora
The chieftains of several petty estates who once paid tribute to Amir Khan Pindari and the other surrounding powers came under the suzerainty of Jaora State after the Treaty of Mandsaur. The Jagirdars were mostly Rajputs apart from Bilaud and Numan Nagdi who were Pathans and Barha Sayyids and Sidri whose thakur was a Mahajan.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jaora". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 156.
- ^ a b Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 63., Digital South Asia Library
- ^ A. Vadivelu (1915). The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles & Zamindars of India Volume 1.
- ^ Jasim Khan. Being Salman.
- ^ Edwin [Felix] Thomas Atkinson (1879). Statistical Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India · Volume 5, Issue 1. the Bavarian State Library (4 H.as. 1026 h-5,1). p. 357.
- ^ Madhya Pradesh (India) (1827). Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Hoshangabad. Government Central Press. pp. 77–78.
- ^ The Journal of Academy of Indian Numismatics & Sigillography Volumes 17-18. p. XXXI.
Most of the population of Jaora State(founded in 1818 AD) came from the United Province and Jodhpur.
- ^ A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries:Volume 4, Part 1. India. Foreign and Political Department. 1909.
Hakim Zafar Ali, a saiyid by caste, and a native of Bahera, a village in the district of Fatehpur Haswa, in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. He was in the service of Nawab Ghafur Khan of Jaora, by whom the village of Bilaud was granted to him in Jagir.
- ^ A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. p. XVIII.
- ^ A. Vadivelu (2011). The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles & Zamindars of India Volume 1.
- ^ Leading Famlies And Officials In The States Of Central India p. 136
External links
Media related to Jaora State at Wikimedia Commons- Jaora State 2 paisa coin other side, year 1893
