Jhalawar State
Jhalawar State | |||||||
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British India | |||||||
1838–1949 | |||||||
Jhalawar State in The Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
Demonym | Jhalawari | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 2,106 km2 (813 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 90,175 | ||||||
• Type | Monarchy | ||||||
Jhala Dynasty | |||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1838 | ||||||
1949 | |||||||
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Today part of | India · Rajasthan |
Jhalawar State was a Princely State in India during the British Raj. It was located in the south eastern historic Hadoti region of Rajputana .The main town in the state was Jhalawar.
The state belonged to the Kotah-Jhalawar Agency which had headquarters at Kota and was a subdivision of the Rajputana Agency.[1]
History
In 1771,Maharao Guman Singh of Kota died, leaving an infant as his heir, and the regency was settled upon
The flip side of these achievements was that Zalim Singh himself attained a status of respectability exceeding that of his nominal overlord, the young Raja of Kota, and enjoyed leverage with the British that the Raja of Kota did not. It is due above all to this influence with the British that it was resolved in the year 1838, with the grudging consent of the chief of Kota, to dismember the state and create a new principality, which would be ruled by the descendants of Zalim Singh. Whereas for many decades, the family of Zalim Singh had held large estates in fief of the state of Kota, and held important positions at court, they were now to be invested with royalty and become the rulers of their own state. The state of Jhalawar was created in this manner, and it received its name in honour of the fact that Zalim Singh belonged to the
Maharaj Rana Madan Singh, first ruler of independent Jhalawar, died in the year 1845. A scion from their parent line i.e Wadhawan was adopted by Maharaj Rana Prithviraj Singh who took the name of Zalim Singh II in 1875 on becoming chief of Jhalawar. He was a minor and was not invested with governing powers till 1884. Owing to his maladministration, his relations with the British government became strained, and he was finally deposed in the year 1896, "on account of persistent misgovernment and proved unfitness for the powers of a ruling chief." He went to live at Varanasi, on a pension of £2,000 and the administration was placed in the hands of the British resident.[citation needed]
After much consideration, the British resolved in 1897 to break up the state, restoring the greater part to Kota, but forming the two districts of Shahabad and the Chaumahla into a new state of area 810 square miles (2,100 km2), which came into existence in 1899, and of which Kunwar Bhawani Singh, a descendant of the original Zalim Singh I, was appointed chief. The population of the state was 90,175 in 1901, with an estimated revenue of £26,000 and a tribute of £2000.[citation needed]
Rulers
The rulers were entitled to a 17
8 Apr 1838 – 1845 | Maharaj Rana Madan Singh | (b. 1808 – d. 1845) |
1845 – 29 Aug 1875 | Maharaj Rana Prithvi Singh | (b. 1830 – d. 1875) |
29 Aug 1875 – 2 Mar 1896 | Maharaj Rana Zalim Singh II | (b. 1865 – d. 1912) |
29 Aug 1875 – 21 Feb 1884 | Regent | |
2 Mar 1896 – 1 Jan 1899 | interregnum | |
1 Jan 1899 – 13 Apr 1929 | HH Maharaj Rana Sir Bhawani Singh | (b. 1874 – d. 1929) (from 26 Jun 1908, Sir Bhawani Singh) |
13 Apr 1929 - 2 Sep 1943 | HH Maharaj Rana Sir Rajendra Singh | (b. 1900 – d. 1943) (from 9 Jun 1938, Sir Rajendra Singh) |
2 Sep 1943 – 15 Aug 1947 | HH Maharaj Rana Sir Harish Chandra Singh | (b. 1921 – d. 1967) |
See also
References
- ^ Jhalawar-Rajasthan. "History". jhalawar.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Indian Princely States before 1947 A-J". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Rulers of Jhalawar". RajRAS - Rajasthan RAS. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Rajput Maharajas Conference (Afternoon)". Library of Congress.