Sohawal State

Sohawal State
British India
1550–1950
Flag
Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area
• 1901	552 km2 (213 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	32,216
History
• Established	1550
•  Independence of India	1950
Succeeded by India
Today part of	Madhya Pradesh, India

Sohawal State was a princely state of the Bagelkhand Agency of the British Raj.^[1] It was a relatively small

The state was divided in two sections separated by territory belonging to Kothi State and in its northern side it formed little enclaves within neighbouring Panna State.^[2]

History

Sohawal State was founded in the mid sixteenth century by a ruler named Fateh Singh. It had been originally much larger, but lost much territory within the first centuries of its existence.^[2]

Sohawal became a British protectorate initially subordinate to Panna State, but a separate sanad was granted to Rais Aman Singh in 1809. During the 1830 – 1833 period there was an interregnum in which Sohawal came under direct British administration.^[3]

The last ruler of Sohawal signed the

The rulers of the state included:[3]

• .... – .... Prithvi Raj Singh
• .... – 1750 Prithipal Singh
• .... – .... ....
• bf.1809 – 18.. Lal Aman Singh (1st time)
• 18.. – 1830 Raghunath Singh (d. 1830/33)
• 1830 – 1833 Vacant
• 1833 – 1840 Lal Aman Singh (2nd time)
• 1840 – 1865 Sheo Singh (d. 1865)
• 1 November 1865 – 1899 Sher Jang Bahadur Singh (b. 1853 – d. 1899) (personal style Raja from 1 January 1879)
• 23 Nov 1899 – 1911 Bhagwant Raj Bahadur Singh (b. 1878 – d. 1930)

Title Raja

• 1911 – 16 February 1930 Bhagwant Raj Bahadur Singh (s.a.)
• 1930 – 15 August 1947 Jagendra Bahadur Singh (b. 1899 – d. 1974)

See also

• Political integration of India
• Vindhya Pradesh

References

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