Sohawal State
Sohawal State was a princely state of the Bagelkhand Agency of the British Raj.[1] It was a relatively small Sanad state of about 552 km2 with a population of 32,216 inhabitants in 1901. Its capital was at Sohawal, a small town — 2,108 inhabitants in 1901 — located in modern Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.
Sohawal State | |||||||
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Princely State of British India | |||||||
1542–1950 | |||||||
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Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 552 km2 (213 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 32,216 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1542 | ||||||
• Independence of India | 1950 | ||||||
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Today part of | Madhya Pradesh, India |
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 instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.
Title Rais
- 1550 – .... Fateh Singh
- .... – .... ....
- .... – 1750 Prithipal Singh
- .... – .... .... (four rulers)
- 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.)
Three son-
- 1930 – 15 August 1947 (1)Raja Jagendra Bahadur Singh (b. 1899 – d. 1974) Issue less
(2)maharaj kumar Virendra Bahadur Singh { UNMARRIED DEATH 1972 } (3)Raja Purushottam Singh(D.1986) Two Daughters -Rajkumari sita devi(D.03 Feb 2018) Rajkumari Gita kumari(R/O-FORT SOHAWAL ) Her Daughter's -jaya kumari,(married jodhpur Bhandari) D.2007 -Brijeshwari (married Jaipur Thikana Bhojpura) -Vranda kumari (married jodhpur,Thikana PAL.) -Mitalika kumari (married Siddharth dev Lakhanwah.(R/O-FORT SOHAWAL.)
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 200. .
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 70.
- Princely States of India K-W