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Dungarpur State

Dungarpur State

Historical state

Dungarpur State was a princely state during the British Raj. Its capital was the city of Dungarpur in the southernmost area of present-day Rajasthan State in India. In 1901 the total population of Dungarpur State was 100,103, while that of the town was 6,094.

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View of the Juna Mahal Palace of Dungarpur
Painting on a wall of the Juna Mahal Palace

Dungarpur is the seat of elder branch of Sisodiyas of Udaipur, while the younger branch is the seat of the Maharana of Mewar.[citation needed]

History

Dungarpur State was founded in 1197 by Samant Singh, the eldest son of the ruler of Mewar, Karan Singh.[1] They are descendants of Bappa Rawal, eighth ruler of the Guhilot Dynasty and founder of the Mewar Dynasty (r. 734-753). The chiefs of the state, who bear the title of Maharawal, are descended from Mahup, eldest son of Karan Singh, chief of Mewar in the 12th century, and claim the honours of the elder line of Mewar. Mahup, disinherited by his father, took refuge with his mother's family, the Chauhans of Bagar,[2] and made himself master of that country at the expense of the Bhil chiefs, while his younger brother Rahup founded a separate Sisodia dynasty[3]

The town of Dungarpur, the capital of the state, was founded in 1282 CE by his descendant Rawal Vir Singh, who named it after Dungaria, an independent Bhil chieftain whom he had caused to be assassinated.[4][5] After the death of Rawal Udai Singh of Vagad at the Battle of Khanwa in 1527, where he fought alongside Rana Sanga against Babur, his territories were divided into the states of Dungarpur and Banswara. Udai's elder son Prithviraj succeeded his father as the rawal of Dungarpur and his younger son Jagmal became the first ruler of Banswara. Rawal Askaran accepted Mughal Suzerainty and became a vassal of Mughal Empire[6][4][7] It remained successively under Mughal, Maratha, and British Raj control by treaty in 1818, where it remained 15-gun salute state[citation needed] The revenue of the state was Rs.2,00,000 in 1901.[8]

List of Rulers

Maharawals

The Maharawals belonged to the Guhila dynasty, Ahra Guhilot clan[9]

  • 1404: Pata[10]
  • 1428: Gopinath (Gaipa Rawal) - He constructed Gaib Sagar Lake and Badal Mahal in Dungarpur.[11]
  • 1469 – 1497: Somdas[10]
  • 1497 – 1527: Udai Singh
  • 1527 – 1549: Prithviraj
  • 1549 – 1580: Askaran
  • 1580 – 1606: Sesmal
  • 1606 – 1609: Karam Singh II
  • 1609 – 1657: Punja Raj
  • 1657 – 1661: Girdhar Das
  • 1661 – 1691: Jaswant Singh
  • 1691 – 1702: Khuman Singh
  • 1702 – 1730: Ram Singh
  • 1730 – 1785: Shiv Singh
  • 1785 – 1790: Vairisal
  • 1790 – 1808: Fateh Singh
  • 1808 – 1844: Jaswant Singh II
  • 1844 – 1898: Udai Singh II (b. 1838 – d. 1898)
  • 13 Feb 1898 – 15 Nov 1918: Vijay Singh (b. 1887 – d. 1918)
  • 15 Nov 1918 – 15 Aug 1947: Lakshman Singh (b. 1908 – d. 1989)

The last princely ruler of Dungarpur was HH Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Shri Lakshman Singh Bahadur (1918–1989), who was awarded KCSI (1935) and GCIE (1947), and after independence became a Member of the Rajya Sabha twice, in 1952 and 1958, and later a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 1962 and 1989.[12]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Sharma, Dasharatha, ed. (1966). Rajasthan Through the Ages. Bikaner: Rajasthan State Archives.
  2. [2]
    Dungarpur State The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908, v. 11, p. 379.
  3. [3]
    Rajput,Eva Ulian,p.15.
  4. [4]
    Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dungarpur" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 679–680.
  5. [5]
    https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNmroUhG362Ff4l3G2FnLVkk7lr4hGvNyOAltqe=w960-h540-p-k-no [dead link]
  6. [6]
    Rulers of Dungarpur. 16 September 2017.
  7. [7]
    Dungarpur Britannica.com.
  8. [8]
    Dungarpur State The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908, v. 11, p. 382.
  9. [9]
    States until 1947
  10. [10]
    "Search, Seek, and Discover Jain Literature".
  11. [11]
    "Birds Paradise - Reviews, Photos - Gaib Sagar Lake".
  12. [12]
    "Dungarpur (Princely State)". Queensland University. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011.

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