Idar (princely state)

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Idar or Edar, a native state of India, forming part of the Mahi Kantha agency, within the Gujarat division of Bombay. It has an area of 1669 m²., and a population (1901) of 168,557, showing a decrease of 44% in the decade as the result of famine. Estimated gross revenue, £29,000; tribute to the gaekwar of Baroda, £ 2000. In 1901 the raja and his posthumous son both died, and the succession devolved upon Sir Pertab Singh (q.v.) of Jodhpur. The line of railway from Ahmedabad through Parantij runs mainly through this state. Much of the territory is held by kinsmen of the raja on feudal tenure. The products are grain, oil-seeds and sugar-cane. The town of Idar is 64 m. N.E. of Ahmedabad. Pop. (1901) 7085. It was formerly the capital, but Ahmednagar (pop. 3200) is the present capital.

[edit] Rulers of Idar

The rulers of Idar were a branch of the Rathore dynasty and thus of the same lineage as the Ruler of Jodhpur. The first Maharaja was the son of Ajit Singh of Jodhpur.

I. Sri Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Anandsinhji (k. 20 November 1751), r. 1731-1751

II. Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Shivsinhji (1736-1791), r. 1751-1791. His second son founded a separate branch of the dynasty, which ruled as Maharajas of Ahmednagar from 1792 until 1843, when Takht Singh, the last Maharaja, became Maharaja of Jodhpur and continued the Ahmednagar line from there.

III. Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Bhawansinhji (1755-1792), r. 1791-1792

IV. His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Ganbhirsinhji (1781-12 August 1833), r. 1792-1833

V. His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Sir Jawansinhji Ganbhirsinhji, KCSI (1830-26 December 1868), r. 12 August 1833-26 December 1868.

VI. His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Sir Keshrisinji Jawansinhji, KCSI, Kaiser-i-Hind (1864-February 1901), r. 26 December 1868-February 1901.

Interregnum from February-October 1901

VI.His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Krishnasinhji Keshrisinhji (October 1901-30 November 1901), r. October-30 November 1901. A posthumous son of Sir Keshrisinhji, who "ruled" from his birth, eight months after his father's death, to his own death a month later.

VII. Lieutenant-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Sir Pratap Singh, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, LLD (22 October 1845-4 September 1922), r. January 1902-May 1911

VIII. Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Sir Daulat Singh Sahib Bahadur, KCSI (12 May 1875-14 April 1931), r. May 1911-14 April 1931.

IX. Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Himmat Singh Sahib Bahadur, (2 September 1899-24 November 1960), r. 14 April 1931-24 November 1960.

X. His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Daljit Singh Sahib Bahadur, (10 July 1917-17 May 1992), r. 24 November 1960-17 May 1992.

XI. His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Rajendra Singh Daljit Singh Sahib Bahadur, (25 September 1938-), r. 17 May 1992-

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.