Kotharia, Rajasthan

Kotharia
—  town  —
Kotharia
Location of Kotharia
in Rajasthan and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Rajasthan
District(s) Rajsamand
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

Elevation


547 metres (1,795 ft)

Kotharia is a town in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan, which was the headquarters of the former 1st class jagir (estate) of the House of Kotharia, part of the Udaipur (Mewar) state, which was in Mewar Residency in Rajputana Agency.

It is situated on the right bank of the Banas River about 19 km. northeast of Udaipur, and 10 km. from Nathdwara.

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History

The first ruler of Kotharia were the descendants of the last Chauhan king of Ranthambhor, Raja Hamir Singh, about 1302. Whose descendants settled in Mainpuri in eastern uttar pradesh state of present day India.

During the Battle of Khanwa, when Mughal Emperor Babur fought Maharana Sangram Singh (Rana Sanga) on March 17, 1527, one of them was Manik Chand Chauhan [1], a chieftain from the village Rajor in present Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh, who joined Rana Sanga with his 4,000 men and fought to the death. After the war, he was posthumously rewarded with the jagir of Kotharia and the title of ‘Rawat’. Manik Chand’s sons opted to remain in Kotharia and serve Mewar, and were among the first rank of Mewar’s nobles (the First 16 Umraos).

In 1901, the town had a population of 1,586 and the estate had 81 villages under it [1].

Genealogy

  1. Rawat Manik Chand Chauhan
  2. Rawat Jaipal Chauhan
  3. Rawat Sarangdeo Chauhan
  4. Rawat Khan Tatar Khan Chauhan
  5. Rawat Dharmand Chauhan
  6. Rawat Sahib Khan Chauhan
  7. Rawat Prithviraj Chauhan
  8. Rawat Rukmand Chauhan
  9. Rawat Udaikaran Chauhan
  10. Rawat Devbhan Chauhan
  11. Rawat Budh Singh Chauhan
  12. Rawat Fateh Singh Chauhan
  13. Rawat Vijai Singh Chauhan
  14. Rawat Mokham Singh Chauhan
  15. Rawat Jodh Singh Chauhan
  16. Rawat Sangram Singh Chauhan
  17. Rawat Keshri Singh Chauhan
  18. Rawat Javan Singh Chauhan
  19. Rawat Urjan Singh Chauhan
  20. Rawat Man Singh Chauhan
  21. Rawat Shivpratap Singh Chauhan
    1. Kunwar Mahesh Pratap Singh. [2]
      1. Bhanwar Mrigraj Singh Chauhan

References

  1. ^ a b Kotharia The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908, v. 16, p. 2.
  2. ^ Kotharia Genealogy Queensland University.

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