Narsinghgarh State

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Narsinghgarh State [1] is a former princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopal Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 1901 square kilometers and had a population of 38,052 in 1901. Its rulers were styled "Raja", and were entitled to an 11-gun salute.

The capital of state was town of the same name Narsinghgarh.[1]

The principality was founded in 1681 by the Hindu dynasty, whose rulers belonged to Kshatriya - Parmar clan, who claimed descant from Umat, son of Raja Bhoj.[2] The state was feudatories to Holkars of Indore.[1] The State was earlier part of Rajgarh State, whose rulers also share same ancestry and from which it was created as a new kingdom.[1]

After Indian independence in 1947, the rulers of Narsingarh acceded to the Union of India, and the principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat in 1948, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November, 1956.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Imperial Gazzeteer 1911
  2. ↑
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