Dewas State

Dewas State (Junior Branch)
देवास
Princely State of British India
1728–1948

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History
 - Established 1728
 - Independence of India 1948
Area
 - 1901 1,100 km2 (425 sq mi)
Population
 - 1901 54,904 
Density 49.9 /km2  (129.3 /sq mi)
Dewas State (Senior Branch)
देवास
Princely State of British India
1728–1948

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History
 - Established 1728
 - Independence of India 1948
Area
 - 1901 1,160 km2 (448 sq mi)
Population
 - 1901 62,312 
Density 53.7 /km2  (139.1 /sq mi)

Dewas State was a territory within Western India, which was the seat of two Maratha princely states during the British Raj: 'Dewas Junior' - Jivaji Rao ('Dada Saheb') and Dewas Senior - Tukaji Rao ('Baba Saheb'). On 12 December 1818 Dewas State became a British protectorate.

History

The seats were established in 1728 by two brothers from the Pawar clan, who advanced into Malwa with the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao, and divided the territory among themselves after the Maratha conquest.[1]

The two rajas heading Dewas state both lived in separate residences in the town of Dewas, and ruled over separate areas.[2]

The junior branch had an area of 440 sq mi (1,100 km2) and had a population of 54,904 in 1901, while the senior branch had an area of 446 sq mi (1,160 km2) and a population of in 62,312 in the same year. Both Dewas states were in the Malwa Agency of the Central India Agency. After India's independence in 1947, the Rajas of Dewas acceded to India, and their states were integrated into Madhya Bharat, which became a state of India in 1950. In 1956, Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh state.[3]

Rulers (Junior Branch)

HH Maharaja Sadashiv Rao Puar of Dewas Jr

Rajas

Maharajas

Rulers (Senior Branch)

HH Maharaja Tukoji Rao III Puar of Dewas Sr

Rajas

Maharajas

See also

References

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  1. Mayer, Adrian C. (1960). Caste and Kinship in Central India: A Village and Its Region: International library of sociology and social reconstruction. University of California Press. p. 13. ISBN 9780520017474. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1893). The golden book of India: a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire. Macmillan. p. 116. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  4. "Narendra Modi Biography".

Coordinates: 22°58′N 76°04′E / 22.96°N 76.06°E