Sant State
| Sant State સંત રિયાસત | |||||
| Princely State of Pre-Independence India | |||||
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1255 | |||
| • | Accession to the Union of India | 1948 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1901 | 1,020 km2 (394 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1901 | 59,351 | |||
| Density | 58.2 /km2 (150.7 /sq mi) | ||||
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. | |||||
Sant State (Hindi संत), also known as Sant-Rampur State was one of the Rajput princely states of western India before and a salute state during the colonial British Raj.
History
The state was founded in 1255 and named after its founder.[1] It had its capital in Santrampur (Sant-Rampur).[2] It was granted a Hereditary 9 gun salute and belonged to the Rewa Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency.[3] It covered 1,020 Square Kilometers.
In 1913, the state was rocked by an adivasi (Bhil) uprising led by Govind Giri.[4] Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948, [5] by which it ceased to exist, merging into Gujarat, and was assigned a Privy purse of 112,000 Rupees.
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The rulers of Sant belonged to the Powar or Parmar Rajput dynasty, believed to have originated in Ujjain.[4] The founder of the family was an individual named Sant, who established himself at Sunth in about the 13th century.[4] The rulers of the state were styled Rana (equivalent to Raja from ca 1870 onward.[6]
- 1688 - 1705 Mahusinhji
- 1705 - 1735 Prithisinhji Mahusinhji
- 1735 - 1753 Ratansinhji II Prithisinhji (died 1753)
- 1753 - 1774 Badansinhji Ratansinhji (d. 1774)
- 1774 - 1803 Shivsinhji Badansinhji
- 1803 - 1819 Keshrisinhji Shivsinhji (d. 1819)
- 1819 Gajsinhji II Keshrisinhji (d. 1819)
- 1819 - 1835 Kalyansinhji Shivsinhji (d. 1835)
- 1835 - 1872 Bhawansinhji Kalyansinhji (b. 1832 - d. 1872
- 17 April 1873 – 10 January 1896 Pratapsinhji Bhawansinhji (b. 1860 - d. 1896)
- 31 August 1896 - death 22 Dec 1946 Zorawarsinhji Pratapsinh (born 1881 - d. 1946)
Joravarsingh, ruler of Sunth State c. 1922 - 22 December 1946 – 15 August 1947 Pravinsinhji Zorawarsinhji (b. 1907 - d. ....)
The line is nominally continued.
See also
References
- ↑ Chakrabarti, Jadab Chandra (1895). The Native States of India. Calcutta: S.K. Shaw. p. 239.
- ↑ Blair, G.W. (1906). Station and Camp Life in the Bheel Country. Belfast: Graham & Heslip. pp. 121–122.
- ↑ Sant Princely State (9 gun salute)
- 1 2 3 Parmar, Ladhabhai Harji (1922). The Rewakantha Directory. Rajkot: Parmar Press. p. 53.
- ↑ Princely States of India K-W
- ↑ Sant (Princely State)
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Coordinates: 23°11′22″N 73°53′34″E / 23.18947°N 73.8928°E