| Dungarpur State | |||||||
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| Independent (1177– 1527) Under theMughal Empire (1527– 1713) Independent (1713–1818) Protectorate of theEast India Company (1818–1857) Princely state of theBritish Raj (1857–1947) | |||||||
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 Dungarpur State inThe Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Capital | Dungarpur | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 3,781 km2 (1,460 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 100,103 | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| Maharawal | |||||||
• 1177–1192 | Samant Singh (First) | ||||||
• 1918–1949 | Laxman Singh (Last) | ||||||
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| Today part of | Rajasthan,India | ||||||
| Dungarpur (Princely State) | |||||||
Dungarpur State was a kingdom and laterprincely state during theBritish Raj. Its capital was the city ofDungarpur in the southernmost area of present-dayRajasthan State inIndia. In 1901 the total population of Dungarpur State was 100,103, while that of the town was 6,094.
Dungarpur is the seat of elder branch ofSisodiyas ofUdaipur, while the younger branch is the seat of the Maharana ofMewar.[citation needed]
Dungarpur State was founded in 1177 bySamant Singh, the eldest son of the ruler of Mewar, Karan Singh.[1] They are descendants ofBappa Rawal, eighth ruler of theGuhilot Dynasty and founder of the Mewar Dynasty (r. 734-753).The chiefs of the state, who bear the title of Maharawal, are descended from Mahup, eldest son of Karan Singh, chief of Mewar in the 12th century, and claim the honours of the elder line of Mewar. Mahup, disinherited by his father, took refuge with his mother's family, theChauhans ofBagar,[2] and made himself master of that country at the expense of theBhil chiefs, while his younger brother Rahup founded a separateSisodia dynasty.
Originally, the maharawals had their capital atBaroda. ASanskrit inscription dated to April 1287 identifies the ruler Vīrasiṃhadeva as themahārājakula (the Sanskrit form of "maharawal") of Vaṭapadraka (the Sanskrit name for Baroda). This inscription, the earliest known of Vīrasiṃhadeva, records him granting land "for the spiritual welfare of" his predecessor Devapāladeva (who is also known as Dedā or Dedu). The last dated inscription of Vīrasiṃhadeva is from 1302. Baroda remained the capital until the time of his grandson Ḍuṅgarasiṃha, who founded the city of Dungarpur, which was named after him.[3]: 192–3
The town ofDungarpur, the capital of the state, is traditionally held to have been founded in 1282 CE by Rawal Vir Singh, who named it after Dungaria, an independentBhilchieftain whom he had caused to be assassinated.[4][5] After the death of Rawal Udai Singh ofVagad at theBattle of Khanwa in 1527, where he fought alongsideRana Sanga againstBabur, his territories were divided into the states of Dungarpur andBanswara. Udai's elder son Prithviraj succeeded his father as the rawal of Dungarpur and his younger sonJagmal became the first ruler ofBanswara. Rawal Askaran accepted Mughal Suzerainty and became a vassal ofMughal Empire[6][4][7] It remained successively underMughal until 1713.[8] theMarathas indirectly controlled the region in 1736.[9] TheBritish Raj controlled the state by treaty in 1818, where it remained a 15-gunsalute state.[citation needed] The revenue of the state was Rs.2,00,000 in 1901.[10]
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The rulers belonged to theGuhila Dynasty of the Ahara Guhilot clan.
The last princely ruler of Dungarpur was HH Rai-i-RayanMaharawal Shri Lakshman Singh Bahadur (1918–1989), who was awardedKCSI (1935) andGCIE (1947), and after independence became a Member of theRajya Sabha twice, in 1952 and 1958, and later a member ofRajasthan Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 1962 and 1989.
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