Sohawal State | |||||||
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Princely State ofBritish India | |||||||
1550–1950 | |||||||
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![]() Sohawal State in theImperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 552 km2 (213 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 32,216 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1550 | ||||||
1950 | |||||||
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Today part of | Madhya Pradesh,India |
Sohawal State was aprincely state of theBagelkhand Agency of theBritish Raj.[1]It was a relatively smallSanad state of about 552 km2 with a population of 32,216 inhabitants in 1901. Its capital was atSohawal, a small town — 2,108 inhabitants in 1901 — located in modernSatna district ofMadhya Pradesh.
The state was divided in two sections separated by territory belonging toKothi State and in its northern side it formed little enclaves within neighbouringPanna State.[2]
Sohawal State was founded in the mid sixteenth century by a ruler named Fateh Singh. It had been originally much larger, but lost much territory within the first centuries of its existence.[2]
Sohawal became aBritish protectorate initially subordinate to Panna State, but a separatesanad was granted toRais Aman Singh in 1809. During the 1830 – 1833 period there was aninterregnum in which Sohawal came under directBritish administration.[3]
The last ruler of Sohawal signed theinstrument of accession to theIndian Union on 1 January 1950.[citation needed]
The rulers of the state included:[3]