Banswara (State)
| Banswara | |||||
| 1527-1949 | |||||
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| Capital | Banswara | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (15 rounds salute) | ||||
| surface | 4141 km² | ||||
| population | 260,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1527 | ||||
| resolution | September 7, 1949 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Sisodia (Ahra Guhilot) |
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Banswara ( Hindi : बांसवाड़ा , Bāṃsavāṛā ) was one of the princely states of the Rajputs in today's Rajasthan ( British India ), named after the capital of the same name . The princely state was founded in 1527 by Kunwar Jagmal Das, one of the younger sons of Rawal Udai Singh I of Dungarpur from the Sisodia dynasty . Prithvi Singh (1747–1786) took the title Maharawal , Prithvi Singh Bahadur (1914–1944) the title Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal . During the Marathas Banswara sought protection from the British and was a British protectorate from 1818 to 1947 .
Banswara had in 1941 an area of 4141 km² and 260,000 inhabitants. On March 25, 1948, the accession to the Union of Rajasthan followed , on September 7, 1949, the annexation to India , on November 1, 1956, the princely state was dissolved.
See also
literature
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