Basoda (State)
| Basoda | |||||
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| Capital | Ganj Basoda | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 104 km² | ||||
| population | 4897 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1753 | ||||
| resolution | 1947 | ||||
| State religion: Islam Dynasty: Firoz Khel Pathan |
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Basoda ( Nawab-Basoda ) was one of the princely states of the Central India Agency of British India in the Malwa region in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh . Its capital was the place Ganj Basoda . The principality was founded in 1753 by Ahsan Allah Khan, the younger son of Nawab Muhammad Dilal Khan of Kurwai as a vassal state of Gwalior .
Basoda was a British protectorate from 1822 to 1947 . In 1901 the country had an area of 175 km² and 5000 inhabitants. The Nawab joined India on June 15, 1948 and joined the Madhya Bharat Princely Union on June 16 . On November 1, 1956, all princely states of the Union were dissolved and incorporated into the state of Madhya Pradesh .
literature
- Bāsoda. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 7: Bareilly to Berasiā. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 105-106 .
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Ed.): A historical atlas of South Asia (= Association for Asian Studies. Reference Series. 2). 2nd impression, with additional material. Oxford University Press, New York NY et al. 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6 .
Web links
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