Bijawar (State)
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| Capital | Bijawar | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (11 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 2520 km² | ||||
| population | 110,500 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1765 | ||||
| resolution | January 1, 1950 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Bundela |
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Bijawar was a princely state in the Bundelkhand region in British India with the capital Bijawar . The principality was founded by Raja Bir Singh Deo, a grandson of Maharaja Chhatar Sal of Panna , in 1765 and expanded through conquests. After the end of the Marathas Wars at the beginning of the 19th century, Bijawar became a British protectorate . Bhan Pratap Singh (1847-1899) supported the British during the Sepoy uprising of 1857 and was elevated to Maharaja in 1866 and Maharaja Sawai in 1877.
Bijawar had a state post with its own stamps from 1935 to 1939. In 1935 the country had an area of 2520 km² and 121,000 inhabitants. On April 4, 1948, Bijawar joined the Princely Union of Vindhya Pradesh and on January 1, 1950, joined India . On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved and Vindhya Pradesh was incorporated into the state of Madhya Pradesh .
literature
- Bijāwar State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 8: Berhampore to Bombay. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 188-191 .
- Andreas Birken : Philatelic Atlas of British India. CD-ROM. Birken, Hamburg 2004.
- 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 .
