Bundi (state)
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| Capital | Bundi | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state ("17 shot salute") | ||||
| surface | 5608 km² | ||||
| population | 250,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1342 | ||||
| resolution | April 7, 1949 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Hada- Chauhan |
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Bundi ( Hindi : बूंदी , Būndī ) was one of the princely states of the Rajputs in today's Rajasthan . The state is named after the capital of the same name .
The princely state was founded in 1342 by the Hada Chauhan Rajput Rao Deva, a descendant of Rao Visaladeva of Ajmer . Rao Surtan Singh (reg. 1531-1544) joined in 1533 the Mughal emperor Akbar I in which enlarged the state Bundi. His successor Surjan Singh (r. 1544–85) was named Rao Raja . Rao Budh Singh (r. 1696–1735) got into a dispute with Amber / Jaipur . His land was occupied several times from 1702 and finally divided between Amber and Kota . It was not until 1739 that his successor was able to regain the land with the help of Indore .
Bundi was a British protectorate from 1818 to 1947 . Ram Singh Bahadur (r. 1821-89) was raised by the British to Maharao Raja.
Bundi had an area of 5608 km² and 250,000 inhabitants in 1941. From 1894 to 1950 the state had its own postal system and issued its own postage stamps.
The princely state joined the Union of Rajasthan on March 25, 1948, joined India on April 7, 1949 , and was dissolved on November 1, 1956.
See also
literature
- William Barton: The princes of India . With a Chapter on Nepal. Nisbet, London 1934, (Reprinted edition. Cosmo, New Delhi 1983).
- Andreas Birken : Philatelic Atlas of British India. CD-ROM. Birken, Hamburg 2004.
- Ian Copland: The princes of India in the endgame of empire, 1917-1947 (= Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society. 2). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1997, ISBN 0-521-57179-0 .
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Paul E. Roberts: India (= A Historical Geography of the British Dominions. Vol. 7, Part. 1-2). 2 volumes (Vol. 1: History to the End of the East India Company. Vol. 2: History under the Government of the Crown. ). Clarendon Press, Oxford 1916-1923, (Reprinted edition: Historical Geography of India. 2 volumes. Printwell, Jaipur 1995).
- 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 .
