Faridkot (state)
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| Capital | Faridkot | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (11 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 1652 km² | ||||
| population | 188,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1763 | ||||
| resolution | August 20, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Sikhism. Dynasty: Jaisal |
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Faridkot was one of the Sikh - princely states in the then to Punjab associated foothills of the Himalayas in British India . Kapura, a descendant of the founder of Jaisalmer , established the principality of Kotkapura in 1643 , which was divided in 1743, creating Faridkot. In 1807 the Sikhs of Lahore occupied both states, but in 1809 they had to return Faridkot, which became a British protectorate (until 1947). The Sardars of Faridkot supported the British in the First Sikh War and got Kotkapura back in 1846, plus areas confiscated from the Raja of Nabha . They supported the British during the great Indian uprising in 1857 and were elevated to Rajas in 1858. The rulers of Faridkot were entitled to an 11-shot salute at the durbar .
In 1941 the principality had an area of 1652 km² and 188,000 inhabitants. Raja Harindar Singh (1918–1956) joined the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) on July 15, 1948, and joined India on August 20, 1948. On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved and PEPSU part of the state of Punjab .
Faridkot had its own state post with its own stamps from 1878 to 1901 . In 1887 a postal convention was concluded with the British-Indian Post Office and their postage stamps were used with the country's name printed on them ( including coats of arms on postal stationery ).
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.
- Farīdkot State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 12: Einme to Gwalior. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 51-52 .
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Subhash Parihar: Muslim Monuments in a Sikh State. In: Islamic Studies. Vol. 45, No. 2, 2006, ISSN 0578-8072 , pp. 269-293, JSTOR 20839017 .
- 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
- Princely States of India A-J. worldstatesmen.org