Jhabua (state)
| Jhabua | |||||
| 1584-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Jhabua | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (11 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 3460 km² | ||||
| population | 81,000 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1584 | ||||
| resolution | June 15, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Rathore |
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Jhabua was one of the princely states of the Central India Agency of British India in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh . Its capital was the place Jhabua . Jhabua was founded in 1584 by Raja Kesho Das from the house of the Rathore - Rajputs of Marwar (Jodhpur), who was in the service of the Mughals Akbar I and Jahangir . In 1723 the principality came under the suzerainty of Sindhia von Gwalior through the advance of the Marathas .
Jhabua was a British protectorate from 1819 to 1947 and in 1901 had an area of 3460 km² and 81,000 inhabitants. The Raja was annexed to 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 .
See also
literature
- Jhābua. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 104-107 .
