Pratapgarh (State)
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| Capital | Pratapgarh | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (15 rounds salute) | ||||
| surface | 2300 km² | ||||
| population | 70,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1425 | ||||
| resolution | April 7, 1949 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Sisodia |
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Pratapgarh ( Hindi प्रतापगढ़ Pratāpgaṛh [ prʌˈtɑːpɡʌɽʱ ]; formerly Partabgarh ) was one of the princely states of the Rajputs in today's Rajasthan ( British India ), named after the capital of the same name .
The princes of the Sisodia dynasty came from a branch of the Maharanas of Mewar ( Udaipur ). The principality was founded in 1433 by Rawat Kshemkaran Singh under the name Kanthal, was later called Deolia and was named after the new capital Pratapgarh in 1689. Rawat Hari Singh (1628-1673) has been prepared by the Mughal emperor of the title Maharaj Dhriraj Maharawat awarded. A large part of the population belonged to the indigenous people of the Bhil .
After the Marathas Pratapgarh became a British protectorate and remained so until 1947. In 1941 it had an area of 2300 km² and 80,000 inhabitants. On March 25, 1948, the accession to the Union of Rajasthan followed , on April 7, 1949, the annexation to India , on November 1, 1956, the dissolution of the princely state.
See also
literature
- William Barton: The princes of India. With a Chapter on Nepal. Nisbet, London 1934, (Reprinted edition. Cosmo, New Delhi 1983).
- 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 .
