Ratlam (state)

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Ratlam
1652-1948
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Ratlam coat of arms
flag coat of arms
Capital Ratlam
Form of government Princely state (13 shot salute)
surface 1795 km²
population 84,000 (1901)
founding 1652
resolution June 15, 1948
State religion: Hinduism
Dynasty: Rathore (Ratansinghot)
Princely state of Ratlam on a map from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907–1909)
Princely state of Ratlam on a map from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907–1909)
Maharaja Pratap Singh of Idar, Gen. Rimington and the Raja Sajjan Singhji Bahadur of Ratlam on horseback near Linghem (France) on July 28, 1915 on the Western Front of World War I
Maharaja Pratap Singh of Idar , Gen. Rimington and the Raja Sajjan Singhji Bahadur of Ratlam on horseback near Linghem (France) on July 28, 1915 on the Western Front of World War I

Ratlam 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 Ratlam . Ratan Singh, a prince from the house of the Rathore - Rajputs of Marwar (Jodhpur), fought in the service of the great mogul Shah Jahan and was enfeoffed with Ratlam by him in 1652. Maharaja Keshav Das (1684–95) lost Ratlam after a dispute with a Mughal officer. After the Mughal had forgiven him, he got Sitamau as a fief. Maharaja Chhatrasal (1705-06) got Ratlam again, which came under the suzerainty of Scindia von Gwalior in the course of the Marathas .

Ratlam was a British protectorate from 1819 to 1947 and in 1901 had an area of ​​1795 km² and 84,000 inhabitants. The Maharaja 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

  • William Barton: The princes of India. With a Chapter on Nepal. Nisbet, London 1934, (Reprinted edition. Cosmo, New Delhi 1983).
  • George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
  • Ratlām State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 21: Pushkar to Salween. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 240-244 .
  • 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 .

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