Ratlam (state)
Ratlam | |||||
1652-1948 | |||||
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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) |
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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 |
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 .