Sailana (state)
| Sailana | |||||
| 1736-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Sailana | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (11 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 769 km² | ||||
| population | 26,000 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1736 | ||||
| resolution | June 15, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Rathore (Ratanawat clan) |
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Sailana (सैलाना) 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 Sailana . Sailana was created in 1730 by dividing the estate from the Principality of Ratlam of the Rajas from the house of the Rathore Rajputs of Marwar ( Jodhpur ).
Sailana was a British protectorate from 1819 to 1947 and in 1901 had an area of 769 km² and 26,000 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
- Barton, William: The princes of India , Delhi 1983
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, 2nd A., 26 vol., Oxford 1908–1931
- Malleson, GB: An historical sketch of the native states of India , London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
- Roberts, PE: Historical Geography of India , 2 vol., 1938, reprint Jaipur 1995
- Schwartzberg, Joseph E., Ed .: A historical atlas of South Asia , 2nd A., New York / Oxford 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6
Web links
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