House of Tulsipur 45th Chauhan Sirdar Hardayal Singh

Tulsipur State was a small kingdom in the

Awadh Awadh (), known in British historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a region in the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. It is synonymous with the Kośāla region of ...

region of India that became the

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under the

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and

Dundwa Range The Dundwa Range (Hindi and dundwā shrinkhalā) is a subrange of the Sivalik Hills in western Nepal and northern Uttar Pradesh, India. It separates the Outer Terai of Balarampur and Shravasti districts in Uttar Pradesh from Deukhuri Valley ...

of the

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s in the Dang and Deukhuri Valleys that became part of the

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. It was one of the areas traditionally inhabited by the

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. The Tulsipur kingdom was about 150 by 150 miles. It bordered Salyan Rajya (Nepal) and

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(Nepal) in the north, Balarampur Principality (India) in the south, Madi Khola (Nepal) and Arnala River (Basti, India) in the east and

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(India) in the west. Until

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in 1786 the Tulsipur kingdom counted as one of the ''Baise'' (22) confederated principalities centered in the Hill Region.

History

Tradition traces the origins of Tulsipur to the legendary

Sravasti Shravasti ( sa, श्रावस्ती, translit=Śrāvastī; pi, 𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻, translit=Sāvatthī) is a city and district headquarter of Shravasti district in Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It was the capital of the anc ...

Kingdom. The

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s of Tulsipur-Dang belonged to the Chauhan clan with the title Thakuri. From Chaughera (near

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, Dang) they ruled the Dang and Deukhuri Valleys as well as territories around

Tulsipur State Tulsipur State was a small kingdom in the Awadh region of India that became the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh under the British Raj and Dundwa Range of the Siwaliks in the Dang and Deukhuri Valleys that became part of the Kingdom of N ...

south of the

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, now in India. During the unification of Nepal, the part in the Siwaliks and the valleys to the north were ceded to Nepal. Remaining lands became known as Tulsipur State, a feudatory state of

Oudh The Oudh State (, also Kingdom of Awadh, Kingdom of Oudh, or Awadh State) was a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856. The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of ...

in India. The ruling family engaged in internecine warfare for control of the estate during the 1850s and, in 1856, an armed force was sent by the

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(EIC) to put pressure on the raja. He was one of several talukdars who had been refusing to pass on the land revenues exacted by him as agent for the EIC, and the EIC was now seeking not only current revenues but also the arrears. During the

Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the for ...

, 500 of the talukdar's men had formed a part of the rebel force at the

Siege of Lucknow The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British The Residency, Lucknow, Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel Sepoy, sepoys (Indian soldiers in the East India Company, British East India Company's Army) during the Indian ...

and the Rani of Tulsipur (Ishwari Devi) was a prominent anti-establishment figure. After the rebellion, Tulsipur State was annexed by the

, becoming part of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, one of the Provinces of British India.

References

Citations Bibliography * * * * {{Princely states annexed by the British Raj Awadh Empires and kingdoms of India Former monarchies of Asia Subdivisions of British India

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History of Uttar Pradesh 16th-century establishments in Nepal 19th-century disestablishments in Nepal