Sohawal State was a
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
of the
Bagelkhand Agency
The Bagelkhand Agency was a British political unit which managed the relations of the British with a number of autonomous princely states existing outside British India, namely Rewa and 11 minor states, of which the most prominent were Maihar, Nag ...
of the
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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It was a relatively small
Sanad state of about 552 km
2 with a population of 32,216 inhabitants in 1901. Its capital was at
Sohawal
Sohawal is a town and tehsil in Faizabad district (officially Ayodhya district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is subpost office of Faizabad. Sohawal is 18 km west of district headquarters Ayodhya.
Demographics
India census, Sohawa ...
, a small town — 2,108 inhabitants in 1901 — located in modern
Satna district
Satna District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Satna is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 7,502 km², and a population of 22,28,935(2011 census), 20.63% of which is urban. The district ...
of
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
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The state was divided in two sections separated by territory belonging to
Kothi State
Kothi State (or Koti State) was a princely state of the British Raj. It belonged to the Bagelkhand Agency of Central India. Its capital was at Kothi, in modern Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.
It was a relatively small Sanad
History
Kothi ...
and in its northern side it formed little enclaves within neighbouring
Panna State
Panna State was a princely state of colonial India, located in modern Panna district of Madhya Pradesh.
The state of Panna belonged to the Bundelkhand Agency and covered an area of, 6724 km2 with 1,008 villages within its borders in 190 ...
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History
Sohawal State was founded in the mid sixteenth century by a ruler named Fateh Singh. It had been originally much larger, but lost much territory within the first centuries of its existence.interregnum
An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin '' ...
in which Sohawal came under direct British administration.
Rulers
The rulers used the title of ''Rais
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'' and after 1911 they adopted the title ''Raja
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The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested f ...
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Title ''Rais''
*1550 – .... Fateh Singh
*.... – .... ....
*.... – 1750 Prithipal Singh
*.... – .... .... (four rulers)
*bf.1809 – 18.. Lal Aman Singh (1st time)
*18.. – 1830 Raghunath Singh (d. 1830/33)
*1830 – 1833 Vacant
*1833 – 1840 Lal Aman Singh (2nd time)
*1840 – 1865 Sheo Singh (d. 1865)
* 1 November 1865 – 1899 Sher Jang Bahadur Singh (b. 1853 – d. 1899) (personal style Raja from 1 January 1879)
*23 Nov 1899 – 1911 Bhagwant Raj Bahadur Singh (b. 1878 – d. 1930)
Title ''Raja''
*1911 – 16 February 1930 Bhagwant Raj Bahadur Singh (s.a.)
*1930 – 15 August 1947 Jagendra Bahadur Singh (b. 1899 – d. 1974)
See also
*Political integration of India
After the Indian independence in 1947, the dominion of India was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule, and the other under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remaining i ...
*Vindhya Pradesh
Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the e ...
References
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