Barwani State was a princely state in India. The seat was at

Barwani Barwani or Badwani () is a municipality, municipal town in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, India, that is situated near the left bank of the Narmada River. It is the administrative headquarters of Barwani district and has also served as th ...

History

The state was founded in the 11th or 14th century, at which time it was known as Avasgarh. the Rana's of Avasgarh were Sisodia's who claimed to be the descendants of Bappa Rawal. The records of the state claim that Awasgarh had 51 Rana's however there is little information about their names or the dates they reigned in. Parsan Singh, the 35th Rana was defeated by the Sultan of Delhi and taken as prisoner, the rana agreed to convert to Islam on the condition that he gets his ancestral lands back. 3 of Parsans descendants were Muslims although they followed their Hindu customs, the Rana's eventually converted back to Hinduism. The 41st Rana Chandra Singh moved his capital to the safer position of Barwani. The state lost most of its territory during the Maratha domination in the 17th century, however it never became tributary to any Major power. Under the

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, Barwani was a state of the

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, a division of the

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. The state lay in the

Satpura Range The Satpura Range, formerly also known as the Seeonee Hills, is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and ends in Chhattisgarh. The range paralle ...

south of the

Narmada River The Narmada River, previously also known as ''Narbada'' or anglicised as ''Nerbudda'', is the 5th longest river in India and overall the longest west-flowing river in the country. It is also the largest flowing river in the state of Madhya Prade ...

. It had an area of and a population, in 1901, of 76,136. The average revenue of the state was Rs.4,00,000. The inhabitants were predominantly

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tribals. The forests were under a British official. After India's independence in 1947, the Rana of Barwani acceded to India, and Barwani became part of the Nimar District of

Madhya Bharat Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramuk ...

state. Madhya Bharat was merged into

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

on 1 November 1956.

Rulers

Barwani State was an 9 gun

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. The rulers of the State, whose title was

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, were rulers of the Sisodia clan, descended from the ruling dynasty of

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Ranas

* 1675 - 1700 Jodh Singh (d. 1700) * 1700 - 1708 Parbat Singh (d. 1708) * 1708 - 1730 Mohan Singh I (d. 1731) * 1730 - 1760 Anup Singh (d. 1760) * 1760 - 1794 Umed Singh (d. 1794) * 1794 - 1839 Mohan Singh II (d. 1839) * 1839 - 1861 Jashwant Singh (1st time) (d. 1880) * 1861 - 1873 vacant * 1873 - 1880 Jashwant Singh (2nd time) * 15 Aug 1880 - 1894 Indrajit Singh (d. 1894) * 14 Dec 1894 – 21 Apr 1930 Ranjit Singh (b. 1888 – d. 1930) * 21 Apr 1930 – 15 Aug 1947 Devi Sahib Singhji (b. 1922 – d. 2007)

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