Alirajpur State

Alirajpur State was formerly a princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopawar Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 2165 square kilometres, with a population of 50,185 in 1901 and its capital at Alirajpur. The average revenue of the state was Rs.100,000 in 1901.^[2]

Alirajpur State अलीराजपुर रियासत
Princely State of British India
1437–1948
Flag Coat of arms
Alirajpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Capital	Alirajpur
Area
• 1941	2,165.24 km2 (836.00 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	112,754
History
• Established	1437
• Accession of Dominion of India	1948
Succeeded by India
Today part of	Madhya Pradesh, Republic of India
[1]

History

Bhopawar Agency Information

The early history of the state is not very clear, the founder of the state was either Anand Deo or Ude Deo. The state got its name from the fort of Ali and the capital of Rajpur. The rulers of Alirajpur claim to be Rathore's from the royal family of Jodhpur, however this claim is not accepted by the Maharaja's of Jodhpur. The state came under British rule in 1817.^[3][4] The last ruler of Ali Rajpur was Surendra Singh, who subsequently served as the Ambassador of India to Spain in the 1980s.^[5] After Indian independence in 1947, Alirajpur acceded to the Union of India, and the principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November 1956.

The state flag consisted of 12 red and white horizontal stripes. The Raja had a personal flag with five stripes of different colors.^[6]

Alirajpur State is the birth place of the Indian revolutionary from the Indian struggle against the British Rule, Chandra Shekhar Azad.

Rulers

Ranas

• 1437–1440: Anand Deo (d. 1440)
• 1440–....: Pratap Deo
• .... - .... Chanchal Deo
• .... - .... Gugal Deo
• .... - .... Bachchharaj Deo
• .... - .... Dip Deo
• .... - .... Pahad Deo I
• .... - .... Udai Deo
• .... - 1765 Pahad Deo II (d. 1765)
• 1765 - 1818 Pratap Singh I (d. 1818)
• 1818 Musafir Makrani
• 1818 - 17 Mar 1862 Jashwant Singh (usurper) (b. 1818 - d. 1862)
• 1818 - 1839 Musafir Makrani -Manager
• 1862 - 1869 Gang Deo (b. c.1845 - d. 1871)
• 1869 - 29 Oct 1881 Rup Deo (b. 1847 - d. 1881)
• 1869 - 1873 Muhammad Najaf Khan -Superintendent
• Shamsuddin Makrani Superintendent of Police alirajpur State
• 1881 - 16 Aug 1890 Bijai Singh (b. 1881 - d. 1890)
• 16 Aug 1890 – 14 Feb 1891 Interregnum
• 14 Feb 1891 - 1911 Pratap Singh II (b. 1881 - d. af. 1950) (installed Mar 1892)

Rajas

• 1911 - 1941 Pratap Singh II (s.a.) (from 3 Jun 1933, Sir Pratap Singh II)(personal style of Maharaja from 1941)
• 1941 - 23 Oct 1941 Fateh Singh (b. 1904 - d. 1941)
• 23 Oct 1941 – 15 Aug 1947 Surendra Singh (b. 1923 - d. 1996)
• 23 Oct 1941 – 15 Aug 1947 Sir Pratap Singh -Regent (s.a.)

See also

• Bhopawar Agency
• Political integration of India
• Chandra Shekhar Azad

References

1.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alirajpur". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
2. "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 8, page 147 — Imperial Gazetteer of India — Digital South Asia Library".
3. Gujarat State Gazetteer. Government Press. 1989. p. 3. Alirajpur, Baria and Jhabua, which entered into treaties in 1817 AD were placed under the Bhopawar sub-agency
4. "Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Alirajpur Princely State (11 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
6. "Indian Princely States before 1947 A–J". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

External links

• Media related to Alirajpur State at Wikimedia Commons

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