Dewas State

Dewas State (Senior Branch) देवास रियासत
Princely State of British India
← 1728–1948 →
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Dewas and Dewas Jr. states in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
•	Established	1728
•	Independence of India	1948
Area
•	1901	1,100 km^2 (425 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	54,904
	Density	49.9 /km^2  (129.3 /sq mi)
Today part of		India

Dewas State (Senior Branch) देवास रियासत
Princely State of British India
← 1728–1948 →
Flag
History
•	Established	1728
•	Independence of India	1948
Area
•	1901	1,160 km^2 (448 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	62,312
	Density	53.7 /km^2  (139.1 /sq mi)
Today part of		India

Dewas State was a territory within Western India, which was the seat of two Maratha princely states during the British Raj: 'Dewas Junior' - Jivaji Rao ('Dada Saheb') and Dewas Senior - Tukoji Rao ('Baba Saheb'). On 12 December 1818 Dewas State became a British protectorate.

Maharaja Shrimant Vikram Singh Rao II Puar is present titular head of the Kshatriya Maratha-Rajput Puar (Pawar/Parmar) dynasty of Dewas.

History

The seats were established in 1728 by two brothers from the Puar clan, who advanced into Malwa with the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao, and divided the territory among themselves after the Maratha conquest.^[1]

The two Rajas heading Dewas states both lived in separate residences in the town of Dewas, and ruled over separate areas.^[2]

The Junior branch had an area of 440 sq mi (1,100 km²) and had a population of 54,904 in 1901, while the Senior branch had an area of 446 sq mi (1,160 km²) and a population of in 62,312 in the same year.^[3] Both Dewas states were in the Malwa Agency of the Central India Agency. After India's independence in 1947, the Maharajas of Dewas acceded to India, and their states were integrated into Madhya Bharat, which became a state of India in 1950. In 1956, Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh state.

Rulers (Junior Branch)

HH Maharaja Malhar Rao Puar of Dewas Jr

Rajas

• 1728 - 15 Aug 1774 Jivaji Rao Puar "Dada Sahib" (d. 1774)
• 15 Aug 1774 - 2 Dec 1790 Sadashiv Rao I Puar (d. 1790)
• 2 Dec 1790 - 1817 Rukmangad Rao Puar (b. 17.. - d. 1817)
• 1817 - 1840 Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib" (d. 1840)
• 1840 - 12 May 1864 Haibat Rao Puar (d. 1864)
• 12 May 1864 - 19 Jan 1892 Narayan Rao Puar "Dada Sahib" (b. 1860 - d. 1892)
• 12 May 1864 - 1877 Yamuna Bai Sahib -Regent + Rao Bahadur R.J. Bhide (Superintendent)
• 19 Jan 1892 - 1 Jan 1918 Malhar Rao Puar "Bhava Sahib" (b. 1877 - d. 1934) (from 1 Jan 1917, Sir Malhar Rao Puar)
• 19 Jan 1892 - 10 Aug 1913 Lala Bisheshas Nath -Regent

Maharajas

• 1 Jan 1918 - 4 Feb 1934 Sir Malhar Rao Puar "Bhava Sahib" (s.a.)
• 4 Feb 1934 - 2 Dec 1943 Sadashiv Rao II Puar "Khase Sahib" (b. 1887 - d. 1943)
• 2 Dec 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Yeshwant Rao Puar "Bhau Sahib" (b. 1905 - d. 1965) (from 14 Aug 1947, Sir Yeshwant Rao Puar)

Rulers (Senior Branch)

HH Maharaja Tukoji Rao III Puar of Dewas Sr

Rajas

• 1728 - 16 Nov 1754 Tukoji Rao I Puar (b. c.1696 - d. 1754)
• 16 Nov 1754 - 24 Mar 1789 Krishnaji Rao I Puar (b. 1740 - d. 1789)
• 16 Nov 1754 - 1756 Rani Savitribai (f) -Regent
• 24 Mar 1789 - 28 Sep 1827 Tukoji Rao II Puar (b. 1783 - d. 1827)
• 24 Mar 1789 - 4 Oct 1794 Rani Gangabai (f) -Regent
• 28 Sep 1827 - 26 Jul 1860 Rukmangad Tukoji Rao Puar (b. 1821 - d. 1860) "Khasi Sahib"
• 28 Sep 1827 - 1835 Bhawanibai Raje Sahib (f) -Regent (d. 1835)
• 26 Jul 1860 - 12 Oct 1899 Krishnaji Rao II Puar (b. 1849 - d. 1899) "Baba Sahib"
• 26 Oct 1860 - 23 Mar 1867 Maharani Yamunabai (f) -Regent (b. 1829 - d. 1909)
• 12 Oct 1899 - 1 Jan 1918 Tukoji Rao III Puar "Kesho Rao" (b. 1888 - d. 1937) Bapu Sahib" (from 12 Dec *1911, Sir Tukaji Rao III Puar)

Maharajas

• 1 Jan 1918 - 21 Dec 1937 Sir Tukoji Rao III Puar "Kesho Rao (s.a.) Bapu Sahib" (fled to Pondicherry, French India 26 Jul 1934)
• 21 Dec 1937 - 23 Mar 1947 Vikramsinh Rao I Puar "Nana Sahib" (b. 1910 - d. 1983) (from 12 Jun 1941, Sir Vikramsinh Rao Puar) (administrator from 26 Jul 1934)
• 11 Aug 1941 - 15 May 1943 Maharani Pramilabai (f) -Regent (b. 1910 - d. 2008) (1st time)
• 23 Mar 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Maharani Pramilabai (f) -Regent (s.a.) (2nd time)
• 23 Mar 1947 - 21 Jan 1994 Krishnaji Rao III Puar "Aba Sahib" (b.1932 - d. 1999)
• 21 Jan 1994 - 19 June 2015 Tukoji Rao IV Puar (b.1963 - d. 2015)
• 19 June 2015 – Present Vikram Singh Rao II Puar (b.1989–Present)

See also

• Maratha Empire
• List of Maratha dynasties and states
• List of Indian princely states
• Tukojirao III
• Vikram Singh Rao I
• Krishnajirao III
• Tukojirao IV
• Vikram Singh Rao II

References

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1. Mayer, Adrian C. (1960). Caste and Kinship in Central India: A Village and Its Region: International library of sociology and social reconstruction. University of California Press. p. 13. ISBN 9780520017474. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
2. Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1893). The golden book of India: a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire. Macmillan. p. 116. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
3.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dewas". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 137.
4. "Narendra Modi Biography".

Coordinates: 22°58′N 76°04′E / 22.96°N 76.06°E