Princely flag of Banswara
Banswara State was a princely state in India from about 1497 until 1949. It was located in what is today the state of Rajasthan.
Banswara was established by Udai Singh, the ruler of Bagar as a domain for his son Jagmal Singh. In 1913 Govindgiri lead an unsucceful revolt of the Adivasi Bhils against the raja. In 1949 Banswara was merged into India.
History[]
Banswara state was founded in 1527. It was ruled by the Shishodhya dynasty who were titled Maharawal.
- ... - 1713 Bhim Singh (b. ... - d. 1713)
- 1713 - 1737 Bishan Singh (b. ... - d. 1737)
- 1737 - 1747 Udai Singh II (b. ... - d. 1747)
- 1747 - 1786 Prithvi Singh (b. ... - d. 1786)
- 1786 - 1816 Bijai Singh (b. 17... - d. 1816)
- 1816 - 1819 Umaid Singh (b. ... - d. 1819)
- 1819 - 6 Nov 1838 Bhawani Singh (b. c.1803 - d. 1838)
- 1838 - 2 Feb 1844 Bahadur Singh (b. c.1788 - d. 1844)
- 1844 - 29 Apr 1905 Lakshman Singh (b. 1835 - d. 1905)
- 1905 - 27 Dec 1913 Shambhu Singh (b. 1868 - d. 1913)
- 3 Jan 1914 - 28 Jul 1944 Pirthi Singh (b. 1888 - d. 1944)
- 29 Nov 1944 - 15 Aug 1947 Chandra Vir Singh (b. 1909 - d. 1985)
Sources[]
The original article can be found at Banswara State and the edit history here.