Jaisalmer State

Jaisalmer State जैसलमेर रियासत
Kingdom 1156-1818 Princely State 1818-1947
← 1156–1947 →
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Jaisalmer State with important Rawlot duchies.
History
•	Established	1156
•	Independence of India	1947
Area
•	1931	41,600 km2 (16,062 sq mi)
Population
•	1931	76,255
	Density	1.8 /km2  (4.7 /sq mi)
Today part of		Rajasthan, India
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Flag of Jaisalmer over Royal Place

Maharawal Jaisal Singh. Jaisalmer Fort.

Jaisalmer State is the popular name of the kingdom established in the area of present-day Rajasthan by Rawal Jaisal when he moved the capital of reminiscent of the Bhati dynasty from Ludarva to Jaisalmer (1156) because the old capital Ludarva was vulnerable. Bhati rajputs continued to rule Jaisalmer independently until 1818, when it signed a treaty with the British Empire effectively making it a British Protectorate, a Princely State entitled to a 15-gun salute.

History

The Jaisalmer state had its foundations in the Deogarh state. The new capital of Jaisalmer was founded in 1156 and state took its name from the capital.. Traditionally, in the middle ages the main source of income for the kingdom was levies on caravans, but the economy was heavily affected when Bombay emerged as a major port and sea trade replaced the traditional land routes. Maharawals Ranjit Singh and Bairi Sal Singh attempted to turn around the economic decline but the dramatic reduction in trade impoverished the kingdom. A severe drought and the resulting famine from 1895 to 1900, during the reign of Maharawal Salivahan Singh, only made matters worse by causing widespread loss of the livestock that the increasingly agriculturally based kingdom relied upon.

Maharawal Jawahir Singh’s (1914–49) attempts at modernization also failed to turn the kingdom’s economy around and it remained isolated and backward compared with other areas of Rajasthan.

Rulers

Maharawals

• 1661 - 1702 Amar Singh (b. 16.. - d. 1702)
• 1702 - 1708 Jaswant Singh (d. af.1722)
• 1708 - 1722 Budh Singh (d. 1722)
• 1722 - 1762 Akhi Singh
• 1762 - 1820 Mulraj II (b. ... - d. 1820)
• 1820 - 1846 Guj Singh (b. ... - d. 1846)
• 1846 - Jun 1864 Ranjit Singh
• 1864 - 1891 Bairi Sal (b. ... - d. 1891)
• 12 Apr 1891 – 11 Apr 1914 Shyam Singh (b. 1887 - d. 19...)
• 9 Jul 1914 – 15 Aug 1947 Jawahir Singh (b. 1882 - d. 1949)

Dewans (chief ministers)

• c.1885 - 1891 Mohata Nathmal
• c.1890 - 1903 Mehta Jagjiwan
• 189. - 1900 Thakur Kushal Singh (acting)
• 1900 Rawatmal (acting)
• c.1909 Lakshmi Das Sapat
• 1911 - Jun 1912 Mohammed Niyaz Ali Kazi Hapiri (b. 1866 - d. 19..)
• Jun 1912 - 21 Mar 1930 Murarji Rooji (Moraji Rao) Sapat
• 19.. - 19.. M.L. Khosala
• 19.. - 19.. Pandit Jamana Lal
• 19.. - 19.. Munshi Nand Kishore
• 19.. - 19.. Lala Rakhpat Raj
• 19.. - 19.. P.K. Shurugula
• 19.. - 19.. Brij Mohan Nath Zutshi
• 19.. - 19.. Anand Swaroop
• 19.. - 19.. Onkar Singh
• c.1940 - c.1942 Lakhpat Rai Sikund

See also

• Bada Bagh
• History of Jaisalmer
• Salute state
• Political integration of India

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons