Dungarpur State

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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = डूंगरपुर रियासत
|conventional_long_name = Dungarpur State
|common_name = Dungarpur
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|capital = Dungarpur
|era =
|year_start = 1197
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1947
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =Flag of Dungarp.svg
|image_coat =
|image_map = Sirohi-Udaipur map.jpg
|image_map_caption = Dungarpur State in [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 =3781
|stat_year1 =1901
|stat_pop1 = 100,103
|today = [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
|footnotes = [http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/dungarpur Dungarpur (Princely State)]
}}
[[File:Haveli Dungarpur.jpg|thumb|View of the Juna Mahal Palace of Dungarpur]]
[[File:Wandmalerei in Juna Mahal.jpg|thumb|Painting on a wall of the Juna Mahal Palace]]
'''Dungarpur State''' was a [[princely state]] during the [[British Raj]]. Its capital was the city of [[Dungarpur]] in the southernmost area of present-day [[Rajasthan State]] in [[India]]. In 1901 the total population of Dungarpur State was 100,103, while that of the town was 6094

Dungarpur is the seat of elder branch of [[Sisodiya]]s of [[Udaipur, Rajasthan|Udaipur]], while the younger branch is the seat of the Maharana of [[Mewar]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==History==
Dungarpur State was founded in 1197 by Samant Singh, the eldest son of the ruler of Mewar, Karan Singh.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJudrgIcs1UC&q=editions:UOM39015070376812|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages|publisher=Rajasthan State Archives|year=1966|editor-last=Sharma|editor-first=Dasharatha|location=Bikaner}}</ref> They are descendants of [[Bappa Rawal]], eighth ruler of the [[Guhilot]] Dynasty and founder of the Mewar Dynasty (r. 734-753).
The chiefs of the state, who bear the title of Maharawal, are descended from Mahup, eldest son of Karan Singh, chief of Mewar in the 12th century, and claim the honours of the elder line of Mewar. Mahup, disinherited by his father, took refuge with his mother's family, the [[Chauhan]]s of [[Bagar, Rajasthan, India|Bagar]],<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_385.gif Dungarpur State] ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', 1908, v. 11, ''p. 379.''</ref> and made himself master of that country at the expense of the [[Bhil]] chiefs, while his younger brother Rahup founded a separate [[Sisodia]] dynasty{{sfn|D. C. Ganguly|1957|p=91}}
<ref>
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The town of [[Dungarpur]], the capital of the state, was founded towards the end of the 14th century by his descendant Rawal Bir Singh, who named it after Dungaria, an independent [[Bhil]] [[chieftain]] whom he had caused to be assassinated.<ref name=enc/> After the death of Rawal Udai Singh of [[Vagad]] at the [[Battle of Khanwa]] in 1527, where he fought alongside [[Rana Sanga]] against [[Babur|Babar]], his territories were divided into the states of Dungarpur and [[Banswara]].<ref name=enc>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Dungarpur |volume=8 |pages=679–680}}</ref><ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/173739/Dungarpur Dungarpur] ''[[Britannica.com]]''.</ref> Successively under [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]], [[Maratha]], and [[British Raj]] control by treaty in 1818, where it remained 15-[[gun salute]] state{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} The revenue of the state was Rs.2,00,000 in 1901.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_385.gif Dungarpur State] ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', 1908, v. 11, ''p. 382.''</ref>

===Maharawals===
The Maharawals belonged to the Guhil dynasty, Ahra Guhilot clan<ref>[http://rulers.org/indstat1.html States until 1947]</ref>
* 1497 – 1527: Udai Singh
* 1527 – 1549: Prithviraj
* 1549 – 1580: Askaran
* 1580 – 1606: Sesmal
* 1606 – 1609: Karam Singh II
* 1609 – 1657: Punja Raj
* 1657 – 1661: Girdhar Das
* 1661 – 1691: Jaswant Singh
* 1691 – 1702: Khuman Singh
* 1702 – 1730: Ram Singh
* 1730 – 1785: Shiv Singh
* 1785 – 1790: Vairisal
* 1790 – 1808: Fateh Singh
* 1808 – 1844: Jaswant Singh II
* 1844 – 1898: Udai Singh II (b. 1838 – d. 1898)
* 13 Feb 1898 – 15 Nov 1918: Bijay Singh (b. 1887 – d. 1918)
* 15 Nov 1918 – 15 Aug 1947: Lakshman Singh (b. 1908 – d. 1989)

The last princely ruler of Dungarpur was HH Rai-i-Rayan [[Laxman Singh|Maharawal Shri Lakshman Singh Bahadur]] (1918–1989), who was awarded [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] (1935) and [[GCIE]] (1947), and after independence became a Member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] twice, in 1952 and 1958, and later a member of [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] ([[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]) in 1962 and 1989.<ref name="qu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/d/dungarpur.html|title=Dungarpur (Princely State)|publisher=[[Queensland University]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905003655/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/d/dungarpur.html|archive-date=5 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Rajput dynasties and states]]
*[[Mewar Residency]]
* [[Dungarpur district]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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