Dewas Junior

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{{short description|Maratha princely state during the British Raj}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = देवास रियासत
|conventional_long_name = Dewas State (Junior Branch)
|common_name = Dewas
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1728
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =Maratha Empire
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =Drapeau Dewas.png
|image_coat =
|image_map = Dewas-Jaora map.jpg
|image_map_caption = Dewas Sr and Dewas Jr. states in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 =1100
|stat_year1 =1901
|stat_pop1 = 54,904
|today = [[India]]
|footnotes =
}}
'''Dewas Junior''' was established by Jivaji Rao I Puar in 1728 during the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha conquest]] of Central India. It was a [[Salute state|15 Gun Salute]] [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] [[princely state]].
On 12 December 1818, it became a [[British protectorate]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meyer |first1=William Stevenson, Sir|last2 =Burn |first2 = Richard, Sir|last3 = Cotton|first3 = James Sutherland|last4 = Risley|first4 = Sir Herbert Hope|title= Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11| url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_284.gif |page= 278}}</ref>

==History==

The original state was founded in 1728 by Jivaji Rao, from the Puar clan of [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] who together with his older brother (Tukoji) had advanced into Malwa with [[Peshwa]] [[Baji Rao I|Baji Rao]], as part of the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Conquest]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Adrian C. |last=Mayer |url=https://archive.org/details/castekinshipince00maye |title=Caste and Kinship in Central India: A Village and Its Region: International library of sociology and social reconstruction |publisher=University of California Press |year=1960 |isbn=9780520017474 |page=[https://archive.org/details/castekinshipince00maye/page/n32 13] |access-date=8 September 2012}}</ref>

The brothers divided the territory among themselves; their descendants ruled as the junior and [[Dewas Senior|senior]] branches of the family. After 1841, each branch ruled his own portion as a separate state, though the lands belonging to each were intimately entangled; in Dewas, the capital town, the two sides of the main street were under different administrations and had different arrangements for water supply and lighting.<ref>{{cite book |first=Sir Roper |last=Lethbridge |author-link=Roper Lethbridge |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766 |title=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 |publisher=Macmillan |year=1893 |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766/page/n139 116] |access-date=8 September 2012}}</ref>

The Junior branch had an area of {{convert|440|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 54,904 in 1901.<ref>{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Dewas|volume=8|page=137}}</ref> Both Dewas states were in the Malwa Agency of the [[Central India Agency]]. After India's independence in 1947, the [[Maharaja]]s 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.

Dewas Junior [[Durbar (court)|Darbar]] (Court) was composed of [[Jagirdar]]s, [[Sardar]]s, [[Istamuradar]]s and [[Mankari]]s.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Way of Life: King, Householder, Renouncer : Essays in Honour of Louis Dumont|author=Madan, T.N.|date=1988|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=9788120805279|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_qMH9PY9fQC&pg=PA129|page=129|access-date=2015-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdIBAAAAMAAJ&q=Mankari+being+primarily+a+title+applied+to+Maratha+noblemen%2C+who+held+an+official+position+at+court |title = Pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central Provinces|last1 = Russell|first1 = Robert Vane|year = 1916}}</ref>

==Rulers ==
[[File:HH Maharaja Sadashiv Rao Puar of Dewas Jr.jpg|thumb|HH Maharaja Malhar Rao Puar of Dewas Jr]]

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Title
! Part of
! Start of reign
! End of reign
! Name
|-
|rowspan="10"| Raja
|rowspan="4"| [[Maratha Confederacy]]
|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 || 1818||rowspan="2"| Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib" (d. 1840)
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[British protectorate]]
|1818 ||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)
|-
|9 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
|-
|rowspan="3" |Maharaja
|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)
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]
* [[List of Indian princely states]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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