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''Garrouli''; Hindi Name गर्रौली) is a fort and former [[princely state]] in present [[Madhya Pradesh]], central [[India]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==History==
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Garrauli became a princely state in 1812, when a [[sanad (deed)|sanad]] (feudal deed) from the British Government was granted to its first Diwan Bahadur, Gopal Singh, second son of [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] Bhagwant Singh of [[Mahewa]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

The state maintained a military force of 2 cavalry, 56 infantry and 4 guns. The founder and his succeeding descendants bore the style [[Diwan Sahib]] or [[Diwan Bahadur]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Garrauli was a non-salute state, in the charge of the colonial [[Bundelkhand Agency]]. It had a population of 5,231 in 1901, a revenue of 25,000 Rupees and surface of 101 km2.
It ceased to exist de facto when the states were seized in 1947, and formally on 3 March 1948 by accession to India. The [[Privy Purse in India|privy purse]] was fixed at 34,000 Rupees.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==Rulers==
* Gopal Singh, 1st Diwan Sahib of Garrauli 1812 - death 1830.
* Parichhat Singh, son of the above, 2nd Diwan Sahib of Garrauli 1831, created Diwan Bahadur 17.10.1844, died 1884
* Chandrabhan Singh, born 2 April 1883, son of the son of the above, 3rd Diwan Sahib of Garrauli 19 October 1884; Honorable Captain of Chhatrasal Infantry (Panna) 1925; died 20 November 1946
* Raghuraj Singh, son of the above, born 16 January 1910, 4th and last ruling Diwan Sahib of Garrauli 1946{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
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== External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080729110404/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/g/garrauli.html Indian Princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org, with genealogy]
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[[Category:Princely states of Madhya Pradesh]]
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