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{{Short description|Princely state of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = अलीराजपुर रियासत
|conventional_long_name =Alirajpur State
|common_name =Alirajpur
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|capital = [[Alirajpur]]
|era =
|year_start = 1437
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= Accession of<br />[[Dominion of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Drapeau AliRajpur.png
|image_coat = Alirajpur State CoA.png
|image_map = AlirajpurKart.jpg
|image_map_caption = Alirajpur State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 =2165.24
|stat_year1 = 1941
|stat_pop1 = 112,754
|today = [[Madhya Pradesh]],<br />[[Republic of India]]
|footnotes = <ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Alirajpur|inline=1}}</ref>
}}
'''Alirajpur State''' was formerly a [[princely state]] of India, administratively under the [[Bhopawar Agency]] subdivision of the [[Central India Agency]]. The state covered an area of 2165 square kilometres, with a population of 50,185 in 1901 and its capital at [[Alirajpur]]. The average revenue of the state was Rs.100,000 in 1901.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_153.gif|title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 8, page 147 — Imperial Gazetteer of India — Digital South Asia Library|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805170921/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_153.gif|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Bhopawar Agency States and estates.jpg|thumb|Bhopawar Agency Information]]
The early history of the state is not very clear, the founder of the state was either Anand Deo or Ude Deo. The state got its name from the fort of Ali and the capital of Rajpur. The rulers of Alirajpur claim to be Rathore's from the royal family of Jodhpur, however this claim is not accepted by the Maharaja's of Jodhpur. The state came under British rule in 1817.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gujarat State Gazetteer|publisher=Government Press|year=1989|pages=3|quote=Alirajpur, Baria and Jhabua, which entered into treaties in 1817 AD were placed under the Bhopawar sub-agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_231.gif|title=Digital South Asia Library|website=dsal.uchicago.edu|access-date=22 March 2020|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807085504/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_231.gif|url-status=dead}}</ref> The last ruler of Ali Rajpur was Surendra Singh, who subsequently served as the [[Ambassador]] of India to [[Spain]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/alirajpur.html |title=Alirajpur Princely State (11 gun salute) |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151733/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/alirajpur.html |archive-date=16 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After Indian independence in 1947, Alirajpur acceded to the [[Dominion of India|Union of India]], and the principality was incorporated into the new state of [[Madhya Bharat]], which subsequently became [[Madhya Pradesh]] state on 1 November 1956.

The state flag consisted of 12 red and white horizontal stripes. The Raja had a personal flag with five stripes of different colors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html|title=Indian Princely States before 1947 A–J|website=worldstatesmen.org|accessdate=2 June 2023}}</ref>

Alirajpur State is the birthplace of the Indian revolutionary from the Indian struggle against the British Rule, [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]].

===Rulers===

====Ranas====
*1437–1440: Anand Deo (d. 1440)
*1440–....: Pratap Deo
*.... - .... Chanchal Deo
*.... - .... Gugal Deo
*.... - .... Bachchharaj Deo
*.... - .... Dip Deo
*.... - .... Pahad Deo I
*.... - .... Udai Deo
*.... - 1765 Pahad Deo II (d. 1765)
*1765 - 1818 Pratap Singh I (d. 1818)
*1818 Musafir Makrani
*1818 - 17 Mar 1862 [[Jaswant Singh of Alirajpur|Jashwant Singh]] (usurper) (b. 1818 - d. 1862)
*1818 - 1839 Musafir Makrani -Manager
*1862 - 1869 [[Ganga Deo]] (b. c.1845 - d. 1871)
*1871 - 29 Oct 1881 [[Rup Deo]] (b. 1847 - d. 1881)
*1869 - 1873 Muhammad Najaf Khan -Superintendent
*Shamsuddin Makrani Superintendent of Police alirajpur State
*1881 - 16 Aug 1890 [[Bijai Singh of Alirajpur|Bijai Singh]] (b. 1881 - d. 1890)
*16 Aug 1890 – 14 Feb 1891 Interregnum
*14 Feb 1891 - 1911 [[Pratap Singh II of Alirajpur|Pratap Singh II]] (b. 1881 - d. af. 1950) (installed Mar 1892)

==== Rajas====
*1911 - 1941 [[Pratap Singh II of Alirajpur|Pratap Singh II]] (s.a.) (from 3 Jun 1933, Sir Pratap Singh II)(personal style of Maharaja from 1941)
*1941 - 23 Oct 1941 [[Fateh Singh of Alirajpur|Fateh Singh]] (b. 1904 - d. 1941)
*23 Oct 1941 – 15 Aug 1947 Surendra Singh (b. 1923 - d. 1996)
*23 Oct 1941 – 15 Aug 1947 Sir Pratap Singh -Regent (s.a.)

==See also==
*[[Bhopawar Agency]]
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Chandra Shekhar Azad]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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