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{{short description|Istimrari in Ajmer}}
'''Badanwara''' was an [[istimrari]] in [[Ajmer]] that belonged to the [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]] clan of [[Rajput]]s.

==Description==
The estate was located 14 miles south of [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sherring |first=Herbert |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Mayo_College_the_Eton_of_India/-hYVyPVmrqkC |title=The Mayo College, "the Eton of India": A Record of Twenty Years, 1875-1895 |date=1897 |publisher=Thacker, Spink and Company |pages=192–193 |language=en}}</ref> It consisted of twenty-one villages.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Bayley |first=C. S. |url=http://archive.org/details/chiefsleadingfam00csba |title=Chiefs and leading families in Rajputana |date=2004 |publisher=New Delhi : Asian Educational Services |others=Public Resource |isbn=978-81-206-1066-8 |pages=109}}</ref> It covered an area of 34,845 [[bigha]]s (approximately 21,603.90 [[acre]]s).<ref name=":0" />

== History ==
[[Mokal Singh]], the [[Maharana]] of Mewar, is said to have taken [[Ajmer]] and [[Sambhar Lake Town|Sambhar]] from the [[Sultan]] of [[Delhi]], and he granted the village of Badanwara for the maintenance of a [[temple]] of [[Eklingji]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Sarda |first=Har Bilas |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.122657 |title=Ajmer: Historical And Descriptive |date=1941 |pages=149–150, 292–294}}</ref> [[Chandrasen Rathore|Chandra Sen]], an ancestor of the [[Rai (title)|Rao]] of Badanwara, succeeded his father, [[Maldeo Rathore|Maldeo]], as the [[Rai (title)|Rao]] of [[Kingdom of Marwar|Marwar]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhargava |first=Visheshwar Sarup |title=Marwar And The Mughal Emperors (1526-1748) |year=1966 |pages=44}}</ref> He refused to acknowledge [[Akbar]]’s suzerainty and was ousted from [[Kingdom of Marwar|Jodhpur]] by his son [[Udai Singh of Marwar|Udai Singh]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Hooja |first=Rima |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Rajasthan/tosMAQAAMAAJ |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |isbn=978-81-291-0890-6 |pages=534 |language=en}}</ref> He attempted to recover [[Kingdom of Marwar|Jodhpur]] but failed, and thereafter resorted to pillaging in areas acquired by the [[Army of the Mughal Empire|Mughal armies]].<ref name=":3" /> A grandson of Karma Sen, through his son Ugar Sen (also known as Agar Sen), came to [[Ajmer]] and was received with a feast by a Bhil who held eighty-four villages, including [[Bhinai]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=BHINAI |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bhinai.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713220623/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bhinai.html |archive-date=2017-07-13 |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> However, Karma Sen killed his host and took possession of his host’s property.<ref name=":2" /> [[Akbar]] later confirmed Karma Sen in this possession.<ref name=":2" />

The estate of [[Bhinai]] was partitioned several times, and in one generation from the founder of that estate came Udai Bhan.<ref name=":2" /> He granted three villages of the estate to his adopted son, Narsingh Das, for his maintenance.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=TANTOTI |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/t/tantoti.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718130244/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/t/tantoti.html |archive-date=2017-07-18 |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> After his demise, his biological sons, Kesri Singh and Suraj Mal, quarrelled, and the estate of [[Bhinai]] was partitioned.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> Suraj Mal received ten villages in his appanage and subsequently founded Bandanwara in 1667.<ref name=":2" />

== Rulers ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
(Birth – Death)
! colspan="2" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Note(s)
! rowspan="2" |Reference
|-
!Start date
!End date
|-
|Suraj Mal I
|
|
|He went to [[Delhi]] and entered the service of [[Aurangzeb]] in 1659.<ref name=":2" /> He rendered valuable military service and was granted the mansab of 3,500 hazari along with an elephant.<ref name=":2" /> [[Aurangzeb]] had Suraj Mal's paternal estate of [[Bhinai]] partitioned between him and his brothers.<ref name=":2" /> [[Aurangzeb]] also granted him Ramsar and Srinagar as [[jagir]].<ref name=":2" /> These two were, however, later taken away by [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh]] of [[Kingdom of Marwar|Jodhpur]], as the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of Bandanwara did not go in Peshwai.<ref name=":1" />
| rowspan="12" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=Royal |date=2021-08-25 |title=Badanwara (Istimrari) |url=https://oroyalarchives.com/badanwara/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=Royal Archives |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Amar Singh
|
|
|He retained Bandanwara, and his younger brothers received Padlan, Jaola, Kalyanpura, Jotayan, and Amargarh.<ref name=":2" /> Jaola reverted to Bandanwara when its [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]], Lakshman Singh, died without an heir.<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Bahadur Singh
|
|
|
|-
|Akhay Singh
|
|
|
|-
|Abhay Singh
|
|
|
|-
|Pratap Singh
|
|
|
|-
|Suraj Mal II
|
|
|
|-
|Ranjit Singh
(? – 1894)
|
|1894
|His original name was Bharat Singh, and when he succeeded in Bandanwara by adoption from Kalyanpura to Suraj Mal II, he was renamed Ranjit Singh.<ref name=":1" /> He received the title of [[Rao (title)|Rao]] as a personal distinction in 1877 and served as an Honorary [[Magistrate]] and Munsif within the limits of his own estate.<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Gaj Singh
(1871 – 1916)
|1894
|1916
|Educated at [[Mayo College]] in [[Ajmer]].<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Rameshwar Singh
(1904 – 1935)
|1916
|1935
|Educated at [[Mayo College]] in [[Ajmer]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ajmer-Merwara (India) |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_on_the_Administration_of_Ajmer_Me/gBA7AQAAMAAJ |title=Report on the Administration of Ajmer-Merwara for |date=1918 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India. |pages=4 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Chandra Singh
|1935
|1948
|
|-
|Harendra Singh
|
|
|
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Principalities]]
[[Category:Former principalities]]
[[Category:Rathore (clan)]]
[[Category:History of Ajmer]]

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AyushAmar at 14:21, 24 March 2026