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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 (Senior Branch)
|common_name =Dewas
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
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|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
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|p1 =Maratha Empire
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =Flag of Dewas Senior State.png
|image_coat =
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|stat_area1 =1160
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|stat_pop1 = 62,312
|today = [[India]]
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'''Dewas Senior''' was established by Tukoji Rao I Puar 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]].

==History==
The original state was founded in 1728 by Tukoji Rao, from the [[Pawar|Puar]] clan of [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] who together with his younger brother Jivaji Rao, had advanced into Malwa with [[Peshwa]] [[Baji Rao I]] as part of the [[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 [[Dewas Senior|senior]] and [[Dewas Junior|junior]] 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.

The two [[Raja]]s heading Dewas states both lived in separate residences in the town of [[Dewas]], and ruled over separate areas.<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 Senior branch had an area of {{convert|446|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} and a population of in 62,312 1901.<ref>{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Dewas|volume=8|page=137}}</ref> From 1907, 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/?id=xdIBAAAAMAAJ&dq=Mankar+being+primarily+a+title+applied+to+Maratha+noblemen%2C+who+held+an+official+position+at+court&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 Tukoji Rao III Puar of Dewas Sr.jpg|thumb|HH Maharaja Tukoji Rao III Puar of Dewas Sr]]

===Rajas===
*1728 – 16 Nov 1754 Tukoji Rao I Puar (b. c.1696 – d. 1754)
*16 Nov 1754 – 24 Mar 1789 Krishnaji Rao I Puar (b. 1740 – d. 1789)
*16 Nov 1754 – 1756 Rani Savitribai (f) -Regent
*24 Mar 1789 – 28 Sep 1827 Tukoji Rao II Puar (b. 1783 – d. 1827)
*24 Mar 1789 – 4 Oct 1794 Rani Gangabai (f) -Regent
*28 Sep 1827 – 26 Jul 1860 Rukmangad Tukoji Rao Puar (b. 1821 – d. 1860) "Khasi Sahib"
*28 Sep 1827 – 1835 Bhawanibai Raje Sahib (f) -Regent (d. 1835)
*26 Jul 1860 – 12 Oct 1899 Krishnaji Rao II Puar (b. 1849 – d. 1899) "Baba Sahib"
*26 Oct 1860 – 23 Mar 1867 Maharani Yamunabai (f) -Regent (b. 1829 – d. 1909)
*12 Oct 1899 – 1 Jan 1918 Tukoji Rao III Puar "Kesho Rao" (b. 1888 – d. 1937) "Bapu Sahib" (from 12 Dec *1911, Sir Tukaji Rao III Puar)

===Maharajas===
* 1 Jan 1918 – 21 Dec 1937 Sir [[Tukojirao III|Tukoji Rao III Puar]] "Kesho Rao (s.a.) Bapu Sahib" (fled to Pondicherry, French India 26 Jul 1934)
*21 Dec 1937 – 23 Mar 1947 [[Shahaji II|Vikramsinh Rao I Puar]] "Nana Sahib" (b. 1910 – d. 1983) (from 12 Jun 1941, Sir Vikramsinh Rao Puar) (administrator from 26 Jul 1934)
*11 Aug 1941 – 15 May 1943 Maharani Pramilabai (f) -Regent (b. 1910 – d. 2008) (1st time)
*23 Mar 1947 – 15 Aug 1947 Maharani Pramilabai (f) -Regent (s.a.) (2nd time)
*23 Mar 1947 – 15 August 1947 [[Krishnajirao III|Krishnaji Rao III Puar]] "Aba Sahib" (b.1932 – d. 1999)
===Titular Maharajas===
*15 August 1947 – 21 Jan 1994 [[Krishnajirao III|Krishnaji Rao III Puar]] "Aba Sahib"
*21 Jan 1994 – 19 June 2015 [[Tukojirao IV|Tukoji Rao IV Puar]] (b.1963 – d. 2015)
*19 June 2015 – Present [[Vikram Singh Rao II Puar]] (b.1989 – present)

==See also==
* [[Dewas Junior]] State
* [[Dhar State]]
* ''[[The Hill of Devi]]''
* [[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]
* [[List of Indian princely states]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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