Piploda State was an estate in
India
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at the time of the
British Raj
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. It belonged to the
Malwa Agency
Malwa Agency was an administrative section of India's Central India Agency. The headquarters of the political agent was at Mandsaur (Mandasor) / Neemuch (Nimach). The other chief towns of the region were : Ratlam and Jaora.
History
The Malwa ...
, part of the
Central India Agency
The Central India Agency was created in 1854, by amalgamating the Western Malwa Agency with other smaller political offices which formerly reported to the Governor-General of India. The agency was overseen by a political agent who maintained ...
. The state had an area of 155 km
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History
The Thakurs of Piploda were
Dodiya
The Dodiya or Dodia or Dohar is Rajput clan
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Rajputs from the
Kathiawar
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region, one of the ancestors called Kaluji migrated to
Malwa
Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range. Politically and administratively, it is also syno ...
and captured the fort of Sabalgarh in 1285. The Sixth son of Kaluji who was called Shardul Singh extended his domains and founded the village of Piploda. During the rise of the Marathas in Malwa, Piploda was reduced to a great extent and the thakur was forced to become a vassal of Amir Khan Pindari. Piploda later benefited from the treaty of Mandsore, in which Jaora was confirmed as a princely state by the British. The Thakur of Piploda was allowed to rule in his estate on the condition that he pays Rs.28,000 as tribute to the Jaora nawab. During the great Indian mutiny, the Thakur of Piploda helped the British authorities by sending his army to Mandsaur. The estate had 28 villages, a population of 11,441 (1901) and a revenue of Rs.95,000 (1901).
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Government of India
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on 15 June 1948, and Piploda became part of
Ratlam District of
Madhya Bharat
Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh.
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state.
Thakurs
*.... - .... Sadal Singh
*1820 - 18.. Prithvi Singh
*18.. - 18.. Umed Sigh
*18.. - 12 Nov 1863 Onkar Singh (d. 1863)
*30 Nov 1863 – 26 Oct 1888 Dulai Singh (b. 1852 - d. 1888)
* 8 Nov 1888 - 4 Nov 1919 Kesri Singh (b. 1872 - d. 1919)
* 5 Nov 1919 - 1936 Mangal Singh (b. 1893 - d. 1936)
*1936 - 15 Jun 1948 Raghuraj Singh
See also
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List of Rajput dynasties and states
During the medieval and later feudal/colonial periods, many parts of the Indian subcontinent were ruled as sovereign or princely states by various dynasties of Rajputs.
The Rajputs rose to political prominence after the large empires of ancie ...
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Malwa Agency
Malwa Agency was an administrative section of India's Central India Agency. The headquarters of the political agent was at Mandsaur (Mandasor) / Neemuch (Nimach). The other chief towns of the region were : Ratlam and Jaora.
History
The Malwa ...
References
External links
Piploda princely state
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States and territories established in 1547
Princely states of Madhya Pradesh
States and territories disestablished in 1948
1948 disestablishments in India
1547 establishments in India
Rajput princely states of Madhya Pradesh