Narsinghgarh State
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of the

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. It formed an enclave within

Rajgarh State Rajgarh State (Hindi Name: राजगढ़) was a princely state in India, named after its capital Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. It was part of the colonial Bhopal Agency of the Central India Agency during the British Raj. It lay in the region of ...

and was placed administratively under the

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subdivision 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 covered an area of and had a population of 92,093 and an average revenue of Rs.5,00,000 in 1901. The state capital was the town of the same name, Narsinghgarh.

History

The principality was founded in 1681 by a

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dynasty whose rulers belonged to the

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Parmar Parmar is a Rajput clan found in Northern and Central India, especially in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Kutch, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and North Maharashtra. See also * Paramara Dynasty * Panwar Dynasty * Pawar * Panw ...

clan of

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s and claimed descent from Umat, son of

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. The estate was earlier part of Rajgarh State, whose rulers also share same ancestry and from which it was carved as a new estate.The state was a feudatory

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to the

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rulers of

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, but in 1872 Narsinghgarh estate recognized as a state. After Indian independence in 1947, the rulers of Narsingarh acceded to the Union of India, and the principality was incorporated into the new state 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. ...

in 1948, which subsequently became

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

state on 1 November 1956.

List of Rulers

The rulers of Narsinghgarh State were styled '

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', and were entitled to an 11-

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.Rajput Provinces of India - Narsinghgarh
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Rajas

*Rawat Paras Ramji (1681–95) *Rawat Dalel Singhji (1695) *Rawat Moti Singhji (1695–1751) *Rawat Khuman Singhji (1751–66) *Rawat Achal Singhji (1766–95) *Rawat Sobhagh Singhji (1795–1827) *1872 - Mar 1873 Hanwant Singh (d. 1873) *1873 - Apr 1890 Pratap Singh (d. 1890) *28 Jun 1890 - 1896 Mahtab Singh (b. 1889 - d. 1896) *1896 - 22 Apr 1924 Arjun Singh (b. 1887 - d. 1924) (from 3 Jun 1916, Sir Arjun Singh) *23 Apr 1924 – 15 Aug 1947 Vikram Singh (b. 1909 - d. 1957) (from 1 Jan 1941, Sir Vikram Singh)

References

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