JHALAWAR 13 GUN SALUTE STATE
Jhalawar State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was located in the Hadoti region. The main town in the state was Jhalawar. The state belonged to the Kotah-Jhalawar Agency which had headquarters at Kota and was a subdivision of the Rajputana Agency.now in Rajasthan State . Area of state was 2,106 Sq. Km ,and population of state was 90,175 in 1901, Privy purse of state at the time of accession on7 April 1949 was Rs.1,36,000.
The former ruling family of Jhalawar belonged to
the Jhala dynasty
of Rajputs, and their
ancestors were kings of Halwad in Jhalawar District,
in Kathiawar. About 1709 one of the younger sons of the head of the clan left his
country with his son to try his fortunes at Delhi. At Kota he left his
son Madhu Singh, who soon became a favorite with the Maharaja, and received
from him an important post, which became hereditary. On the death of one of the
Kota rajas (1771), the country was left to the charge of Zalim Singh, a
descendant of Madhu Singh. From that time Zalim Singh was the real ruler of
Kota. He brought it to a wonderful state of prosperity, and under his
administration, which lasted over forty-five years, the Kota territory was respected
by all parties.
In 1838 it was resolved, with the consent of the chief
of Kota, to dismember the state, and to create the new principality of Jhalawar
as a separate provision for the descendants of Zalim Singh. The districts then
severed from Kotah were considered to represent one-third (£120,000) of the
income of Kotah; by treaty they acknowledged the suzerainty of
the Britishand agreed to pay an annual tribute of 8000 British
Pounds . Madan Singh received the title of Maharaja Rana, and was placed on the
same footing as the other chiefs in Rajputana. He died in
1845.
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