Jaisalmer State

Jaisalmer State
जैसलमेर रियासत
Kingdom 1156-1818
Princely State 1818-1947
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1156–1947 →
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Jaisalmer State with important Rawlot duchies.
History
 • Established 1156
 • Independence of India 1947
Area
 • 1931 41,600 km2 (16,062 sq mi)
Population
 • 1931 76,255 
Density 1.8 /km2  (4.7 /sq mi)
Today part of Rajasthan, India
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
Flag of Jaisalmer over Royal Place
Maharawal Jaisal Singh. Jaisalmer Fort.

Jaisalmer State is the popular name of the kingdom established in the area of present-day Rajasthan by Rawal Jaisal when he moved the capital of reminiscent of the Bhati dynasty from Ludarva to Jaisalmer (1156) because the old capital Ludarva was vulnerable. Bhati rajputs continued to rule Jaisalmer independently until 1818, when it signed a treaty with the British Empire effectively making it a British Protectorate, a Princely State entitled to a 15-gun salute.[1]

History

The Jaisalmer state had its foundations in the Deogarh state. The new capital of Jaisalmer was founded in 1156 and state took its name from the capital. It was subservient to the Mughals in the late 15th century and later the Marathas until it became a British protectorate.[2]

Traditionally, in the middle ages the main source of income for the kingdom was levies on caravans, but the economy was heavily affected when Bombay emerged as a major port and sea trade replaced the traditional land routes. Maharawals Ranjit Singh and Bairi Sal Singh attempted to turn around the economic decline but the dramatic reduction in trade impoverished the kingdom. A severe drought and the resulting famine from 1895 to 1900, during the reign of Maharawal Salivahan Singh, only made matters worse by causing widespread loss of the livestock that the increasingly agriculturally based kingdom relied upon.

Maharawal Jawahir Singh’s (1914–49) attempts at modernization also failed to turn the kingdom’s economy around and it remained isolated and backward compared with other areas of Rajasthan.

Rulers

Maharawals

Dewans (chief ministers)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 24, p. 386.
  2. ↑ http://books.google.co.in/books?id=D_v3Y7hns8QC&pg=PA13

External links

Coordinates: 26°55′N 70°54′E / 26.92°N 70.9°E / 26.92; 70.9

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