Lawa Thikana
| Lawa State लावा | |||||
| Princely State of British India | |||||
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| Capital | Lawa | ||||
| Government | Principality | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1772 | |||
| • | Acceded to India | 1947 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1901 | 49 km2 (19 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1901 | 2,671 | |||
| Density | 54.5 /km2 (141.2 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Rajasthan, India | ||||
Lawa Thikana was a Thikana estate or Thakurat under the Jaipur Residency of the former Rajputana Agency.[1] It was located very close to Tonk town and included its capital, Lawa, a small town and its surroundings. Lawa is located in the northwestern part of present-day Tonk district of Rajasthan, India.[2]
Lawa estate near Tonk should not be confused with Sardargarh, a Thikana of Udaipur State (Mewar) which had been known as 'Lawa' before 1738.[3][4]
History
Lawa was formerly part of Jaipur State. In 1772 Lawa became a jagir which came under the control of the Marathas through Pindari leader Amir Khan, who would later become the Nawab of Tonk. Lawa became a tributary of Tonk in 1817, when that state was established.[1]
In 1867 following the murder of the uncle of the ruler of Lawa together with a party of his followers, Lawa was declared a separate Chiefship under the protection of the British Government.[5]
Lawa was one of the Thikanas which were existing at the time of the independence of India and were merged with Rajasthan during the Unification of Rajasthan.
Rulers
The ruling family of Lawa belonged the Naruka Kachwaha dynasty of Rajputs.[1] Thakur KESRI SINGH, Thakur of Ladana, eighth in descent from Dasaji Naruka, he was made the Jagirdar of Ladana by the Ruler of Jaipur. He married and had issue, two sons. Thakur Sawant Singh, he succeeded his father and became head of the Ladana Thikana. Thakur Nahar Singh (qv) Thakur NAHAR SINGH, he was granted the estate of Lawa by the Ruler of Jaipur in Sambat 1779 (A.D. 1722). ... Lawa became subordinate to the Tonk State when the British Government conferred the Pargana of Tonk on Nawab Amir Khan of Tonk (1818), but the connection was finally severed by the British Government in 1867 in consequence of the murder of the Thakur and his relatives at the instigation of the Tonk Darbar. Thakur DHIRAT SINGH, Thakur of Lawa, Thakur KHET SINGH, Thakur of Lawa, Thakur SUMER SINGH, Thakur of Lawa Counsellor, Regency Council. Thakur CHITAR SINGH, Thakur of Lawa, he was murdered by the Nawab of Tonk. He died 1867. .... Thakur RAGHUBIR SINGH, Thakur of Lawa, he died 1929. Kunwar Bans Pradeep Singh (qv) Thakur BANS PARDEEP SINGH, Thakur of Lawa, born on the 24th September 1923, succeeded his father Thakur Raghubir Singh who died on the 30th December 1929. The Chief being a minor, all matters affecting the Chiefship were referred to the Resident, Jaipur for orders ”
