Jobat State

Jobat State[1] was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was placed administratively under the Bhopawar Agency[2] subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 339 square kilometres and had a population of 9.443 which produced an average revenue of Rs.21,000 in 1901.[3]

Jobat State
जोबत रियासत
Princely State
15th century–1948

Jobat State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area 
• 1901
339 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
9443
History 
• Established
15th century
• Accession to the Union of India
1948
Succeeded by
India

History

The principality was founded in the 15th century of the Alirajpur State ruling family belonging to the Rathore dynasty of Rajputs.[4] After Indian independence in 1948, the rulers of Jobat acceded to the Union of India on 15 June 1948.[5] The principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November 1956.

Rulers

Jobat State's Hindu rulers were styled 'Rana', and the succession was in the female line.[6]

Ranas
  • Rana Bahhram Dev
  • Rana Keshavdas Dev
  • Rana Loonkaran Dev
  • 1864 – 1874 Ranjit Singh
  • 1874 – 1897 Sarup Singh
  • 1897 – Mar 1916 Indrajit Singh
  • 18 Jun 1917 – 15 Aug 1947 Bhim Singh (b. 1915)

References
  1. Imperial Gazeteer of India, v. 5, p. 223.
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bhopawar" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 846.
  3. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_153.gif
  4. Rajput Provinces of India - Jobat
  5. "Jobat (Princely State)". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  6. Princely States of India

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