Jaora State

Jaora State जावरा रियासत
Princely State of British India
1818–1948
Flag Coat of arms
Jaora located within the Malwa Agency near 4
Area
• 1901	1,471 km2 (568 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	84,202
Government
• Motto	"Dil o daulat" (Heart and wealth).
History
• Established	1818
• Independence of India	1948
Succeeded by India
Today part of	Madhya Pradesh, India
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jaora". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Ratlami Gate, Jaora

The Jaora state flag was a green triangle between 1865 and 1895.

Jaora State was a 13 gun-salute princely state of the British Raj. It was part of the Malwa Agency.

The total area of the princely state, with the dependencies of Piploda and Panth-Piploda, was 1,471 km² (568 sq mi). Jaora state was divided into four tehsils, Jaora, Barauda, Tal, and Barkhera. The chief crops were millets, cotton, maize and opium. The revenue of the state was Rs.8,50,000 in 1901.

History

Jaora State was established by the British and was handed over to Abdul Ghafur Muhammad Khan in 1818, so that he can maintain an army of 1,000 soldiers for the East India Company. 'Abdu'l Ghafur Muhammad Khan was a cavalry officer serving the Pashtun leader Muhammad Amir Khan. He later served the Holkar maharaja of Indore State. The state was confirmed by the British government in 1818 by the Treaty of Mandsaur. The Nawab of Jaora was confirmed the possession of Jaora, Sanjit, Tal, Malhargarh, Bharauda and the right to levy tribute from Piploda. The Nawab was expected to serve the British by providing them with 500 horsemen, 500 footmen and 4 artillery whenever required.

Nawab Muhammad Ismail (ruled 1865-1895) was an honorary major in the British Army. During the reign of Nawab Muhammad Iftekhar Ali Khan (ruled 1895-1947), Piploda became a separate state in 1924, and Panth-Piploda became a province of British India in 1942. Nawab Muhammad Usman 'Ali Khan (ruled 1947-1948) acceded to the Government of India on 15 June 1948.

Jagirdars of Jaora

The chieftains of several petty estates who once paid tribute to Amir Khan Pindari and the other surrounding powers came under the suzerainty of Jaora State after the Treaty of Mandsaur. The Jagirdars were mostly Rajputs apart from Bilaud and Numan Nagdi who were Pathans and Sidri whose thakur was a Mahajan.

• Numan Nagdi
• Amba
• Mandawal
• Bilaud
• Borkhera
• Kherwasa
• Khojankhera
• Sadakheri
• Shujaota
• Sidri
• Sirsi
• Tal
• Uperwara
• Uplai

Nawabs of Jaora

• (6 Jan 1817 - 9 Sep 1825) Abdul Ghafur Mohammad Khan (b. 1775 - d. 1825)
• (9 Sep 1825 – 29 Apr 1865) Ghows Mohammad Khan (b. 1823 - d. 1865)
• (9 Sep 1825 - 1827) Musharraf Begum d/o akhund Muhammad ayaz khan yusufzai of tonk(f) -Regent (d. 1827)
  • + Jahangir Khan
• (1827 - 1840) Borthwick -Regent
• (30 Apr 1865 - 6 Mar 1895) Ehtesam al-Dowla Mohammad Ismail Khan aka Nawab Ismail Ali Khan (b. 1854 - d. 1895)
• (30 Apr 1865 - 1872) Regents
  • - Hazrat Nur Khan
  • - Political Agent Western Malwa
• (6 Mar 1895 – 15 Aug 1947) Fakhr al-Dowla Mohammad Iftekhar (b. 1883 - d. 1947) `Ali Khan (from 12 Dec 1911, Fakhr al-Dowla Sir Iftekhar `Ali Khan)

Titular Nawabs

• 1947 - 1972 Asif ud-Daula, Sahibzada Nawab Usman Ali'Khan Bahadur, Saulat-Jung ; Titular ruler until 1971 when 26th Amendment of Indian Constitution was passed.

See also

• Central India Agency
• Political integration of India
• Hussain Tekri
• Pathans of Madhya Pradesh

External links

• Media related to Jaora State at Wikimedia Commons
• Jaora State 2 paisa coin other side, year 1893