Dungarpur State
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Dungarpur State was a princely state
Princely state
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 in India.

Dungarpur is the seat of elder branch of Sisodiyas of Udaipur
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...

, while the younger branch is the seat of the Maharana of Mewar
Mewar
Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later...

. It was founded in 1197 by Samant Singh, the eldest son of the ruler of Mewar, Karan Singh They are descendants of Bappa Rawal
Bappa Rawal
Bappa Rawal , eighth ruler of the Guhilot Rajput Dynasty and founder of the Mewar Dynasty in present-day Rajasthan, India...

, eighth ruler of the Guhilot Dynasty and founder of the Mewar Dynasty (r. 734-753).

The chiefs of Dungarpur
Dungarpur
Dungarpur is a city in the southernmost part of Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Dungarpur District. The rail line between Udaipur and Himatnagar in Gujarat runs through the town, shortest distance to the National Highway 8 from Dungapur town is...

, who bear the title of Maharawal, are descended from Mahup, eldest son of Karan Singh, chief of Mewar in the 12th century, and claim the honours of the elder line of Mewar. Mahup, disinherited by his father, took refuge with his mother's family, the Chauhan
Chauhan
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s of Bagar
Bagar, Rajasthan, India
Bagar is a town in Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan, state, India.- Havelis :Bagar also has many beautiful havelis with frescos on the walls that belong to Rungta families who are the great grandson's of Chavo Sati Dadi, many of these families have moved on to bigger cities in India like Calcutta,...

, and made himself master of that country at the expense of the Bhil
Bhil
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 chiefs.
The town of Dungarpur, the capital of the state, was founded towards the end of the 14th century by his descendant Rawal Bir Singh, who named it after Dungaria, an independent Bhil
Bhil
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 chieftain
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 whom he had caused to be assassinated. After the death of Rawal Udai Singh of Bagar
Bagar, Rajasthan, India
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 at the Battle of Khanwa
Battle of Khanwa
The Battle of Khanwa, was fought near the village of Khanwa, about 60 km west of Agra on March 17, 1527. The second major battle fought in modern day India, by the first Mughal Emperor Babur after the Battle of Panipat . As the Mughal Empire expanded it faced new opponents especially in the...

 in 1527, where he fought alongside Rana Sanga
Rana Sanga
-Historical Fact:Maharana Sangram Singh was the ruler of Mewar state, a region lying within the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, a desert region, between 1509 and 1527. He was a scion of the Sisodia clan of Suryavanshi Rajputs...

 against Babar
Babur
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, his territories were divided into the states of Dungarpur and Banswara
Banswara
Banswara is a city in Banswara District in south Rajasthan in India. Banswara princely state was founded by Maharawal Jagmal Singh. It is named for the "bans" or bamboo forests in the area. It is also known as 'City of Hundred Islands', due to presence of numerous islands in the Mahi River, which...

. Successively under Mughal
Mughal Empire
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, Maratha
Maratha
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, and British Raj
British Raj
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 control by treaty in 1818, where it remained 15-gun salute state

In 1901 the total population of Dungarpur was 100,103, while that of the town was 6094.

List of Maharawals

The Maharawals belonged to the Shishodhya dynasty, Ahra Guhilot clan
  • 1691 - 1702 Khuman Singh
  • 1702 - 1730 Ram Singh
  • 1730 - 1785 Shiv Singh
  • 1785 - 1790 Vairi Sal
  • 1790 - 1808 Fateh Singh
  • 1808 - 19 Dec 1845 Jashwant Singh (b. ... - d. 1845)
  • 1846 - 1898 Udai Singh (b. 1838 - d. 1898)
  • 13 Feb 1898 - 15 Nov 1918 Bijai Singh (b. 1887 - d. 1918)
  • 15 Nov 1918 - 15 Aug 1947 Laxman Singh (b. 1908 - d. 1989)


The last princely ruler of Dungarpur was HH Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Shri Lakshman Singh Bahadur
Laxman Singh
Lakshman Singh was the last ruling Maharawal of the princely state of Dungarpur from 1918 to 1989, a former MP in the Rajya Sabha and speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from July 1977 to June 1979...

 (1918–1989), who was awarded KCSI
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 (1935) and GCIE (1947), and after independence became a Member of the Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha
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 twice, in 1952 and 1958, and later a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated in Jaipur — the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people. Presently, the legislative assembly...

 (MLA) in 1962 and 1989.
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