Garrauli State

Garrouli; Hindi Name गर्रौली) is a fort and former princely state in present Madhya Pradesh, central India.^{[citation needed]}

History

Princely state
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Individual residencies
Hyderabad Indore (Holkar) Jammu and Kashmir Mysore (Maisur) Quilon Sikkim
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Garrauli became a princely state in 1812, when a sanad (feudal deed) from the British Government was granted to its first Diwan Bahadur, Gopal Singh, second son of Thakur Bhagwant Singh of Mahewa.^{[citation needed]}

The state maintained a military force of 2 cavalry, 56 infantry and 4 guns. The founder and his succeeding descendants bore the style Diwan Sahib or Diwan Bahadur.^{[citation needed]}

Garrauli was a non-salute state, in the charge of the colonial Bundelkhand Agency. It had a population of 5,231 in 1901, a revenue of 25,000 Rupees and surface of 101 km2. It ceased to exist de facto when the states were seized in 1947, and formally on 3 March 1948 by accession to India. The privy purse was fixed at 34,000 Rupees.^{[citation needed]}

Rulers

• Gopal Singh, 1st Diwan Sahib of Garrauli 1812 - death 1830.
• Parichhat Singh, son of the above, 2nd Diwan Sahib of Garrauli 1831, created Diwan Bahadur 17.10.1844, died 1884
• Chandrabhan Singh, born 2 April 1883, son of the son of the above, 3rd Diwan Sahib of Garrauli 19 October 1884; Honorable Captain of Chhatrasal Infantry (Panna) 1925; died 20 November 1946
• Raghuraj Singh, son of the above, born 16 January 1910, 4th Diwan Sahib of Garrauli 1946^{[citation needed]}
• Raja RAVINDRA SINGH, 5th Diwan Sahib of Garrauli since 17th September 1964, born 19th February 1957.

External links

• Indian Princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org, with genealogy

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