Sohawal State

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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name = Sohawal State
|common_name = Sohawal
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1550
|date_start =
|event_start =
|year_end = 1950
|date_end =
|event_end = [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Sohawal State-flag.png
|image_coat =
|image_map = Kothi-Bhaisunda map.jpg
|image_map_caption = Sohawal State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 = 552
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 32,216
|today = [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
|footnotes =

}}
'''Sohawal State''' was a [[princely state]] of the [[Bagelkhand Agency]] of the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bagelkhand |volume=3 |page=200}}</ref>
It was a relatively small [[Sanad (deed)|Sanad state]] of about 552 km<sup>2</sup> with a population of 32,216 inhabitants in 1901. Its capital was at [[Sohawal]], a small town — 2,108 inhabitants in 1901 — located in modern [[Satna district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].

The state was divided in two sections separated by territory belonging to [[Kothi State]] and in its northern side it formed little enclaves within neighbouring [[Panna State]].<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_076.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 70.]</ref>

==History==
Sohawal State was founded in the mid sixteenth century by a ruler named Fateh Singh. It had been originally much larger, but lost much territory within the first centuries of its existence.<ref name="IGI"/>

Sohawal became a [[British protectorate]] initially subordinate to Panna State, but a separate ''sanad'' was granted to ''Rais'' Aman Singh in 1809. During the 1830 – 1833 period there was an [[interregnum]] in which Sohawal came under direct [[Doctrine of lapse|British administration]].<ref name="WS"/>

The last ruler of Sohawal signed the [[instrument of accession]] to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 1 January 1950.{{cn|date=December 2017}}

===Rulers===
The rulers used the title of ''[[Rais]]'' and after 1911 they adopted the title ''[[Raja]]''.<ref name="WS">[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India K-W]</ref>
====Title ''Rais''====
*1550 – .... Fateh Singh
*.... – .... ....
*.... – 1750 Prithipal Singh
*.... – .... .... (four rulers)
*bf.1809 – 18.. Lal Aman Singh (1st time)
*18.. – 1830 Raghunath Singh (d. 1830/33)
*1830 – 1833 Vacant
*1833 – 1840 Lal Aman Singh (2nd time)
*1840 – 1865 Sheo Singh (d. 1865)
* 1 November 1865 – 1899 Sher Jang Bahadur Singh (b. 1853 – d. 1899) (personal style Raja from 1 January 1879)
*23 Nov 1899 – 1911 Bhagwant Raj Bahadur Singh (b. 1878 – d. 1930)
====Title ''Raja''====
*1911 – 16 February 1930 Bhagwant Raj Bahadur Singh (s.a.)
*1930 – 15 August 1947 Jagendra Bahadur Singh (b. 1899 – d. 1974)

==See also==
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Vindhya Pradesh]]

==References==
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