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{{Short description|Shekhawat Estate in Jaipur}}
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The '''Estate of Sikar''' was the largest chiefship in [[Jaipur]], and its head held the title of [[Rao Raja]]. Rao Raja was a vassal of [[Kingdom of Amber|Jaipur]] State and functioned as a subordinate to it. The family seat of administration was at [[Sikar]].
== Area ==
The estate included around 440 villages and covered an area of approximately 1,400 square miles (3,625 km²).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36115/ |title=A Colleection Of The Report Of Committee Of Inquiry |date=1933 |pages=1}}</ref> The territory was divided into seven [[Tehsil|tehsils]] for administrative purposes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jain |first=kesharlal Ajmera |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.66091/ |title=The Jaipur Album Or All About Jaipur |date=1935 |pages=48–50}}</ref> These were [[Reengus]], [[Sikar]], Singrawat, Nechwa, [[Laxmangarh]], [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]], and [[Ramgarh Shekhawati|Ramgarh]].<ref name=":0" />

== Geography ==
It was bounded to the north by [[Bikaner State]], to the east by [[Shekhawati]], a nizamat of [[Kingdom of Amber|Jaipur]], to the south by [[Sambhar Lake Town|Sambhar]], another nizamat of [[Kingdom of Amber|Jaipur]], and to the west by Bikaner State and [[Kingdom of Marwar|Jodhpur State]].<ref name=":0" /> Sikar had a total of nine forts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.536468/ |title=Batra H. C. |date=1958 |publisher=S. Chand and Co. |pages=9}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Raisal of Khandela|Raisal]], a [[Shekhawat]], was a favorite of [[Akbar]], and his descendants went on to establish a series of estates in [[Rajputana]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Biswas |first=Arun Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xxvAAAAMAAJ |title=A Pilgrimage to Khetri & the Sarasvati Valley |date=1987 |publisher=Sujan Publications |pages=22 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03014/11783.E33005_Imperial_Coronation_Durbar_1911 |title=Imperial coronation durbar 1911 |date=1911 |publisher=The Imperial Publishing, Lahore |pages=234–236}}</ref> His descendants are known by the patronymic Raisalot.<ref name=":3" /> One of [[Raisal of Khandela|Raisal]]'s many sons was Rao Tirmul.<ref name=":3" /> He accompanied his father in the Battle of Ahmedabad.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Meharda |first=B. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90ZuAAAAMAAJ |title=Territory, Polity, and Status: A Study of Shekhawats |date=2006 |publisher=Rawat Publications |isbn=978-81-7033-887-1 |pages=67–68 |language=en}}</ref> [[Akbar]], in recognition of his commendable service, conferred upon him the title of [[Rao title|Rao]] and granted him the parganas of [[Nagaur]] and Kasli.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> His descendants came to be known as Raojika.<ref name=":3" /> [[Rao Raja]]s of [[Sikar]] claim descent from Tirmul.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> A descendant of Tirmul, Jaswant Singh, was killed by Bahadur Singh, the Raja of [[Khandela]], at Sheogarh Fort in [[Khandela]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Sinh |first=Ranbir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EduAAAAMAAJ |title=History of Shekhawats |date=2001 |publisher=Publication Scheme |isbn=978-81-86782-74-3 |pages=61–63,134–135 |language=en}}</ref> To atone for the murder, Bahadur Singh granted Virbhan-ka-Bas to [[Dowlat Singh|Daulat Singh]], the son of the deceased, in 1687.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hooja |first=Rima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |isbn=978-81-291-0890-6 |pages=585 |language=en}}</ref> [[Dowlat Singh|Daulat Singh]] subsequently renamed it Sikar after [[Rao Shekha]].<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ratnawat |first=Shyam Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mz9uAAAAMAAJ |title=Rajput Nobility: With Special Reference to the Kachchawaha Nobility of Jaipur During 1700-1858 A.D. |date=1990 |publisher=Panchsheel Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7056-057-9 |pages=58 |language=en}}</ref>

== Title and flag ==

=== Title ===
The title of [[Rao Raja]] was conferred by [[Jagat Singh of Amber|Jagat Singh]] on [[Lachhman Singh of Sikar|Lakshman Singh]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48656/ |title=Chiefs And Leading Families In Rajputana |date=1903 |pages=63–64}}</ref>

=== Flag ===
In 1877, [[Ram Singh II]] conferred on [[Madho Singh of Sikar|Madho Singh]] the Panchranga, a striped standard of five colors.<ref name=":2" />

== List of rulers ==

=== Rulers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Reign Start
!Reign End
|-
|[[Dowlat Singh|Daulat Singh]]
|1687
|1721
|-
|[[Shiv Singh of Sikar|Shiv Singh]]
|1721
|1748
|-
|[[Samrath Singh of Sikar|Samrath Singh]]
|1748
|1754
|-
|[[Nahar Singh of Sikar|Nahar Singh]]
|1754
|1756
|-
|[[Chand Singh of Sikar|Chand Singh]]
|1756
|1763
|-
|[[Devi Singh of Sikar|Devi Singh]]
|1763
|1795
|-
|[[Lachhman Singh of Sikar|Lakshman Singh]]
|1795
|1833
|-
|[[Rampratap Singh|Ram Pratap Singh]]
|1833
|1850
|-
|[[Bhairon Singh of Sikar|Bhairon Singh]]
|1851
|1886
|-
|[[Madho Singh of Sikar|Madho Singh]]
|1886
|1922
|-
|[[Kalyan Singh of Sikar|Kalyan Singh]]
|28 June 1922
|1954
|}

=== Titular rulers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Reign Start
!Reign End
|-
|[[Kalyan Singh of Sikar|Kalyan Singh]]
|1954
|5 November 1967
|-
|Bikram Singh
|5 November 1967
|
|}

=== Other family members ===

* [[Himani Shah]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Uddin |first=Nasir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghOGDwAAQBAJ |title=Deterritorialised Identity and Transborder Movement in South Asia |last2=Chowdhory |first2=Nasreen |date=2019-01-31 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-981-13-2778-0 |pages=137 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
<references />

[[Category: History of Jaipur]]
[[Category: Former principalities]]

Sikar (estate) - Revision history

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