Piploda State

Piploda State was an estate in India at the time of the British Raj. It belonged to the Malwa Agency, part of the Central India Agency. The state was initially a tributary of Jaora State. In 1924 Piploda became an independent non-gun salute state through British mediation.

Piploda State
Princely State
1547–1948
Area 
• 1901
155 km2 (60 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
11441
History
History 
• Established
1547
1948
Succeeded by
India
Kesri Singh, ruler of Piploda State from 1888 to 1919

History

The Thakurs of Piploda were Dodiya Rajputs from the Kathiawar region. Once maharana lakha of mewar's family was on a pilgrimage to gujarat when they were suddenly attacked by dacoits and Rao siha dodia came to their aid he was killed in skirmish but his two sons helped the royal family get back to mewar and both the son were granted jagir of lawa now known as sardargarh for their bravery. While the youngest dhawal singh dodia remained in sardargarh the eldest son kalu singh dodiya moved to MP then malwa and founded princely state of piploda. They are the descendants of raja phul singh dodiya of girnar in junagarh district.one of the ancestors called Kaluji migrated to Malwa and captured the fort of Sabalgarh in 1285. The Sixth son of Kaluji who was called Shardul Singh extended his domains and founded the village of Piploda. During the rise of the Marathas in Malwa, Piploda was reduced to a great extent. The estate had 28 villages, a population of 11,441 (1901) and a revenue of Rs.95,000 (1901).[1] The last ruler acceded to the Government of India on 15 June 1948, and Piploda became part of Ratlam District of Madhya Bharat state.

Thakurs
  • .... - .... Sadal Singh
  • 1820 - 18.. Prithvi Singh
  • 18.. - 18.. Umed Sigh
  • 18.. - 12 Nov 1863 Onkar Singh (d. 1863)
  • 30 Nov 1863 – 26 Oct 1888 Dulai Singh (b. 1852 - d. 1888)
  • 8 Nov 1888 - 4 Nov 1919 Kesri Singh (b. 1872 - d. 1919)
  • 5 Nov 1919 - 1936 Mangal Singh (b. 1893 - d. 1936)
  • 1936 - 15 Jun 1948 Raghuraj Singh

See also

References
  1. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_155.gif
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