Narsinghgarh State

Narsinghgarh State
नरसिंहगढ़ राज्य
Princely State
1681–1948
Flag of Narsinghgarh
Flag
Coat of arms of Narsinghgarh
Coat of arms

Narsinghgarh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
CapitalNarsinghgarh
Area 
• 1948
1,920 km2 (740 sq mi)
Population 
• 1948
140,000
History 
• Established
1681
1948
Succeeded by
India
Narsinghgarh fort, the official Residence of the rulers of the state until Raja Bhanu Prakash Singhji shifted to the Bhanu Niwas Palace in the town in 1962

The Kingdom of Narsinghgarh or later Narsinghgarh State was a kingdom and later a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British India. It was ruled by Umath branch of the Parmar Rajputs.[1]

It formed an enclave within Rajgarh State and was placed administratively under the Bhopal Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency.[2] The state covered an area of 1,920 square kilometres (740 sq mi) and had a population of 92,093 and an average revenue of Rs.5,00,000 in 1901.[3][2][4]

The state capital was the town of the same name, Narsinghgarh.[1]

  1. ^ a b Imperial Gazetteer of India 1911
  2. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Narsinghgarh" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 242.
  3. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 8, page 125 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library".
  4. ^ Narsinghgarh State. Vol. 18. 1911. p. 383. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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