Jobat State

Jobat State[1] was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was placed administratively under the Bhopawar Agency[2] subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 339 square kilometres and had a population of 9.443 which produced an average revenue of Rs.21,000 in 1901.[3]

Jobat State
जोबत रियासत
Princely State
15th century–1948

Jobat State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area 
• 1901
339 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
9443
History 
• Established
15th century
1948
Succeeded by
India

History

The principality was founded in the 15th century of the Alirajpur State ruling family belonging to the Rathore dynasty of Rajputs.[4] After Indian independence in 1948, the rulers of Jobat acceded to the Union of India on 15 June 1948.[5] The principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November 1956.

Rulers

Jobat State's Hindu rulers were styled 'Rana', and the succession was in the female line.[6]

Ranas
  • Rana Bahhram Dev
  • Rana Keshavdas Dev
  • Rana Loonkaran Dev
  • 1864 – 1874 Ranjit Singh
  • 1874 – 1897 Sarup Singh
  • 1897 – Mar 1916 Indrajit Singh
  • 18 Jun 1917 – 15 Aug 1947 Bhim Singh (b. 1915)

References
  1. Imperial Gazeteer of India, v. 5, p. 223.
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bhopawar" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 846.
  3. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_153.gif
  4. Rajput Provinces of India - Jobat
  5. "Jobat (Princely State)". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  6. Princely States of India

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