Bandanwara

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Badanwara was an istimrari in Ajmer that belonged to the Rathore clan of Rajputs.

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Description

The estate was located 14 miles south of Nasirabad. [1] [2] It consisted of twenty-one villages. [1] It covered an area of 34,845 bighas (approximately 21,603.90 acres). [2]

History

Mokal Singh, the Maharana of Mewar, is said to have taken Ajmer and Sambhar from the Sultan of Delhi, and he granted the village of Badanwara for the maintenance of a temple of Eklingji. [3] Chandra Sen, an ancestor of the Rao of Badanwara, succeeded his father, Maldeo, as the Rao of Marwar. [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bayley, C. S. (2004). Chiefs and leading families in Rajputana. Public Resource. New Delhi : Asian Educational Services. p. 109. ISBN   978-81-206-1066-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  2. 1 2 Sherring, Herbert (1897). The Mayo College, "the Eton of India": A Record of Twenty Years, 1875-1895. Thacker, Spink and Company. pp. 192–193.
  3. 1 2 Sarda, Har Bilas (1941). Ajmer: Historical And Descriptive. pp. 149–150, 292–293.
  4. ↑ Bhargava, Visheshwar Sarup (1966). Marwar And The Mughal Emperors (1526-1748). p. 44.
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