Muli State

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Muli State
1470–1950
Muli-Symbol-of-Muli-State-1.jpg
Coat of arms
Capital Muli
History 
 Established
1470
1950
Area
1901344 km2 (133 sq mi)
Population
 1901
16,390
Succeeded by
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Today part of India

Muli State was a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British India. It was ruled by the Parmar clan of the Rajputs.

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The state was originally ruled by Sodha branch of the Parmar Rajputs which was founded in 1470s. It subsequently remained under the suzerainty of bigger states. It became a princely state during the rule of Britishers in the subcontinent.

After Indian independence in 1947, the rulers of Muli acceded to the Union of India.

History

The rulers of Muli belonged to the Sodha dynasty, which is originally a branch of Paramara dynasty. They came from Tharparkar and carved out an Independent state for themselves under the leadership of Lakhdhirji and settled in Thān and Chotila. [1] They are said to have started out as feudatories of the Vaghela dynasty. [2]

The Muli is famous for a battle over a wounded partridge. Stone Memorials at Muli commemorate the event when two communities fought over a partridge leading to the death of an estimated 200 persons. The incident goes back to 1474, [3] when members of the Chabad community, who were tribal hunters shot a partridge, which was wounded and saved by a lady named Jombai who was the mother of Lakhdhirji, the then ruler of the Muli State. She found the injured bird lying behind the presiding deity of their community, and hence refused to hand over the bird. The ensuring battle led to many deaths and stone memorials are still found in Muli. The caste identity of each of those killed in inscribed in the memorials. Since then, Parmar Rajputs of Muli vowed never to kill a partridge.

Rulers

The rulers of Muli used the title Thakore Saheb.

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References

  1. Provincial Series: Bombay Presidency ... Superintendent of government printing. 1909. p. 391.
  2. Singh, Rajvi Amar (1992). Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan. Rajvi Amar Singh. p. 202. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. Mahurkar, Uday (13 June 2005). "The story of people of Muli in Gujarat who died to save a partridge". India Today. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

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