BANSWARA (literally " the forest country ")

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BANSWARA (literally " the forest country ") , a rajput feudatory state in Rajputana, India. It borders on

Gujarat

GUJARAT

and is bounded on the N. by the native states of Dungarpur and Udaipur or Mewar; on the N.E. and E. by Partabgarh; on the S. by the dominions of Holkar and the state of Jabua and on the W. by the state of Rewa Kantha. Banswara state is about 45 M. in length from N. to S., and 33 M. in breadth from E. to W., and has an area of 1946 sq. m. The population in 19or was 165,350. The

Mahi

MAHI

is the only river in the state and

great

GREAT

scarcity of water occurs in the dry season. The Banswara

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

belongs to the family of Udaipur. During the vigour of the Delhi empire Banswara formed one of its dependencies; on its decline the state passed under the Mahrattas. Wearied out by their oppressions, its

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

in 1812 petitioned for English

protection

PROTECTION

, on the

condition

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

of his state becoming tributary on the expulsion of the Mahrattas. The treaty of 1818 gave effect to this arrangement, Britain guaranteeing the prince against external enemies and refractory chiefs; he, on his part, pledging himself to be guided by her representative in the administration of his state. The chief is assisted in the administration,by a hamdar or minister. The estimated

gross

GROSS

revenue is 17,000 and the

tribute

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

2500. The custom of suttee, or widow-burning, has

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

been abolished in the state, but the people retain all their superstitions regarding witches and sorcery; and as

late

LATE

as 1870, a Bhil woman, about eighty years old, was swung to death at Kushalgarh on an accusation of witchcraft. The perpetrators of the crime were sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment, but they had the sympathy of the people on their side. The chief town is Banswara, situated about 8 m. W. of the

Mahi

MAHI

river, surrounded by an old disused rampart and adorned by various Hindu temples, with the battlements of the chief's palace overlooking it. Its population in 1901 was 7038. The petty state of Kushalgarh is feudatory to Banswara.

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