Pratapgarh State

{{About|the princely State in Rajasthan|its namesake estate in Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh Estate|the former state in present-day Assam|Pratapgarh Kingdom}}

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|event_end= Accession to the Union of India

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File:Old Palace, Pratapgarh.jpg

Pratapgarh State, also known as 'Partabgarh', was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was founded in 1425 as Kanthal state and was later renamed after its capital located in Pratapgarh, Rajasthan.

Pratapgarh was a 15 gun salute princely state; its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 7 April 1949.[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/p/pratapgarh_r.html Pratapgarh Princely State (15 gun salute)]

History

File:Obverse of the One Rupee coin from the Princely state of Pratabgarh, made of silver, bearing the name of king Sawant Singh, Julus year 29, AH 1199, photographed from a personal collection in West Bengal, India, June 1, 2024.jpg

File:Maharawat Raghunath Singh.jpg (r. 1890-1929)]]

Maharana Kumbha ruled Chittorgarh in the 14th century. Due to a dispute with his younger brother Kshemkarn he expelled him from his territory. Kshemkarn's family was refugee for some time and lived in the Aravalli Range in the southern area of Rajasthan. In 1425 Kanthal state was founded. In 1514 Rajkumar Surajmal became the ruler of Devgarh, and this raj later came to be known as Pratapgarh raj. As the environment of Devgarh was not found to be suitable by the royal family, one of the descendants of Raja Surajmal, Rajkumar Pratap Singh started to build a new town near Devgarh in 1698 and named it Pratapgarh.[http://116.50.64.10/pjym/AP_history.htm Pratapgarh Jain Samaj] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120710085713/http://116.50.64.10/pjym/AP_history.htm |date=10 July 2012 }}

=Rulers=

They had the right to a 15 gun salute.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==Maharawat==

1775–1844: Sawant Singh
1844–1864: Dalpat Singh
1864 – 15 February 1890: Udai Singh
1890 – 18 January 1929: Raghunath Singh (b. 1857 – d. 1929)
1929 – 15 August 1947: Ram Singh (b. 1908 – d. 1949)[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India K–W]