2021-04-30 Fri

Banswara was a princely state situated in the southernmost Rajputana province which later became a part of British India. It is bound in the north by Partabgarh and Mewar, on the west by Dungarpur and Sunth, in the south by Jhalod, Jhabua, and in the east by Sailana, Ratlam, and Pratabgarh. Banswara is said to take its name from a Bhil chieftain name Wasna whose village was situated there. In 1530, it was defeated and slain by Jagmal, the then first chieftain of this State.

From the beginning of the 13th to 16th century, Banswara State was ruled by the chiefs of Dungarpur or Bagar. It later became a separate state in 1530. According to one account Udai Singh, the chief of Bagar, who was killed in the battle of Khanua in March 1527, ordered that on his death his territory should be divided between his two sons namely- Prithvi Raj and Jagmal.

Adjoined copper quarter paisa coin is issued by Lakshman Singh of Banswara Princely state. The coin was minted at Banswara in 1870. The obverse and reverse of the coin are identical and deciphers, “Samba moving down in middle circle”.

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