2021-09-13 Mon

Sitamau princely state was situated in the south-western plateau of Malwa. The total covered area was 523 square kilometres. It was founded by a Meena chief, Sataji on which state name was kept. The boundaries of the state touched Indore and Gwalior on the northern side, Jaora and Dewas in the south, Jhalawar state of Rajputana in the east and on the west side by Gwalior. The principal river of the state was Chambal which forms the eastern boundary and was used as a source for irrigation.

The chief of Sitamau belongs to Rathore Rajput of the Jodhpur family and had nexus with Rajas of Ratlam and Sailana. It was founded by Kesho Das, grandson of Ratan Singh from Ratlam who received Titroda, Nahargarh and Alot Parganas from Aurangzeb in 1695. Of these, Nahargarh and Alot were seized by the chiefs of Gwalior and Dewas respectively.

An adjoined image is of copper paisa of Sitamau princely state. Bahadur Shah had issued this type of coin in 1944 Vikram Samvat. The obverse of the coin features Trident in the centre, VS date, Devanagari legend and imprint on the backside of the coin is Mint name in Devanagari, Six-pointed star and Sword.

Image Courtesy: Mintage World