2022-04-25 Mon

Ratlam princely state was a part of the Malwa Agency of Central India. Its capital town was Ratlam and had an area of 1795 square kilometers. Its territory was inextricably intermingled with Sailana boundaries. Its boundaries touch the territories of the Jaora and Pratabgarh on the north side, Gwalior to the east, Dhar, Kushalgarh, and Indore to the south, and Banswara to the west side. In 1921, the gun salute was increased from 11 to 15 by the British authority. The flag of the state has a rectangular horizontal bicolor of equal bands of green and yellow respectively.

The state was founded by Ratan Singh in 1652. He was the grandson of Raja Udai Singh of Jaipur and the son of Raja Mahesh Das of Jhalor. He had 12 wives, among them Queen Sukhroopde Kanwar Shekhawat Ji Sahiba was the daughter of Kunwar Purshottam Das of Jhajhar in Rajasthan. She became popular for committing sati in 1658.

An adjoined image shows a copper Paisa of Shah Alam II where ‘Raj in the dotted inner circle, RY date, Persian legend’ is portrayed on the front side. The backside of the coins depicts Leaf, Mint name, and Julus formula.

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