2022-05-27 Fri

Dule Singh of Sailana had issued a copper paisa in 1940 Vikram Samvat where pennants point at one side is shown on the obverse side of the coin and sprig and date in Devanagari is mentioned. Sailana princely state was a part of Malwa Agency, Central Indian Agency. It had an area of 450 square miles. The word ‘Sailana’ is traced from the name of Shaila hills.

Its territories were scattered and intermingled with Ratlam state and so it was tedious for the cartographer to make an accurate map of Sailana. Its boundaries intermingled with Gwalior, Indore, Dhar, Jhabua, Jaora, Banswara, and Kushalgarh. The chief river of the state was Mahi which flows in the western part of the State.

The lineage of Sailana comes from Rathore Rajputs of the Ratanavat branch, an offshoot of the Ratlam house. Jai Singh, the great-grandson of Ratan Singh established the state. Ratan Singh was responsible for the foundation of Ratlam state. In 1716, he fought a battle at Sagode against his uncle for the murder of his father. He secured Ratlam and kept it for his elder brother.

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