Jodhpur State (1818-1947) and Coins

 

Jodhpur State, historically known as the Kingdom of Marwar, was a kingdom in the Marwar region from 1226 to 1818 and a princely state under the British rule from 1818 to 1947. Its capital was the city of Jodhpur since 1450. Covering an area of 93,424 square km, Jodhpur was the largest state in British India after Jammu and Kashmir State and Hyderabad State.

                                     

One Mohur, George VI, 1940-1943, Umaid Singh, 
  

The Rathore rulers of the princely state of Jodhpur were of an ancient dynasty established in the 8th century. They claim to be descendants of Rastrakuta dynasty. On the fall of the Rastrakuta dynasty, they migrated north and formed their kingdom in Kannauj as Gahadavala dynasty. Their descendants migrated to Marwar and established the Rathore dynasty. The dynasty's fortunes were made by Rao Jodha, first of the rulers of the Rahore dynasty in Jodhpur in 1459. Of the 15 rulers that preceded Jodha, nine died on the battlefield, six of them against foreign armies. Jodha's son himself died after a battle in which he saved 140 women from the raiders.

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The kingdom remained independent until it was annexed by the Mughal Empire in 1581 after the death of Chandrasen Rathore. It remained under the Mughals until Udai Singh was restored to the throne as a vassal and given the title of Raja in 1583. 

                                        

Jodhpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India

                                       

   Rao Chandrasen of Marwar

        Raja Udai Singhji

                                   

During the late 17th century it was under Emperor Aurangzeb. During this time Durgadas Rathore struggled to preserve the Rahore dynasties and freed Marwar from the Mughal Empire after 31 years of war. In the late 18th and 19th centuries  the kingdom was overrun by the Maratha hordes of Scindia and Holkar. 

Because of the internal problems, in January 1818, Raja Man Singh entered into a subsidiary alliance, after which the Raja of Mewar (or Jodhpur) continued as rulers of a princely state. 

                                           

        Maharaja Man Singh

The Maharajas of Jodhpur originally had a gun salute of 19 guns. This was however reduced to 17 guns in 1870 due to a quarrel with the Maharaja of Udaipur.

The armies of Jodhpur State fought in World War I for the British. The Jodhpur Lancers with the support of the Mysore Lancers defeated a large force of Turks and Germans in the Battle of Haifa (1918). Following Indian Independence in 1947, Maharaja Hanwant Singh, the last ruler of Jodhpur state, delayed signing the Instrument of Accession to India. But due to effective persuasion by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Maharaja acceded in April 1949.   

                                              

Raj Rajeshwar Maharaj Hanwant Singh, 1947/1952

                                            

Umaid Bhawan Palace, built from 1929 to 1943

                                           

Mehrangarh Fort, constructed in 1459 AD
 

Coins of Jodhpur State

                                            

1/4 Anna, Edward VII, Sardar Singh, 1901-1910, copper, weight 10.5 gm, Obverse: Legend in Persian, Jodhpur, Pau Anna, Sardar Singh, in the name of Edward VII, lettering 1906, Reverse: Daroga mark, in Devnagari, ''Ma'' all within a circle of dots

                                           

  

1/4 Anna, George VI, Umaid Singh, 1944-1945, copper, weight 2.6 gm, Obverse: Umaid Singh, Persian 6 below Daroga's mark, for George VI, Reverse: Umaid Singh

                                               

One Takka, Takhat Singh, 1843-1873 AD, copper, weight 21.5 gm, Obverse: Lettering Victoria

                                               

   

Half Rupee, Victoria, Sardar Singh, 1898, silver, weight 5.6 gm
 

                                                 

  

One Rupee, Shah Alam II, Pali mint, silver, weight 11.3 gm, Obverse: Shah Alam II,  Dagger

                                               

  

One Rupee, Shah Alam II, Sojat mint, 1790-1792  AD, silver, weight 11.4 gm, Obverse: Shah Alam II, Reverse: Fictitious mint name, Jodhpur

                                             

  

One Rupee, Victoria, Jaswant Singh, 1872-1873, silver, weight 11.3 gm, Obverse: Swastika mint mark, ''ba-zaman-i-mubarak queen victoria mallika mua'zzamah inglistan -o-hindustan'', Reverse: Jhar and sword, mint marks VS 1929 date on top, lettering ''shree mataji''

1/4 Mohur, George V, Umaid Singh, 1918-1935, gold, weight 2.7 gm, Obverse: Ba-zaman-i-mubarak, george 5, jhar and daroga mark, pancham shah-i-inglistan, emperor-i-hindustan, Reverse: VS Date, shri mataji bahadur, shri umaid (sword +22) singh maharaja-dhiraj zarb jodhpur

 

                                                

One Mohur, George VI, Umaid Singh, 1940-1943, gold, weight 11.0 gm, Obverse: Ba-zaman-i-mubarak, george 6, jhar and daroga mark, shesham shah-i-inglistan, emperor-i-hindustan, Reverse: VS Date, samat shri mataji bahadur, shri umaid singh, Maharaja-dhiraj zarb jodhpur

Jodhpur State

Jodhpur State Coins