State of Bikaner बीकानेर रियासत | |||||||
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1465–1947 | |||||||
Motto: "Jai Jungaldhar Badshah" Victory to the king of deserts | |||||||
Official languages | Rajasthani and Hindi | ||||||
Religion | Hinduism ( state religion) [1] | ||||||
Demonym(s) | Bikaner | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1465 | ||||||
1947 | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• Total | 60,391 km2 (23,317 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1931 estimate | 936,218 | ||||||
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Today part of | Rajasthan, India |
Bikaner State was a princely state in the Rajputana from 1465 to 1947. The founder of the state, Rao Bika, was the eldest son of Rao Jodha, ruler of Jodhpur. Rao Bika chose to build his own kingdom instead of inheriting his father's. Bika defeated the Jat clans of Jangladesh along with his uncle Rao Kandhal and his adviser Vikramji Rajpurohit and founded his own kingdom. Its capital was the city of Bikaner in the northern area of present-day Rajasthan State in India. Karni Mata has been designated as the kuldevi of the royal family of Bikaner.
The state was noted for the Bikaner style of painting. [2]
Covering an area of 60,391 km2 (23,317 sq mi), Bikaner State was the second largest state under the Rajputana Agency after Jodhpur State with a revenue of Rs.26,00,000 in 1901. [3] Heeding the 1947 call of Vallabhbhai Patel to integrate the princely states into the new independent India, Bikaner's last king, Maharaja Sadul Singh, advised by his dewan K. M. Panikkar, a respected historian, was one of the first rulers of a princely state to display willingness to join the Indian Union. By issuing a public appeal in April 1947 to his fellow princes to join the Constituent Assembly of India, the Maharaja of Bikaner set an example for other heads of the native states to follow. [4]
The state of Bikaner was founded in 1465. It became a British protectorate on 9 March 1818. They were accorded a 17 gun salute by the British authorities. Around the time of Indian Independence and the partition of India, the territory of the state of Bikaner came to share a border with Pakistan. The accession to the Indian Union was signed by the Maharaja on 7 August 1947. [5]
The rulers were Rathor Rajputs and related to the ruling family of Jodhpur. [6]
The Dewans and Chief Ministers of the state were:
The post of Dewan was reinstated in 1927.
The Royal House of Bikaner awards two dynastic orders, the Order of the Star of Honour and the Order of Vikram Star. Maharaja Ganga Singh established the Order of the Star of Honour in six grades in order to "mark his golden jubilee on the throne". [8] The Order of the Vikram Star was established in 1944 by Maharaja Sadul Singh of Bikaner in five grades "to recognize services to the state." The first grade (Grand Commander) includes a cordon with jewel, along with a breast star. [8] The breast star features "Twelve alternate petals of gold and silver overlapping and radiating from a central motif showing the Goddess Karni blessing Rao Bikaji who is standing with lance in hand next to his horse." [9] A red enamelled diamond in the center of the breast star, which is surrounded by a wreath, contains the inscription in the Devanagari script Shri Karni Aasisadi Bikatothirraj (Blessing by Karni Mati for his Perpetual Rule). [9]
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). " Bikanir". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
State of Bikaner बीकानेर रियासत | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1465–1947 | |||||||
Motto: "Jai Jungaldhar Badshah" Victory to the king of deserts | |||||||
Official languages | Rajasthani and Hindi | ||||||
Religion | Hinduism ( state religion) [1] | ||||||
Demonym(s) | Bikaner | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1465 | ||||||
1947 | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• Total | 60,391 km2 (23,317 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1931 estimate | 936,218 | ||||||
| |||||||
Today part of | Rajasthan, India |
Bikaner State was a princely state in the Rajputana from 1465 to 1947. The founder of the state, Rao Bika, was the eldest son of Rao Jodha, ruler of Jodhpur. Rao Bika chose to build his own kingdom instead of inheriting his father's. Bika defeated the Jat clans of Jangladesh along with his uncle Rao Kandhal and his adviser Vikramji Rajpurohit and founded his own kingdom. Its capital was the city of Bikaner in the northern area of present-day Rajasthan State in India. Karni Mata has been designated as the kuldevi of the royal family of Bikaner.
The state was noted for the Bikaner style of painting. [2]
Covering an area of 60,391 km2 (23,317 sq mi), Bikaner State was the second largest state under the Rajputana Agency after Jodhpur State with a revenue of Rs.26,00,000 in 1901. [3] Heeding the 1947 call of Vallabhbhai Patel to integrate the princely states into the new independent India, Bikaner's last king, Maharaja Sadul Singh, advised by his dewan K. M. Panikkar, a respected historian, was one of the first rulers of a princely state to display willingness to join the Indian Union. By issuing a public appeal in April 1947 to his fellow princes to join the Constituent Assembly of India, the Maharaja of Bikaner set an example for other heads of the native states to follow. [4]
The state of Bikaner was founded in 1465. It became a British protectorate on 9 March 1818. They were accorded a 17 gun salute by the British authorities. Around the time of Indian Independence and the partition of India, the territory of the state of Bikaner came to share a border with Pakistan. The accession to the Indian Union was signed by the Maharaja on 7 August 1947. [5]
The rulers were Rathor Rajputs and related to the ruling family of Jodhpur. [6]
The Dewans and Chief Ministers of the state were:
The post of Dewan was reinstated in 1927.
The Royal House of Bikaner awards two dynastic orders, the Order of the Star of Honour and the Order of Vikram Star. Maharaja Ganga Singh established the Order of the Star of Honour in six grades in order to "mark his golden jubilee on the throne". [8] The Order of the Vikram Star was established in 1944 by Maharaja Sadul Singh of Bikaner in five grades "to recognize services to the state." The first grade (Grand Commander) includes a cordon with jewel, along with a breast star. [8] The breast star features "Twelve alternate petals of gold and silver overlapping and radiating from a central motif showing the Goddess Karni blessing Rao Bikaji who is standing with lance in hand next to his horse." [9] A red enamelled diamond in the center of the breast star, which is surrounded by a wreath, contains the inscription in the Devanagari script Shri Karni Aasisadi Bikatothirraj (Blessing by Karni Mati for his Perpetual Rule). [9]
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). " Bikanir". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the