Sirohi State

Sirohi State was a princely state in pre-independence India with its capital at Sirohi. The state lost its independence and became a British protectorate in 1823 when it was subsumed into the British Raj. Shortly after Indian independence in 1947, Sirohi state was merged with the Rajasthan State on 16 November 1949 and its existence came to an end.GeographySirohi State was in the Rajputana agency. It had an area 1,964sqmi The territory was much broken up by hills and rocky ranges; the Aravalli range divided it into two portions, running from north-east to south-west. The south and south-east part of the territory is mountainous and rugged, containing the lofty Mount Abu, an isolated mass of granite rock, culminating in a cluster of hills, enclosing several valleys surrounded by rocky ridges, like great hollows. On both sides of the Aravallis the country is intersected with numerous water channels, which run with considerable force and volume during the height of the rainy season, but are dry for the greater part of the year. The only river of any importance is the Western Banas.In 1911 the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition recorded that a large portion of the state was covered with dense jungle, in which wild animals, including the tiger, bear and leopard, abounded; and that the climate was on the whole dry ((or Sahastramal, Sehastramal)(ruled 1875-1920) and his successors were granted the title Maharao (equivalent to Maharaja)(d. 1705) 1705 – 1749: Umaid Singh I (Man Singh II) (b. c.1685 – d. 1749) 1749 – 1773: Prithvi Singh (d. 1773) 1773 – 1781: Takhat Singh (d. 1781)1773 – 1781: Jagat Singh – Regent (d. 1782) 1781 – 1782: Jagat Singh (s.a.) 1782 – 1808: Verisalji II (Bairi Sal II) (b. 1760 – d. 1809) 1808 – 11 Jan 1847: Udaibhan Singh (d. 1847) 1819 – 11 Jan 1847: Sheo Singh – Regent (d. 1862) 11 Jan 1847 – 8 Dec 1862: Sheo Singh (s.a.) Nov 1861 – 8 Dec 1862: Umaid Singh – Regent (b. 1833 – d. 1875) 8 Dec 1862 – 16 Sep 1875: Umaid Singh II (s.a.) 16 Sep 1875 – 1 Jul 1889: Keshri Singh (b. 1857 – d. 1925)