See also:

• BANSWARA (literally " the forest country ")

BANSWARA (literally " the See also:

• FOREST

forest See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country ")  , a See also:

• RAJPUT

rajput feudatory See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in See also:

• RAJPUTANA

Rajputana, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . It See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders on See also:

• GUJARAT

Gujarat and is bounded on the N. by the native states of See also:

• DUNGARPUR

Dungarpur and See also:

• UDAIPUR, OODEYPORE

Udaipur or Mewar; on the N.E. and E. by See also:

• PARTABGARH, or PERTABGARH
• PARTABGARH, PERTABGARH

Partabgarh; on the S. by the dominions of See also:

• HOLKAR

Holkar and the state of Jabua and on the W. by the state of See also:

• REWA, or RIWA

Rewa Kantha . See also:

• BANSWARA (literally " the forest country ")

Banswara state is about 45 M. in length from N. to S., and 33 M. in breadth from E. to W., and has an See also:

• AREA

area of 1946 sq. m . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 19or was 165,350 . The See also:

• MAHI

Mahi is the only See also:

• RIVER

river in the state and See also:

• GREAT

great scarcity of See also:

• WATER

water occurs in the dry See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . The Banswara See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief belongs to the See also:

• FAMILY

family of Udaipur . During the vigour of the See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi See also:

• EMPIRE

empire Banswara formed one of its dependencies; on its decline the state passed under the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas . Wearied out by their oppressions, its chief in 1812 petitioned for See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, on the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of his state becoming tributary on the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the Mahrattas . The treaty of 1818 gave effect to this arrangement, See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain guaranteeing the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince against See also:

• EXTERNAL

external enemies and refractory chiefs; he, on his See also:

• PART

part, pledging himself to be guided by her representative in the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of his state . The chief is assisted in the administration,by a hamdar or See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . The estimated See also:

• GROSS

gross See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue is £17,000 and the See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute £2500 . The See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of See also:

• SUTTEE (an English corruption of Sanskrit sail, " good woman " or true " wife ")

suttee, or widow-burning, has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been abolished in the state, but the See also:

• PEOPLE

people retain all their superstitions regarding witches and sorcery; and as See also:

• LATE

late as 1870, a Bhil woman, about eighty years old, was swung to See also:

• DEATH

death at See also:

• KUSHALGARH

Kushalgarh on an See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation of See also:

• WITCHCRAFT

witchcraft .

The perpetrators of the See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime were sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment, but they had the sympathy of the people on their See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . The chief See also:

• TOWN

town is Banswara, situated about 8 m . W. of the Mahi river, surrounded by an old disused rampart and adorned by various See also:

• HINDU

Hindu temples, with the battlements of the chief's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace overlooking it . Its population in 1901 was 7038 . The See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty state of Kushalgarh is feudatory to Banswara .