Bandanwara
Badanwara was an istimrari in Ajmer that belonged to the Rathore clan of Rajputs.
Description
The estate was located 14 miles south of Nasirabad. It consisted of twenty-one villages. It covered an area of 34,845 bighas.History
, the Maharana of Mewar, is said to have taken Ajmer and Sambhar from the Sultan of Delhi, and he granted the village of Badanwara for the maintenance of a temple of Eklingji. Chandra Sen, an ancestor of the Rao of Badanwara, succeeded his father, Maldeo, as the Rao of Marwar. He refused to acknowledge Akbar’s suzerainty and was ousted from Jodhpur by his son Udai Singh. He attempted to recover Jodhpur but failed, and thereafter resorted to pillaging in areas acquired by the Mughal armies. A grandson of Karma Sen, through his son Ugar Sen, came to Ajmer and was received with a feast by a Bhil who held eighty-four villages, including Bhinai. However, Karma Sen killed his host and took possession of his host’s property. Akbar later confirmed Karma Sen in this possession.The estate of Bhinai was partitioned several times, and in one generation from the founder of that estate came Udai Bhan. He granted three villages of the estate to his adopted son, Narsingh Das, for his maintenance. After his demise, his biological sons, Kesri Singh and Suraj Mal, quarrelled, and the estate of Bhinai was partitioned. Suraj Mal received ten villages in his appanage and subsequently founded Bandanwara in 1667.