Dewas Junior

Dewas Junior was established by Jivaji Rao I Puar in 1728 during the Maratha conquest of Central India. It was a 15-gun salute Maratha princely state.
On 12 December 1818, it became a British protectorate.

History

The original state was founded in 1728 by Jivaji Rao, from the Puar clan of Marathas who together with his older brother had advanced into Malwa with Peshwa Baji Rao, as part of the Maratha conquest.
The brothers divided the territory among themselves; their descendants ruled as the junior and senior branches of the family. After 1841, each branch ruled his own portion as a separate state, though the lands belonging to each were intimately entangled; in Dewas, the capital town, the two sides of the main street were under different administrations and had different arrangements for water supply and lighting.
The Junior branch had an area of and had a population of 54,904 in 1901. Both Dewas states were in the Malwa Agency of the Central India Agency. After India's independence in 1947, the Maharajas of Dewas acceded to India, and their states were integrated into Madhya Bharat, which became a state of India in 1950. In 1956, Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh state.
Dewas Junior Darbar was composed of Sardars, Mankaris, Istamuradars, Thakurs and Jagirdars.

List of Rulers

Title	Part of	Start of reign	End of reign	Name
Raja	Maratha Empire	1728	15 Aug 1774	Jivaji Rao Puar "Dada Sahib"
Raja	Maratha Empire	15 Aug 1774	2 Dec 1790	Sadashiv Rao I Puar
Raja	Maratha Empire	2 Dec 1790	1817	Rukmangad Rao Puar
Raja	Maratha Empire	1817	1818	Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib"
Raja	British protectorate	1818	1840	Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib"
Raja	British protectorate	1840	12 May 1864	Haibat Rao Puar
Raja	British protectorate	12 May 1864	19 Jan 1892	Narayan Rao Puar "Dada Sahib"
Raja	British protectorate	12 May 1864	1877	Yamuna Bai Sahib -Regent + Rao Bahadur R.J. Bhide
Raja	British protectorate	9 Jan 1892	1 Jan 1918	Malhar Rao Puar "Bhava Sahib"
Raja	British protectorate	19 Jan 1892	10 Aug 1913	Lala Bisheshas Nath – Regent
Maharaja	British protectorate	1 Jan 1918	4 Feb 1934	Sir Malhar Rao Puar "Bhava Sahib"
Maharaja	British protectorate	4 Feb 1934	2 Dec 1943	Sadashiv Rao II Puar "Khase Sahib"
Maharaja	British protectorate	2 Dec 1943	15 Aug 1947	Yeshwant Rao Puar "Bhau Sahib"

Colonel HH Maharaja Sir Yeshwant Rao Puar had two daughters, 'Durgaraje' who married into the Sardar Phalke family of Gwalior and 'Udayaraje' who married the Raja of Prayagpur.