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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 680 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DUNGARPUR , a native See also:

state of See also:

India, in the See also:

RAJPUTANA

Rajputana agency, in the extreme See also:

south of Rajputana. A large portion is hilly, and inhabited by See also:

BHILS, or BHEELS (" bowmen," from Dravidian bit, a bow)

Bhils. Its See also:

AREA

area is 1447 sq. m. In 1901 the See also:

TOTAL

total See also:

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

population was 100,103, showing an increase of 2% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. The See also:

revenue is £15,100, and the See also:

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

tribute £2276. An See also:

ANNUAL

annual See also:

FAIR

fair is held at Baneswar. Kherwara is the See also:

head-quarters of the Mewar Bhil See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps. The chiefs of Dungarpur, who See also:

bear . the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of maharawal, are descended from Mahup, eldest son of Karan Singh, See also:

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

chief of Mewar in the 12th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and claim the honours of the See also:

elder See also:

LINE

line of Mewar. Mahup, disinherited by his See also:

FATHER

father, took See also:

REFUGE

refuge with his See also:

MOTHER

mother's See also:

FAMILY

family, the Chauhans of Bagar, and made himself See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of that 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 at the expense of the Bhil chiefs. The See also:

TOWN

town of Dungarpur (pop. 6094 in 1901), the See also:

capital of the state, was founded towards the end of the 14th century by his descendant Rawal Bir Singh, who named it after Dungaria, an See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent Bhil chieftain whom he had caused to be assassinated. After the See also:

DEATH

death of Rawal Udai Singh of Bagar at the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Khanna in 1527, his territories were divided into the states of Dungarpur and See also:

BANSWARA (literally " the forest country ")

Banswara, the name of Bagar being still often applied to the See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract covered by these states.

Dungarpur See also:

fell under the sway of the Moguls and See also:

MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas in turn, and was taken under See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

PROTECTION

protection by treaty in 1818.

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