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Sohawal State

1550 CE – 1950 CE (approx.) · capital Sohawal

A Baghel Rajput state of Baghelkhand, founded by a younger son of the Rewa ruling house and later itself split into smaller holdings.

Origins

Sohawal was founded around 1550 by Fateh Singh, a younger son of the Baghel ruler of Rewa, who received lands near the Satna river as his share. Like many cadet branches in Baghelkhand, it became a separate principality while acknowledging kinship with Rewa State.

Rule and society

The Raja ruled a small agrarian territory of villages and jungle. Over time the state lost much of its territory to relatives and neighbours. In the British period Sohawal was a non-salute state under the Baghelkhand Agency.

Decline and legacy

Its last ruler acceded to India in 1947, and in 1948 Sohawal was merged into Vindhya Pradesh, which itself became part of Madhya Pradesh in 1956. Its lands lie in today's Satna district.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Sohawal StateVindhya Pradesh 1948 CE – 1956 CE

Connections (2)

Sohawal State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1809 CE – 1858 CE
Sohawal State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sohawal State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/sohawal-state
MLA: “Sohawal State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/sohawal-state. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Sohawal State.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/sohawal-state.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sohawal State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/sohawal-state (Accessed: ).

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