Dewas Senior

Dewas Senior was established by Tukoji Rao I Pawar 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 Tukoji Rao, from the Pawar clan of the Marathas who together with his younger brother Jivaji Rao, had advanced into Malwa with Peshwa Baji Rao I as part of the Maratha Conquest of Malwa. The brothers divided the territory among themselves; their descendants ruled as the senior and junior 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 two Rajas heading Dewas states both lived in separate residences in the town of Dewas, and ruled over separate areas.

The Senior branch had an area of 446 sqmi and a population of in 62,312 in 1901. From 1907, 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 (Court) was composed of Jagirdars, Sardars, Istamuradars and Mankaris.

Rajas

 * 1728 – 16 Nov 1754        Tukoji Rao I Pawar                  (b. c.1696 – d. 1754)
 * 16 Nov 1754 – 24 Mar 1789 Krishnaji Rao I Pawar               (b. 1740 – d. 1789)
 * 16 Nov 1754 – 1756        Rani Savitribai (f) -Regent
 * 24 Mar 1789 – 28 Sep 1827 Tukoji Rao II Pawar                 (b. 1783 – d. 1827)
 * 24 Mar 1789 – 4 Oct 1794  Rani Gangabai (f) -Regent
 * 28 Sep 1827 – 26 Jul 1860 Rukmangad Tukoji Rao Pawar          (b. 1821 – d. 1860) "Khasi Sahib"
 * 28 Sep 1827 – 1835        Bhawanibai Raje Sahib (f) -Regent  (d. 1835)
 * 26 Jul 1860 – 12 Oct 1899 Krishnaji Rao II Pawar              (b. 1849 – d. 1899) "Baba Sahib"
 * 26 Oct 1860 – 23 Mar 1867 Maharani Yamunabai (f) -Regent     (b. 1829 – d. 1909)
 * 12 Oct 1899 – 1 Jan 1918  Tukoji Rao III Pawar  "Kesho Rao"    (b. 1888 – d. 1937) "Bapu Sahib" (from 12 Dec *1911, Sir Tukaji Rao III Pawar)

Maharajas

 * 1 Jan 1918 – 21 Dec 1937 Sir Tukoji Rao III Pawar "Kesho Rao (s.a.) Bapu Sahib" (fled to Pondicherry, French India 26 Jul 1934)
 * 21 Dec 1937 – 23 Mar 1947 Vikramsinh Rao I Pawar "Nana Sahib"   (b. 1910 – d. 1983) (from 12 Jun 1941, Sir Vikramsinh Rao Pawar) (administrator from 26 Jul 1934)
 * 11 Aug 1941 – 15 May 1943 Maharani Pramilabai (f) -Regent    (b. 1910 – d. 2008) (1st time)
 * 23 Mar 1947 – 15 Aug 1947 Maharani Pramilabai (f) -Regent    (s.a.) (2nd time)
 * 23 Mar 1947 – 15 August 1947 Krishnaji Rao III Pawar "Aba Sahib" (b.1932 – d. 1999)

Titular Maharajas

 * 15 August 1947 – 21 Jan 1994 Krishnaji Rao III Pawar "Aba Sahib"
 * 21 Jan 1994 – 19 June 2015 Tukoji Rao IV Pawar (b.1963 – d. 2015)
 * 19 June 2015 – Present    Vikram Singh Rao II Pawar             (b.1989 – present)