A History of the Mahrattas v2.c52.27

v2.c52.27

¹ [The chiefs of Kotah in Rājputāna belong, like the chiefs of Bundi, to the Hara sept of Chauhān Rājpūts, and up till 1600 their history is identical with that of the Bundi rulers. About 1342 Jet Singh, son of a chief of Bundi, took Kotah from the Bhils. His descendants were ousted about 1530 by Rāo Suraj Mal of Bundi. Kotah commenced its existence as a separate and independent State about 1625, and was ruled by a long line of chiefs until 1761 when the Jaipur ruler attacked it. The Jaipur forces were, however, defeated by the famous Zālim Singh, who afterwards ruled Kotah as regent for more than fifty years. In 1817 the State came under British protection; and in 1838 it was dismembered in order to allow of the formation of the separate Jhalāwār State for the benefit of Zālim Singh’s descendants. (I.G., xv. 412-15). See note on page 463, post.)]