Jodhpur State, historically known as the Kingdom of Marwar, was a kingdom in the Marwar region from 1226 to 1818 and a princely state under British rule from 1818 to 1947.
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15 Facts About Jodhpur State
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Jodhpur State's successors continued to struggle against regional powers for domination and 9 out of 15 rulers till 1438 died in combat.
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Jodhpur State died fighting a force of Jalaluddin Khilji in 1291 and was succeeded by his son Dhuhar.
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Jodhpur State helped rule the kingdom but his power was not received well by the Sisodia clan.
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Jodhpur State recollected allies and defeated his enemies one by one and consolidated power and by 1453, he was able to regain Mandore.
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Jodhpur State died in 1489 and was succeeded by his son Rao Satal who died in 1492 who was succeeded by Jodha's second son, Rao Suja.
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Jodhpur State continued his fathers policy towards the Kingdom of Mewar by helping its legitimate heir Udai Singh II in taking the throne back from the usurper Banvir.
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Jodhpur State invaded Bikaner, ruled by a branch of the same family and annexed it in 1542.
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Jodhpur State later planned to invade Maldeo because he was very ambitious.
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Jodhpur State dropped several letters addressed to Marwari soldiers asking them to defect to Delhi.
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Jodhpur State was occupied for several months, but was retaken by Maldeo in 1545.
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Jodhpur State made several attempts to regain his kingdom, which included several raids on the imperial forces.
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In 1604 on the request of Daniyal Mirza, he was allowed to return to Jodhpur State and was granted Jaitaran and western half of Merta pargana.
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Rathore dynasty of Jodhpur State are Rajputs claimed to be descendants of Rastrakuta dynasty On the fall of the Rashtrakuta dynasty they migrated north and formed their kingdom in Kannauj as Gahadavala dynasty and after the death of last emperor Jaichand in Battle of Chandwar his descendants migrated to Marwar and established Rathore dynasty.
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