Unique princely state

- Seminar of Parijat- Dr. Kumarapala Desai

I enjoyed this Zadi festival, but the thought came to my mind that before independence our country was divided into many kingdoms. It is true that Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and other national leaders wiped away the tears of the people of those kingdoms, but hardly any information is available about the movements of those kingdoms. It is unfortunate that most of the details we get from Baroto, Vahivancha or others are confined to the success of that prince, but to think about how the kingdom was run in those small kingdoms. Is like.

In those kingdoms, wars were fought between small kingdoms for common reasons. Sometimes the prince of the kingdom was happy and asked for something. It is said that the king asked Harpal, who had won the battle with the ghost of Babra all night, what he wanted in return for the job he had done. Then Harpal said, 'In one night, wherever I built a pylon, I would put Gagarbedia and give me so many villages. These gagarbedias are garlands of Asopalava leaves and the gagar painted red is called gagarbedia. When it came to building a new village or establishing a capital, it was customary to build a pylon at the door of the village and place a gagarbedi in the temple of the village deity.

Harpal first built a pylon in Patdi village and then in another village he built a pylon and placed gagarbedia and by four-five o'clock in the morning he had built a toran in twenty three hundred villages and placed gagarbedia. It is said that King Karan gave him so many villages. After that, the queen of Karan considered Harpal as her brother, so the queen went to her to get cloth and then Harpal gave Bhal Parganu, which has five hundred villages, in cloth.

In this way not only the princes of the kingdom were happy to give the village, but the prince also divided the villages among his sons. As such, the royal Vajpayee of Wadhwan had five sons. The eldest son Madhupal Gadi sat on the throne and gave the remaining four sons to Bar-Bar village Garas. Thus the practice of giving a throne to the eldest son and five, ten or more villages to other sons was very widespread.

At that time there was a fight between the kings over a common matter. Once the kings of Wadhwan and Dhrol villages were playing chopat. While he was playing chopat, a group came out near the village playing drums. The king of Dhrol was shocked to hear the sound of this drum and he ordered his men to stop the drum. At this time Rajshinghji, the king of Wadhwan, asked him, but the king of Dhrol replied that when someone passes by my village, he cannot play the danko.

Just then the two kings came face to face and then Rajshinghji said, 'I will pass through your city Dhrol playing my mane.' The king of Wadhwan came to Halwad and the two kings got into a fight over this Danka. A big battle took place, Rajshinghji was wounded. I went to a monk and got treatment. It is said that Rajshinghji slapped the servant of the king of Delhi with such force that his head fell off his torso. The story of Rajsinghji's strength is preserved in our Doha.

Duho says, Duho- Katari Amreshari, Togari sword;

Hathal Raisangari, Delhi Ray Darwar

Thus, at that time there was a battle between Halwad, Dhrol and Wadhwan of Saurashtra. Once Adoji took his horse in front of a prince named Prathirajji. When a horse came in front of him, Rajvi Prathirajji had a habit of whipping him. If Prathirajji whipped Adaji's horse, Adaji threw a spear at him.

Just, out of this the fight began. Adaji secretly gathered men to raid. Anger grew and a war broke out between the two. At that time Prathirajaji had an army of two thousand soldiers. Adaji became enmity with Prathirajji. He died after being betrayed by Prathirajji and then, as we know, his wife asked for a head and Adaji's wife cursed Prathirajji for not getting a head.

Thus, at that time, there was a lot of deception, betrayal and fraud in the kingdoms. Someone was being driven out of the village. Sometimes the king would send his army to prevent a marriage and then there would be a fight between the two parties.

At that time Wankaner's throne was ruled by Rajvi as he was young and his uncle Rajoji was ruling. The steward did not like it so he conspired to assassinate Rajoji. And attacked Rajoji. Sometimes if the prince did not like the village he found in Garas, he would settle in another village and sometimes he would build a fort in some work and maintain it by getting money from the surrounding people, but all these had to be offered to the king when the royal army came. Sometimes the rest of the previous prince had to be offered. If the king of the kingdom died, the queen was sati and then a paliyo was made there. Sometimes, due to domestic disputes, the queen would walk there with her father and her descendants would share the grass that the king gave her.

All these kingdoms had to live at the mercy of Muslim emperors first and then political agents in the British Raj and yet they ruled in their own way in their small kingdom. At that time war was fought with cannon and sword. Sometimes the rulers of Saurashtra used to fight on horseback, while the queen of Udaipur used to fight on elephants. However, when there was a dispute over the throne, the British government intervened and resolved it. If the king did not have a son, he would be adopted. As Prathisinghji, the prince of Sansthan Wadhwan, did not have any children, Rajshinghji's grandson Yana Kesarishinghji's son Vakhtshinghji was given V.S. Adopted in 18 and after that the adopted son took over the kingdom.

At that time there were two thousand villages under the rule of Wadhwan Raj and its yield was approximately twenty lakh rupees. If a court passed away, there would be a big dispute. Many conspiracies were hatched and eventually solved by a British government official. Thus, in such a situation of the princely states, according to the plan made by Mr. Walker of the British Government, Wadhwan was to be given an annual offer (Peshwani) of fifty thousand, nine hundred and twenty-two rupees and eight annas, and two thousand and eighty-two rupees of Jortalbi (Junagadh) This amount was given to the British government. Sometimes the kingdoms reconciled with each other, sometimes a relative was killed and his heirs were given a village share (grass). If a researcher like Colonel James Todd comes, then the condition of the kingdoms of that time (not the condition of the people!) Is really found!

Manzrukho

Heavy snow was falling in the Russian province of Siberia in the bitter cold of winter. At this time, the poor old woman was resting in her hut, barely getting enough food by doing small and big chores. Suddenly he heard a loud noise. The old man stood up and ran in the direction of the sound in the pouring rain of snow. He saw that the bridge over the river was broken by a terrible snowfall. It suddenly occurred to the old man that soon the train would come as usual and if the train passed over this broken bridge there would be a big commotion.

He started thinking of ways to stop the train from a distance. In the area where she lived, everything was deserted and the population lived many miles away. The old woman decided to stop by instructing the driver by light. So she went to her hut and told her daughter that no matter what, arrange for some lighting so that the train could stop. There was nothing in the house to light it. Suddenly the old woman's eyes fell on her broken bed. With the help of her daughter, she smashed the bed and placed the wood on the railway line. The wood burned. And at exactly the same time the whistle of the train was heard from the front.

The driver of the train was amazed to see the light from a distance. He slowed the train and stopped. The driver who got out of the train saw a broken bridge in front. After a while, the passengers also got out of the compartment and realized that an old man had broken the only bed of his house and saved the lives of hundreds of people.

When many passengers expressed their desire to give a prize to this old woman, the old woman said, 'I do not take such a small prize. You people help someone in need. That will be the biggest reward for me. '

The revelation of the moment

We often hear the parrot saying that the man of today's age is blindly chasing for material power or wealth, but what is it really? In fact, today's man is blindly pursuing 'glamor'. Attraction and fame are associated with this 'glamor' and such attractive fame has been lost in the age of WhatsApp or Instagram. These people rush to announce a common event of their life in the whole village. There is a word 'Dikhava' in Hindi and this time it has become 'Dikhava'. What was the place of cinema news in the newspapers three decades ago and today in the newspapers film and television news and even more so its pictures have been dominated by the Taliban. Gone are the days of nutritious food or delicious food. Now it is a matter of food which melts on the tongue as soon as it is tasted. When there is an accident, instead of running away, it is worthwhile to take a video of it and then by sending the video everywhere, he feels that he has been killed by a 'raid'! To some, such 'glamor' seems to be the business of their lives. She likes to be in the public eye all the time and she is ready to give up such 'glamor'.