Barwani
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Barwani also known as Badwani or Siddh Nagar, is a town in southwestern Madhya Pradesh state of India. The town is situated near the left bank of the Narmada River, and is the administrative seat of Barwani District. It can be reached by road only. Bawangaja, the Jain pilgrimage place, is 8 km from Barwani.
[edit] Princely Barwani
Barwani was formerly the capital of the eponymous princely state. The rulers, whose title was Rana, were Rajputs of the Sesodia clan, descended from the ruling dynasty of Udaipur. Although the state lost most of its territory during the Maratha invasion in the 17th century, it never became tributary to any Maratha chief. Under the British Raj, Barwani was a state of the Bhopawar agency, a division of the Central India Agency. The state lay in the Satpura Range south of the Narmada. It had an area of 3051 km² (1178 square miles) and a population, in 1901, of 76,136. The inhabitants were predominantly Bhil tribals. The forests were under a British official. After India's independence in 1947, the Rana of Barwani acceded to India, and Barwani became part of the Nimar District of Madhya Bharat state. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 1956.
