| Dewas State (Senior Branch) देवास रियासत | |||||||||
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| State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1728 - 1818) Princely State of British India | |||||||||
| 1728–1948 | |||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 1,160 km2 (450 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 62,312 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1728 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
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.