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Banswara
Banswara was a Rajput feudal state in Rajputana in British India. It borders Gujarat and was bordered to the north by the princely states of Dungarpur and Udaipur or Mewar; to the northeast and east with Partapgarh; to the south with the dominions of Holkar and the state of Jabua and to the west with the state of Rewa Kantha.
Banswara State was approximately 72 km long from north to south and 53 km wide from east to west and had an area of 4,160 km2. The population in 1941 was 258,760.
Banswara district forms the eastern part of the region known as Vagad or Vagwar. The district used to be a state ruled by the Maharadals, named after the bamboo that abounds in the forests.
On November 17, 1913, Banswara district witnessed a little-known massacre of around 1,500 tribals by the British, echoing the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in which 329 people were killed in gunfights. British troops opened fire on tribals gathered in the Mangarh hills of the Aravali range on the Rajasthan-Gujarat border. The tribes were led by their leader Govind Guru Banjara, who inspired them to throw off the yoke of British rule.

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