The southernmost state of Rajputana and the junior Bagar state, split from Dungarpur east of the Mahi under the Sisodia line; its first chief Jagmal defeated the Bhil leader whose village stood on the site of Banswara town, and the state was tributary to Dhar and the Marathas before British protection in 1818.
Acceded to India on 15 August 1947 and merged into Rajasthan on 25 March 1948.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Banswara State (Sisodia) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1527 · 1637.
Ojha's dedicated history of Banswara state, by the standard historian of the Rajputana states; existence verified via Open Library /works/OL358825W.
The residency gazetteer whose Banswara chapter is the fullest colonial account of the state; 1996 reprint catalogued on Open Library /works/OL10247001W.