Sanwar fort

sanwarfort 

यह मेवाड़ का द्वित्य श्रेणी थिकाना है, और यह तीसरी श्रेणी के ठिकानों का पाटवी थिकाना भी है। उनके पास 'बाबा (महाराज)' की उपाधि है। खेराबाद के बाबा संग्राम सिंह के छोटे बेटे, कुंवर शंभू सिंह, को यह ठिकाना प्राप्त हुआ। 

इस ठिकाने के ठाकुर, मेवाड़ के महाराणा उदय सिंह द्वितीय (उदयपुर के संस्थापक), उनके तीसरे पुत्र बाबा वीरमदेव के वंशज है। यह थिकाना बाबा राणावत थिकाना है|

This is a second class thikana of Mewar, and it is the Patwi thikana (elder house) of the third class thikanas of Kankarwa, Pahuna, Jaiwana, Turkiya etc. These thikanas belonged to the descendents of Maharaj Shri Viramdev (Viramdeo), the younger brother of Maharaj Shri Sagat (Shakta) Singh, head of the Shaktawat clan and half brother of Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar. They are known as Veeramdeot Ranawats, and have the title of 'Baba (Maharaj)'. The younger son of Baba Sangram Singh of Kherabad, Kunwar Shambhu Singh, received the thikana of Sanwar. Veeramdeots have the privilege of holding the post of Kiledar of Kumbhalgarh, 'kiledar' meaning 'officer in charge of the fort'. Shambhu Singh participated in the war against the Maratha, Malharao Holkar, when he attacked Jaipur. When Ajit Singh of Bundi assassinated Maharana Ari Singh II (1761-1773), Shambhu also died fighting for his master. At the battle of Harkayal against the Marathas during the reign of Maharana Bhim Singh (1778-1828), Shambhu's grandsons, Daulat Singh and Kushal Singh, took part, with Kushal Singh ji dying on the battlefield.

The Thakurs of this thikana, are descendants of Maharana Udai Singh II of Mewar (founder of Udaipur) through his third son Baba Veeramdeo, the younger brother of Rana Sagat Singh (founder of the Shaktawat-Sisodia clan). This thikana is a Baba Ranawat thikana (that is, a thikana from which male children were adopted to the ruling house of Mewar, in the absence of a male heir). The descendents of Maharana Udai Singh II were the first branch of Sisodias to carry the patronym of Ranawat. Other Veeramdevot Ranawats are found in Gosunda, Kherabad, Hamirgarh, Kankarwa, Jaiwana, Turkiya, Pahuna, Ranawaton-ki-sadri and Ranawaton-ka-bangla.