Marathi - Latche marathi Aetihasik Lekh Part 02

Author(s): Vidyanand Swami Srivastava
Publisher: Aietihasik Gaurava Granthmala

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RULING. FAMILY.
This Table commences with one Mooldeva, as the first Raja of Bansda and goes to Mulkarna the 6th Raja, and gives only one son to each: Points all the succession from fathes to son. However at the sexth step it show the following eight sons of Mulkaran.
1. Raibban, 2. Goomanba, 3. Mangaldeva, 4. Bapooji, 5. Raisingh, 6. Kalyansingh, 7. Kansingh and 8. Parbatsingh. According to it Mulkarn was succeeded by his third son Mangldeva, instead of his first son Raibhan, the rightful guccessor. In the same breathe it says that Mangaldeva was succeded by Raibhan, his brother, the real owner of the Gadi, instead of his son Gopal Singh. Thus Raibhan the seventh becomes the 8th Faja, due to the intervention of Mangaldeva as the seventh Raja. Thic statement requires no comment as its absurdity is exposed in all its nackednese. Still We would like to say a few words in support of our contentions.
It is an open secret that Raibhan succeeded his father Virdeva. instead of bis brother Mangaldeva, and ruled over the destiny of Baneda up to 1738-39 A.L. He was succeeded by his eldest son Gulabsingh. Besides this, Virdev's father and Grandfather of Raibhan was Udaibhan II. He in turn was the son of Mooldeva and Grand son of Udaibhan I. It appears from the Original recerds No. 1 of Volume I that Udaibhan had helped Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaja in his Surat expedition and Moolraj was himself approached, by Pratap Rao Guzar at the instance of Moropant the commander-incheif of Sivajis' forces, for help in 1672 A.D., against the Moghals.
Though we find practically six Rulers preceding, the alleged 8th Raja of Table No. I, in the manner mentioned above, but they are quite different. Further on Table No. 1 alleges that Raibhan had seven more brothers, out of which Mangaldeva himself was the third and succeeded to the Gadi after his father Mcolkarn. On a}l accounts available to us, we know that Raibban was the only son of his father Virdeva nad succeded to the Gadi after him. Of course his father Virdeve had three brothers Viz Yogaraj, Udaji (Dailba) and Kusalsingh. These three brothers were given seperate Jiwai of five villages each according to the custom of the State. These facts. were made known even to the British Government as early as 1878 by the Suprentendent Bansda in his offloial capacity after thorough investigations,
Daji ( Udaji) took his abode at Balogwar, Kusalasingh at Bagumara, and Yugraj at Gotla. All these places are in the Galkwad