Samadia

Origin and Foundation

The Thikana of Samadia was established in the early 18^th century during a turbulent yet defining period in the history of Jodhpur (Marwar). It was granted in 1708 AD by Maharaja Ajit Singh of Jodhpur to Thakur Kumpaji, the second son of Thakur Shivdan Singh of Rinsi. This grant was conferred during the historic Rajput reclamation of Marwar, when Maharaja Ajit Singh successfully recovered his ancestral kingdom from the Mughal Empire following the death of Emperor Aurangzeb. Thakur Kumpaji belonged to the Champawat sub-clan of the Rathore dynasty—descendants of Rao Champa, a brother of Rao Jodha (the founder of Jodhpur)—who historically served as premier nobles and warriors of the state.

Feudal Status and Revenue

Classified as a minor feudal estate within the Bilara pargana of the erstwhile Jodhpur State, Samadia comprised a single village. Despite its modest size, it held strategic local importance, yielding an annual land revenue of 3,150 Rupees in the late colonial period. The thikana maintained close kinship and feudal ties with its parent estate of Rinsi and continued to fulfill its customary military and administrative obligations to the Jodhpur Durbar throughout the Maratha and British protectorate eras.

Post-Independence and Modern Era

Following India's independence in 1947, the princely state of Jodhpur merged into the United State of Greater Rajasthan in 1949. With the subsequent enactment of the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act in the early 1950s, the feudal privileges and revenue-collecting rights of the Samadia Thikana were formally abolished. Today, the descendants of the estate transition into modern professions, while the historic legacy of the Champawat Rathores remains preserved in the local cultural heritage of the Bilara region.