Palanhera

The Palanhera (Palanheda) Jagir represents a prominent offshoot of the royal Chauhan house of Nimrana, tracing its ancestry to the imperial lineage of the iconic 12^th-century monarch Prithviraj Chauhan III. Established during a turbulent period of geopolitical realignment in Rajputana, the estate's prominence grew after the grant of the Mahwa fortress in 1854 VS (c. 1797 AD) and the subsequent acquisition of Palanhera in 1860 VS (c. 1803 AD) from the Jaipur State, then ruled by Maharaja Sawai Jagat Singh. Throughout the British colonial era, the Thakurs of Palanhera successfully navigated the complex feudal hierarchy of the Jaipur Durbar following the British-Jaipur treaty of 1818, maintaining their local administrative authority as documented in regional accounts of Rajputana states preserved in the Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan. Following India's independence and the integration of princely states, the Jagir was formally merged into the democratic structure of Rajasthan, with the feudal landholdings officially abolished under the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act of 1952.