Person · regent/rival chief, 1809/1813 – 1817
Shamsher Khan
Uncle of Fateh Khan, raised to the vacant Palanpur chiefship by the rebel officers who had murdered Firoz Khan II; arranged to have Fateh Khan formally adopted as his heir and betrothed to his daughter while he himself managed the state, but the arrangement collapsed into open revolt, ending in 1817 when a British force stormed Palanpur and restored the young chief.
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- vol. V, p. 301 · read as page image
As a punishment for this conduct a force was in October 1817 sent to Palanpur, and the town assaulted and taken. Fateh Khan speedily submitted and Captain Miles was appointed Political Superintendent with a minute control over the finances of the state.
- vol. V, p. 302 · read as page image
302 STATES. to the state banker under Government guarantee.
- vol. 19, p. 353 · read as page image
Constant dissensions, however, occurred between uncle and nephew until 1817, when the former broke into open revolt, peace being eventually restored by a British force which stormed the town of Palanpur and replaced the young chief on the throne.