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DHOLPUR , a native See also:state of See also:India, in the See also:Rajputana agency, with an See also:area of 1155 sq. m. It is a See also:crop-producing See also:country, without any See also:special manufactures. All along the See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Chambal the country is deeply intersected by ravines; See also:low ranges of hills in the western portion of the state See also:supply inexhaustible quarries of See also:fine-grained and easily-worked red See also:sandstone. In 1901 the See also:population of Dholpur was 270,973, showing a decrease of 3% in the See also:decade. The estimated See also:revenue is £83,000. The state is crossed by the See also:Indian Midland railway from See also:Jhansi to See also:Agra. In See also:recent years it has suffered severely from drought. In 1896-1897 the See also:expenditure on See also:famine See also:relief amounted to £8190. The See also:town of Dholpur is 34 M. S. of Agra by See also:rail. Pop. (1901) 19,310. The See also:present town, which See also:dates from the 16th See also:century, stands somewhat to the See also:north of the site of the older See also:Hindu townbuilt, it is supposed, in the r rth century by the Tonwar See also:Rajput See also:Raja Dholan (or Dhawal) Deo, and named after him Dholdera or Dhawalpuri. Among the See also:objects of See also:interest in the town may be mentioned the fortified sarai built in the reign of See also:Akbar, within which is the fine See also:tomb of Sadik Mahommed See also:Khan (d. 1595), one of his generals. The town, from its position on the railway, is growing in importance as a centre of See also:trade. Little is known of the See also:early See also:history of the country forming the state of Dholpur. See also:Local tradition affirms that it was ruled by the Tonwar Rajputs, who had their seat at See also:Delhi from the 8th to the 12th century. In 1450 it had a raja of its own; but in 1501 the fort of Dholpur was taken by the Mahommedans under Sikandar See also:Lodi and in 1504 was transferred to a Mussulman See also:governor. In 1527, after a strenuous resistance, the fort was captured by See also:Baber and with the surrounding country passed under the sway of the Moguls, being included by Akbar in the See also:province of Agra. During the dissensions which followed the See also:death of See also:Aurangzeb in 1707, Raja See also:Kalyan Singh Bhadauria obtained See also:possession of Dholpur, and his See also:family retained it till 1761, after which it was taken successively by the Jat raja, Suraj Mal of See also:Bharatpur, by Mirza Najaf Khan in 1775, by Sindhia in 1782, and in 1803 by the See also:British. It was restored to Sindhia by the treaty of Sarji Anjangaon, but in consequence of new arrangements was again occupied by the British. Finally, in 18o6, the territories of Dholpur, See also:Bari and Rajakhera were handed over to the maharaj rana Kirat Singh, ancestor of the present chiefs of Dholpur, in See also:exchange for his state of Gohad, which was ceded to Sindhia. The maharaj rana of Dholpur belongs to the See also:clan of Bamraolia See also:Jats, who are believed to have formed a portion of the Indo-Scythian See also:wave of invasion which swept over See also:northern India about A.D. 100. An ancestor of the family appears to have held certain territories at Bamraoli near Agra c. 1195. His descendant in 1505, Singhan Deo, having distinguished himself in an expedition against the freebooters of the See also:Deccan, was rewarded by the See also:sovereignty of the small territory of Gohad, with the See also:title of rana. In 1779 the rana of Gohad joined the British forces against Sindhia, under a treaty which stipulated that, at the conclusion of See also:peace between the See also:English and See also:Mahrattas, all the territories then in his possession should be guaranteed to him, and protected from invasion by Sindhia. This See also:protection was subsequently withdrawn, the rana having been guilty of treachery, and in 1783 Sindhia succeeded in recapturing the fortress of See also:Gwalior, and crushed his Jat opponent by seizing the whole of Gohad. In 1804, however, the family were restored to Gohad by the British See also:government; but, owing to the opposition of Sindhia, the rana agreed in 18o5 to exchange Gohad for his present territory of Dholpur, which was taken under British protection, the See also:chief binding himself to See also:act in subordinate co-operation with the See also:paramount See also:power, and to refer all disputes with neighbouring princes to the British government. Kirat Singh, the first maharaj rana of Dholpur, was succeeded in 1836 by his son Bhagwant Singh, who showed See also:great See also:loyalty during the See also:Mutiny of 1857, was created a K.C.S.I., and G.C.S.I. in 1869. He was succeeded in 1873 by his See also:grandson Nihal Singh, who received the C.B. and frontier See also:medal for services in the See also:Tirah See also:campaign. He died in 1901, and was succeeded by his eldest son See also:Ram Singh (b. 1883). See Imperial Gazetteer of India (See also:Oxford, 1908) and authorities there given. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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