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Dhaulpur State or Dholpur State, was a princely state under British suzerainty, in eastern Rajasthan, India, which was founded in AD 1806 by ruler Rana Kirat Singh of Gohad.[1][2][3] After 1818, the state was placed under the authority of British India's Rajputana Agency. The Ranas ruled the state until the independence of India in 1947, when the kingdom was merged with the Union of India.
| Dholpur State | |||||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||||
| 1806–1949 | |||||||||
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 Dholpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||||
| Capital | Dholpur | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Sovereign monarchy (1806–1818) Princely state (1818–1947) Constitutional monarchy (1947–1949) | ||||||||
| Maharaj Rana | |||||||||
• 1806–1835 | Kirat Singh (first) | ||||||||
• 1911–1949 | Udaybhanu Singh (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1806 | ||||||||
| 1949 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | India · Rajasthan | ||||||||
The former chief minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, was a member of the erstwhile ruling family of Dholpur as she was married to Maharaja Hemant Singh before getting divorced.
History
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The last ruler of Dholpur signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 7 April 1949 and the state was merged in Matsya Union.[4]
See also
edit- Gohad State—For early history of Dholpur rulers
References
edit- ^ John Zubrzycki (2012). The Mysterious Mr Jacob. Random House India. p. 3. ISBN 9788184003369.
- ^ "Dholpur: History and Places".
- ^ "Dholpur online".
- ^ "Dholpur Princely State (15 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
External links
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Media related to Dholpur State at Wikimedia Commons- Genealogy of the rulers of Dholpur
- Princely States of India A-J
