1 Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II ca 1725 Jaipur

Jaipur State was a

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

in India during

East India Company rule Company rule in India (sometimes, Company ''Raj'', from hi, rāj, lit=rule) refers to the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when ...

and thereafter under the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

. It signed a treaty creating a

subsidiary alliance A subsidiary alliance, in South Asian history, was a tributary alliance between a South Asian state and a European East India Company. Under this system, an Indian ruler who formed a treaty with the company in question would be provided wi ...

with the Company in 1818, after the

Third Anglo-Maratha War The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1819) was the final and decisive conflict between the English East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha te ...

. It acceded to independent India in 1947 and was integrated into India by 1949. Upon integration, the ruler was granted a pension (

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), certain privileges, and the use of the title ''Maharaja of Jaipur'' by the

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. However, the pension, privileges, and the use of the title were ended in 1971 by the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India.

History

Jaipur's predecessor state was the Kingdom of

Dhundhar Dhundhar, also known as ''Jaipur region'', is a historical region of Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the districts of Jaipur, parts of Sikar District lying to the east of the Aravalli Range, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, and Tonk and t ...

founded in 1093 by Dullah Rai, also known as

Dulha Rao Jaipur State was a princely state in India during East India Company rule and thereafter under the British Raj. It signed a treaty creating a subsidiary alliance with the Company in 1818, after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. It accede ...

. The state was known as Amber between the fourteenth century and 1727. In that year, a new capital was built and named Jayapura, when the kingdom was renamed as

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...

Mythical accounts

The

Kachwaha The Kachhwaha or Kachawa is a Rajput clan found primarily in India. Sometimes families within the clan ruled a number of kingdoms and princely states, such as Jaipur, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Alwar and Maihar. Subclans Rajawat, ...

Rajputs claim descent from

Kusha Kusha was a Suryavansha The Solar dynasty ( IAST: Suryavaṃśa or Ravivaṃśa in Sanskrit) or the Ikshvaku dynasty was founded by the legendary king Ikshvaku.Geography of Rigvedic India, M.L. Bhargava, Lucknow 1964, pp. 15-18, 46-49, 92-98 ...

, son of the legendary

Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bein ...

. Their ancestors allegedly migrated from Rama's kingdom of

Kosala The Kingdom of Kosala (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indian kingdom with a rich culture, corresponding to the area within the region of Awadh in present-day Uttar Pradesh to Western Odisha. It emerged as a janapada, small state during the late Ve ...

and established a new dynasty at

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

. After 31 generations, they moved to

Rajputana Rājputana, meaning "Land of the Rajputs", was a region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and some adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-day ...

and created a kingdom at

. In 11th century, Dullah Rai, one of the ancestors of the Kachwaha rulers, defeated the

Meenas Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the sta ...

Khoh Khoh is a historical region of Rajasthan state in western India. Which was located just five miles to the east of Jaipur city. Colonel James Tod wrote it as Khogong in his book ''Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan Annals ( la, wikt:annales, ...

and Manchi and later completed the conquest of Dhundhar by defeating the Bargurjars of

Dausa Dausa is a city and administrative headquarters of Dausa district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is 55 km from Jaipur, 240 km from Delhi and located on National Highway 21 (India), Jaipur-Agra National Highway (NH-21).Current p ...

and Deoti.

Amber Kingdom

Amber was a Meena state, which was made the capital of Dhundhar after

by Kakil Deo, the son of Dulherai, after defeating the Meenas. The rulers of

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fought as generals in the army of

Prithviraj Chauhan Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; reign. – 1192 CE), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present- ...

and later under the banner of

Rana Sanga Sangram Singh I (IAST: Rāṇā Saṅgrāma Siṃha; c. 1482 – 1528 CE), popularly known as Rana Sanga or Maharana Sanga, was an Indian ruler from the Sisodia dynasty. He ruled Mewar, the traditional territory of Guhilas (Sisodias) in presen ...

against the Mughals under

Babur Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...

. The small kingdom of Amber was later conquered by

Maldev Rathore Rao Maldeo Rathore (5 December 1511 – 7 November 1562) was a king of the Marwar from the Rathore dynasty, who ruled the kingdom of Marwar in present day state of Rajasthan. Maldeo ascended the throne in 1531 CE, inheriting a small ancestral p ...

and became feudatories of

Marwar Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of western Rajasthan state in North Western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. The word 'maru' is Sanskrit for desert. In Rajasthani languages, "wad" means a particular area. English tran ...

for a while. In 1562,

Raja Bharmal Raja Bharmal, also known as Bihari Mal, Bhagmal and Bihar Mal ( 1498 – 27 January 1574), was the 22nd Rajput ruler of Amber, which was later known as Jaipur, in the present-day Rajasthan state of India. His daughter, Mariam-uz-Zamani (po ...

Kachhwaha, sought alliance with

Akbar Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...

to gain his political and military support against the Mirza Sharfuddin Husain and his own divided clansmen. He was invested into the Mughal nobility and his daughter's marriage was fixed to Emperor

. Raja Bharmal's daughter,

Mariam-uz-Zamani Mariam-uz-Zamani (); ( – 19 May 1623), commonly known by the misnomer ' Jodha Bai', was the chief consort and principal Rajput empress consort as well as the favourite wife of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar. She was also the longest-servin ...

, who married Akbar, later became the mother of the fourth Mughal Emperor

Jahangir Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim (30 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until he died in 1627. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti. Ear ...

. She gained prestige in the Mughal court both during the reign of her husband and that of her son as Empress and Queen mother respectively. The Rajas of Amer also gained significant prominence in the Mughal court due to Akbar's need of trustworthy generals against his treacherous Uzbek and other turkic generals and Afghan Rebels. The son of Raja Bharmal, Bhagwant Das and his grandson Kunwar Man Singh were given service in

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and Raja Bharwal Returned to his kingdom. The ruling dynasty of Amber prospered under Mughal rule and provided the

with some distinguished generals. Among them were

Bhagwant Das Raja Bhagwant Das (1527 – 4 December 1589) was the 23rd Kacchwaha ruler of Amber. His sister, Mariam-uz-Zamani, was the chief consort of Emperor Akbar and mother of his successor, Emperor Jahangir. His son, Man Singh I, one of the Navaratnas ...

Man Singh I Man Singh I, popularly known as Mirza Raja Man Singh (21 December 1550 – 6 July 1614) was the 29th Kachwaha Rajput Raja of Amer, later known as Jaipur state, in Rajputana. He was the most powerful and trusted general of the Mughal emp ...

Jai Singh I Jai Singh I (15 July 1611 – 28 August 1667) was a senior general ("Mirza Raja") of the Mughal Empire and the Raja of the Kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur). His predecessor was his grand uncle, Raja Bhau Singh. Accession and early ca ...

and

Jai Singh II Jai Singh II (3 November 1681 – 21 September 1743) popularly known as Sawai Jai Singh was the 29th Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Amber, who later founded the fortified city of Jaipur and made it his capital. He was born at Amber, th ...

Jaipur Kingdom

Jai Singh I was succeeded by

Ram Singh I Ram Singh I was the elder son of Jai Singh I and was the ruler of Amber (now part of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation), and head of the Kachwaha Rajput clan. He was also subehdar of Kashmir. He was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb ...

Bishan Singh Bishan Singh was the grandson of Ram Singh I and was ruler of Amer, and head of the Kachwaha Rajput Clan. He was also the subahdar of Assam from 1687 to 1695. Accession On the death of his grandfather Ramsingh I, the 16-year-old Bishan S ...

and

. Jai Singh II, also known as Sawai Jai Singh, ruled the state from 1699 to 1743 and was a famous mathematician and astronomer. During his rule, the new capital city of

was founded in 1727. Throughout the disintegration of the Mughal Empire, the armies of Jaipur were in a constant state of warfare. Towards the end of the 18th century, the

Jats The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

of Bharatpur and the

chief of

Alwar Alwar (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar district, Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. ...

declared themselves independent from Jaipur and each annexed the eastern portion of Jaipur's territory. This period of Jaipur's history is characterised by internal power-struggles and constant military conflicts with the

Marathas The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

, Jats, other Rajput states, as well as the British and the

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. Jaipur defeated

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forces of

Mahadji Scindia Mahadaji Shinde (b. 23 December 1730 – 12 February 1794), later known as Mahadji Scindia or Madhava Rao Sindhia, was a Maratha statesman and ruler of Ujjain in Central India. He was the fifth and the youngest son of Ranoji Rao Scindia, the fo ...

in the

Battle of Lalsot The Battle of Lalsot was fought between the Rajputs of Jaipur State, Jaipur and Jodhpur against Marathas under Mahadji Scindia to collect taxes from the Rajput States. Mahadji as the Naib Vakil-i-Mutlaq of the Mughal Emperor, demanded Rs.63,00,00 ...

1787 suffered against the

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s of Marwar in the Battle of Gangwana with appalling losses. The kingdom again suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of the Maratha forces of

in the

Battle of Patan The Battle of Patan was fought on 20 June 1790 between the Maratha Kingdom of Gwalior supported by Peshwa & Holkar and the alliance formed by the Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur, Kingdom of Jodhpur, which resulted in a decisive Maratha victory. S ...

in 1790, forcing the rulers of Jaipur to pay heavy tributes. Nevertheless, enough wealth remained in Jaipur for the patronage of fine temples/palaces, continuity of its courtly traditions and the well-being of its citizens and merchant communities. Jaipur fought the army of Mahadji Scindia's successor Daulatrao in 1800 in alliance with

, but were defeated again at the

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. The Jaipur rulers also made large scale ''punya-udik'' (charitable)

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to many Charans,

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, Bhats (bards) and various

Vaishnavite Vaishnavism ( sa, वैष्णवसम्प्रदायः, Vaiṣṇavasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is also called Vishnuism since it considers Vishnu as the ...

institutions. A treaty was initially made by Maharaja Sawai Jagat Singh and the

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under

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Marquis Wellesley in 1803, however the treaty was dissolved shortly afterwards by Wellesley's successor, Lord

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. In this event, Jaipur's Ambassador to

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observed that "This was the first time, since the English government was established in India, that it had been known to make its faith subservient to its convenience". In 1818, after the

Jaipur became a British protectorate by entering into a

. In 1835 there was a serious disturbance in the city because of a false rumour that the British had murdered the infant raja to ensure the annexation, after which the British government intervened. The state later became well-governed and prosperous. During the

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, when the British invoked the treaty to request assistance in the suppression of rebellious

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, the Maharaja opted to preserve his treaty, and thus sent in troops to help to subdue the uprisings in the area around

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

. Jaipur state had a revenue of Rs.65,00,000 in 1901, making it the wealthiest

. Jaipur's last princely ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 7 April 1949.

Padmanabh Singh Padmanabh Singh is the titular Maharajah of Jaipur. He is known as a noble and public figure in Jaipur as well as an established polo player. Personal life Padmanabh Singh was born in New Delhi on 2nd July 1998 to Diya Kumari, an Indian poli ...

is the current head of the erstwhile royal family that once ruled Jaipur. Estimates of the royal family's wealth vary, but Singh is estimated to control a fortune of between $697 million and $2.8 billion.

List of rulers

The rulers are Rajputs of the

clan. The list of rulers and titular rulers are as follows:

Rulers

* 27 Dec 966 – 15 Dec 1006 Sorha Deva (d. 1006) * 15 Dec 1006 – 28 Nov 1036 '

' (d. 1036) * 28 Nov 1036 – 20 Apr 1039 Kakil (d. 1039) * 21 Apr 1039 – 28 Oct 1053 Hanu (d. 1053) * 28 Oct 1053 – 21 Mar 1070 Janddeo (d. 1070) * 22 Mar 1070 – 20 May 1094 Pajjun Rai (d. 1094) * 20 May 1094 – 15 Feb 1146 Malayasi (d. 1146) * 15 Feb 1146 – 25 Jul 1179 Vijaldeo (d. 1179) * 25 Jul 1179 – 16 Dec 1216 Rajdeo (d. 1216) * 16 Dec 1216 – 18 Oct 1276 Kilhan (d. 1276) * 18 Oct 1276 – 23 Jan 1317 Kuntal (d. 1317) * 23 Jan 1317 – 6 Nov 1366 Jonsi (d. 1366) * 6 Nov 1366 – 11 Feb 1388 Udaikarn (d. 1388) * 11 Feb 1388 – 16 Aug 1428 Narsingh (d. 1428) * 16 Aug 1428 – 20 Sep 1439 Banbir (d. 1439) * 20 Sep 1439 – 10 Dec 1467 Udharn (d. 1467) * 10 Dec 1467 – 17 Jan 1503 Chandrasen (d. 1503) * 17 Jan 1503 – 4 Nov 1527

Prithviraj Singh I Prithviraj Singh I (? –1527), also known as Prithvi Singh I, was a 16th-century Rajput ruler of Amber. He was a monarch of strong religious inclinations and during his reign, Amber became increasingly politically active. He took part in the R ...

(d. 1527) * 4 Nov 1527 – 19 Jan 1534

Puranmal Puranmal (died 19 January 1534) was a sixteenth-century ruler of Amber. Life Puranmal inherited the throne after the death of his father, Prithviraj Singh I, in 1527. His succession may have been based on the fact that his mother, a daughter o ...

(d. 1534) * 19 Jan 1534 – 22 Jul 1537 Bhim Singh (d. 1537) * 22 Jul 1537 – 15 May 1548 Ratan Singh (d. 1548) * 15 May 1548 – 1 June 1548

Askaran Askaran (? – ) was a sixteenth-century Rajput monarch. Though briefly Raja of Amber, for the majority of his life Askaran was the ruler of Narwar. He also had a distinguished career as a military officer under the Mughal emperor Akbar and r ...

(d. 1599) * 1 June 1548 – 27 Jan 1574

Bharmal Raja Bharmal, also known as Bihari Mal, Bhagmal and Bihar Mal ( 1498 – 27 January 1574), was the 22nd Rajput ruler of Amber, which was later known as Jaipur, in the present-day Rajasthan state of India. His daughter, Mariam-uz-Zamani (po ...

(d. 1574) * 27 Jan 1574 – 4 Dec 1589

(b. 1527 – d. 1589) * 4 Dec 1589 – 6 Jul 1614

Man Singh Man Singh I, popularly known as Mirza Raja Man Singh (21 December 1550 – 6 July 1614) was the 29th Kachwaha Rajput Raja of Amer, later known as Jaipur state, in Rajputana. He was the most powerful and trusted general of the Mughal e ...

(b. 1550 – d. 1614) * 6 Jul 1614 – 13 Dec 1621 Bhau Singh (d. 1621) * 13 Dec 1621 – 28 Aug 1667

(b. 1611 – d. 1667) * 10 Sep 1667 – 30 Apr 1688:

(b. 1640 – d. 1688) * 30 Apr 1688 – 19 Dec 1699:

(b. 1672 – d. 1699) * 19 Dec 1699 – 21 Sep 1743:

(b. 1688 – d. 1743) * 1743 – 12 Dec 1750: Ishwari Singh (b. 1721 – d. 1750) * 1750 – 5 Mar 1768:

Madho Singh I Madho Singh I (December 1728 – March 5, 1768) was ruler of the state of Jaipur in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan.D.K. Taknet, Razia Grover, Nandita Bhardwaj, 2016Jaipur: Gem of India He was the younger son of Jai Singh II and bec ...

(b. 1728 – d. 1768) * 1768 – 13 Apr 1778:

Prithvi Singh II Prithvi Singh II (1762 – 13 April 1778), also known as Prithviraj Singh II, was the Maharaja of Amer Kingdom (1768–1778). He was a son of Madho Singh I, Raja of Jaipur. Biography Prithvi Singh was 5 years old when he ascended the throne. ...

(b. 1762 – d. 1778) * 1778 – 1803: Pratap Singh (b. 1764 – d. 1803) * 1803 – 21 Nov 1818:

Jagat Singh II Jagat Singh II (17 September 1709 – 5 June 1751), was the Maharana of Mewar Kingdom (r. 1734 – 1751). He succeeded his father Sangram Singh II. He spent the fortunes of his kingdom while trying to place his nephew, Madho Singh I ...

(b. ... – d. 1818) * 22 Dec 1818 – 25 Apr 1819: Mohan Singh (regent) (b. 1809 – d. ...) * 25 Apr 1819 – 6 Feb 1835:

Jai Singh III Jai Singh III (1818 – 1835), was the Maharaja of Jaipur inke son ramsingh 2nd the 1835_1880 Early life He was a son of Jagat Singh of Amber, Raja of Jaipur. Maharaja Jagat Singh died under suspicious circumstances in November 1818 without ...

(b. 1819 – d. 1835) * Feb 1835 – 18 Sep 1880:

Ram Singh II Sawai Ram Singh II (28 September 1833 – 17 September 1880) was the Maharaja of Jaipur from 1835 until 1880, succeeding after the death of Jai Singh III. Reign Ram Singh ascended the throne of Jaipur in 1835 after the death of his father Jai ...

(b. 1835 – d. 1880) * 18 Sep 1880 – 7 Sep 1922:

Madho Singh II Maharajadhiraja Sawai Madho Singh II (28 August 1862 – 7 September 1922), was the Maharajadhiraja of Jaipur from 1880 until 1922. He was the adopted son of Ram Singh II, Raja of Jaipur. Biography He was born Kaim Singh, the second son of ...

(b. 1861 – d. 1922) * 7 Sep 1922 – 15 Aug 1947 (subsidiary):

Sawai Man Singh II Major General Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II GCSI GCIE (born Sawai Mor Mukut Singh; 21 August 1912 – 24 June 1970) was an Indian prince, government official, diplomat and sportsman. Man Singh II was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state ...

(b. 1912 – d. 1970) * 15 Aug 1947 – 7 Apr 1949 (independent): Sawai Man Singh II (b. 1912 – d. 1970) ''He merged Jaipur State in Union of India in 1949 CE.''

Titular rulers

The titular rulers of the Jaipur State includes: * 7 Apr 1949 – 24 Jun 1970:

* 24 Jun 1970 – 28 Dec 1971:

Sawai Bhawani Singh Brigadier Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh MVC (22 October 1931 – 17 April 2011) was an officer in the Indian Army and a entrepreneur. Singh served in the Indian army from 1951 to 1975. In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was decor ...

* June 2011 - Present: Sawai Padmanabh Singh (b. 1931 – d. 2011)

Other family members

Diya Kumari Diya Kumari (born 30 January 1971) is an Indian politician. She is a member of Indian Parliament from Rajsamand parliamentary seat, and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Kumari is the granddaughter of Man Singh II, the last ruling Mahara ...

Jaipur Residency

The Jaipur Residency was established in 1821. It included the states of Jaipur,

Kishangarh Kishangarh is a city and a Municipal Council in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. History Kishangarh State was founded by the Jodhpur prince Kishan Singh in 1609. Prior to the rule of Kishan Singh this area was ruled by Ra ...

and Lawa. The latter had belonged to the Haraoti-Tonk Agency until 1867.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 156.
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Notes

References

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