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Bharatpur State
Bharatpur | |||||||||
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| 1722–1947 | |||||||||
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  Bharatpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||||
| Capital | Bharatpur | ||||||||
| Common languages | Braj Hindi | ||||||||
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| Maharaja | |||||||||
• 1722–1756 (first) | Badan Singh | ||||||||
• 1929–1947 (last) | Brijendra Singh | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early-modern India | ||||||||
• Established | 18 November 1722 | ||||||||
| 15 August 1947 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Rajasthan (India) | ||||||||
Bharatpur State was an independent kingdom from 1722 to 1826 and a princely state under British suzerainty from 1826 to 1947. It was ruled by the Sinsinwar clan of the Hindu Jats. The state was founded by Maharaja Badan Singh in 1722. Suraj Mal played an important role in the development and expansion of the state. At the time of the reign of Suraj Mal (1755–1763), revenue of the state was 17,500,000 gold coins per annum.[2]
Under Suraj Mal leadership, the major architecture of this state include the Lohagarh Fort, Deeg Palace and the Keoladeo National Park, a royal hunting reserve, is a World Heritage Site.[3][4]
- ^ Sunderlal, Pandit (2018). How India Lost Her Freedom. SAGE Publishing. p. 500. ISBN 9789352806423.
- ^ Sen, Sailendra Nath (2010). An Advanced History of Modern India. Macmillan. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-230-32885-3.
- ^ "The Hindu : Magazine / Travel : Summer symphony". web.archive.org. 20 March 2007. Archived from the original on 20 March 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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