Kishangarh State
| Kishangarh State किशनगढ़ रियासत |
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| Princely State of British India | ||||||
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| History | ||||||
| • | Established | 1611 | ||||
| • | Indian independence | 1948 | ||||
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| • | 1931 | 2,210 km2(853 sq mi) | ||||
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| • | 1931 | 85,744 | ||||
| Density | 38.8 /km2 (100.5 /sq mi) | |||||
| Today part of | Rajasthan, India | |||||
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. |
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Kishangarh State was a princely state of India from 1611 to 1948. It was founded by the Jodhpur prince Kishan Singh in 1609.Prior to Kishan Singh this area was ruled by Maharaja Samokhan Singh who was a distant relative of Kishan Singh's family and grandfather of Naubat Khan. Maharaja Samokhan Singh a Jodhpur prince lost to the forces of Akbar and his grandson Naubat Khan was kept under house arrest.Naubat Khan later accepted Islam.
Kishangarh State was located between 25*49' and 26*59' in the north, and 70*49' and 75*11' east. Bordered on the North and northwest by Jodhpur; on the east by Jaipur; on the west and southeast by the Ajmer District and on the extreme south by Shahpura.
The chiefs of Kishangarh belong to the Rathore clan of Rajputs. Kishen Singh. descended from Udai Singh of Jodhpur whose second son left Jodhpur for Ajmer in 1596. From Akbar he received the district of Hindaun (now in Jaipur); and later, the grant of Setholao along with certain other districts. In 1611, he founded the town of Kishangarh which name was then also given to the state. The 13th Chief succeeding Udai Singh was Kalyan Singh (1797-1832) and in his time, on 26 March 1818, Kishangarh was brought under British Protection.
Kishangarh was the capital of the princely state during the British Raj, which was located in the Rajputana Agency. It had an area of 2210 km² (858 miles²) and a population in 1901 of 90,970. This figure for population represented a decrease of 27% over the census figure of 1891, something presumably attributable to the famine of 1899-1900. Population was 85,744 in 1931. The state enjoyed an estimated revenue of Rs.34,000/- and paid no tribute to the British Raj. In 1840, Prithvi Singh, became the 15th Maharaja of Kishangarh, and reigned till his death in 1879, after which he was succeeded by his son, Sardul Singh.
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