Nawab of Loharu

Loharu State लोहारू रियासत
Princely State of British India
1806–1947 →
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Loharu at the edge of Punjab (British India), 1903
Capital		Loharu
History
•	Established	1806
•	Accession to the Union of India	1947
Area
•	1901	570 km2(220 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	15,229
	Density	26.7 /km2  (69.2 /sq mi)
Today part of		Haryana, India
Loharu 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

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Loharu State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was part of the Punjab States Agency and was a nine-gun salute state.

Loharu State encompassed an area of 222 square miles (570 km²), and was situated in the south-east corner of the undivided Punjab province, between the district of Hissar and the Rajputana Agency. In 1901, the state had a population of 15,229 people, of whom 2,175 resided in the town of Loharu.

Loharu town, the seat of the state's administration town got its name from the Lohars (local blacksmiths) who were employed in the minting of coins for the erstwhile Jaipur State. The princely state of Loharu was founded by Ahmad Baksh Khan in 1803 when he received the town of Loharu from the British East India Company as a reward for his services against the Jat rulers of Bharatpur (along with the pargana of 'Firozepur Jirka' (now in Gurgaon district) from Lord Lake).

Ahmad Baksh Khan was succeeded by his eldest son, Sams-ud-din Khan, in 1827; his reign did not last long: in 1835 he was executed by the British Raj for being involved in the conspiracy to kill the British Resident to Delhi, Sir William Frazer, subsequently the pargana of Firozepur was taken away by the British and the state of Loharu was given to his brothers, Amin-ud-din and Zia-ud-din Khan. Both were themselves kept under surveillance after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 for some time, before being released and their positions restored.

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