Rampur State
| Rampur State रामपुर रियासत / رام پور ریاست |
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| Princely State of British India | ||||||
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Motto Lā fata ʾillā ʿAlī; lā sayf ʾillā Ḏū l-Fiqār. |
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| History | ||||||
| • | Established | 7 October 1774 | ||||
| • | Independence of India | 15 August 1947 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| • | 1941 | 2,310 km2(892 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 1941 | 477,042 | ||||
| Density | 206.5 /km2 (534.9 /sq mi) | |||||
| Today part of | Uttar Pradesh, 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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Rampur State was a 15 gun-salute princely state of British India. It came into existence on 7 October 1774 as a result of a treaty with Oudh. Following independence in 1947, Rampur State and other princely states of the area, such as Benares and Tehri-Garwal were merged into the United Provinces. Rampur state had its capital in Rampur town and its total area was 945 sq miles.
The Rohilla War of 1774–5 began when the Rohillas reneged on a debt they owed the Nawab of Oudh for military assistance against the Marathas in 1772. The Rohillas were defeated and driven from their former capital of Bareilly by the Nawab of Oudh with the assistance of the East India Company's troops. The Rohilla State of Rampur was established by Nawab Faizullah Khan on 7 October 1774 in the presence of British Commander Colonel Champion, and remained a pliant state under British protection thereafter.
Faizullah Khan was a syed among the pashtuns and belonged to the syed people. His family migrated and settled in Hindustan (now India) during the Mughal Empire. The Pashtuns consisted of high-ranking soldiers and administrative elites of the Mughal Empire. Rampur State was one of the important princely states in Hindustan.
The first stone of the new Fort at Rampur was laid and the city of Rampur founded in 1775 by Nawab Faizullah Khan. Originally it was a group of four villages named Kather, the name of Raja Ram Singh. The first Nawab proposed to rename the city 'Faizabad'. But many other places were known by the name Faizabad so its name was changed to Mustafabad alias Rampur. Nawab Faizullah Khan ruled for 20 years. He was a great patron of scholarship, and began the collection of Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu manuscripts which now make up the bulk of the Rampur Raza Library. After his death, his son Muhammad Ali Khan took over. He was killed by the Rohilla leaders after 24 days, and Ghulam Muhammad Khan, the brother of the deceased, was proclaimed Nawab. The East India Company took exception to this, and after a reign of just 3 months and 22 days Ghulam Muhammad Khan was defeated by its forces, and the Governor-General made Ahmad Ali Khan, son of the late Muhammad Ali Khan, the new Nawab. He ruled for 44 years. He did not have any sons, so Muhammad Sa'id Khan, son of Ghulam Muhammad Khan, took over as the new Nawab. He raised a regular Army, established Courts and carried out many works to improve the economic conditions of farmers. His son Muhammad Yusuf Ali Khan took over after his death. His son Kalb Ali Khan became the new Nawab after his death in 1865.
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