Kingdom of Alwar

Kingdom of Alwar
अलवर राज्य
Kingdom of Alwar अलवर राज्य
1770–1949
	Flag Coat of arms
	; Alwar State in The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Capital	Alwar
Area
• 1895	8,547 km2 (3,300 sq mi)
Population
• 1895	682,926
History
• Established	1770
• Accession in; Dominion of India	7 April 1949
	Succeeded by
Dominion of India
Today part of	India; · Rajasthan

Alwar State is a princely state of Naruka Rajputs with its capital at Alwar in India. Founded in 1770 CE by Pratap Singh Naruka, its reigning ruler, Maharaja Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur, signed the accession to the Indian Union on 7 April 1949.^{[citation needed]}

History

Alwar State was established in 1770,by a Kachwaha Rajput named Pratap Singh Naruka.

Following the Partition of India in 1947, Alwar acceded unto the dominion of India with the state's forces participating in and encouraging the killings and expulsion of its Hindu population.^[1]^{[failed verification]} On 18 March 1948, the state merged with three neighbouring princely states (Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli) to form the Matsya Union. This union in turn merged unto the Union of India. On 15 May 1949, it was united with certain other princely states and the territory of Ajmer to form the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan.

Rulers of Alwar state

Pratap Singh Naruka (reign: 1770-1791) Maharaja of Alwar; founder of Alwar kingdom
Bakhtawar Singh Naruka (reign: 1791–1815), Maharaja of Alwar
Viney Singh naruka (reign: 1815–1857), Maharaja of Alwar
Sheodan Singh naruka (reign: 1857–1874), Maharaja of Alwar
Mangal Singh naruka (reign: 1874–1892), Maharaja of Alwar
Jai Singh Prabhakar (reign: 1892–1937), Maharaja of Alwar
Tej Singh naruka (reign: 1937-1947), Maharaja of Alwar; remained the titular king up until his death in New Delhi (February 2009).
Jitendra Singh naruka, the current Maharaja of Alwar (titular) since February 2009.^[2]

Relics

The Alwar City Palace, or Vinay Vilas, built in 1793 by Raja Bakhtawar Singh, is now a district administrative office.^[3]

Revenue

The revenue of the state in 1901 was Rs.3,200,000.^[4]

References

^ Khalidi, Omar (1998). "From Torrent to Trickle: Indian Muslim Migration to Pakistan, 1947—97". Islamic Studies. 37 (3): 339–352. JSTOR 20837002.
^ Princely States of India
^ In a state of neglect Rana Safvi, The Hindu, MAY 28, 2017
^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 5, page 265 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library".

External links

Media related to Alwar State at Wikimedia Commons
Indian Durbar (1938) - filmed in Alwar
Alwar History & Genealogy

27°57′N 76°06′E / 27.950°N 76.100°E / 27.950; 76.100

[1] Khalidi, Omar (1998). "From Torrent to Trickle: Indian Muslim Migration to Pakistan, 1947—97". Islamic Studies. 37 (3): 339–352. JSTOR 20837002.

[2] Princely States of India

[3] In a state of neglect Rana Safvi, The Hindu, MAY 28, 2017

[4] "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 5, page 265 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library".

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