Bharatpur (India)
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| State : | Rajasthan | ||
| District : | Bharatpur | ||
| Sub-district : | Bharatpur | ||
| Location : | 27 ° 13 ′ N , 77 ° 29 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 180 m | ||
| Residents : | 252,342 (2011) | ||
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Bharatpur ( Hindi : भरतपुर Bharatpur [ ˈbʱʌrʌtpʊr ]) is a city (since 2015 Municipal Corporation ) in the Indian state of Rajasthan with around 250,000 inhabitants (2011 census).
It is located in eastern Rajasthan, 55 kilometers west of Agra and is the administrative seat of the Bharatpur district . Bharatpur is a world famous Mecca for ornithologists from all over the world. The Keoladeo National Park is about 6 kilometers from the city. The population of the place lives mainly from agriculture and the oil production or the marketing of oil seeds.
Bharatpur was founded in 1733 by Maharaja Suraj Mal as the capital of the Principality of Bharatpur . The name of the city comes from the mythological figure Bharata , a brother of Rama . The sphere of influence of the Principality of Bharatpur reached in the 17th and 18th centuries as far as the borders of Delhi and Agra . The large and mighty fort is surrounded by a moat and is one of the main attractions of the city. The fort is named Lohagarh ("Iron Fortress"). It has always been a point of attack in the history of the region. The fort defied almost every attack, even one of the British in 1805. On January 18, 1826, after a month of siege, the fort was finally stormed by the British. The defeat led to the peace treaty between the North-West states and the East India Company . This made Bharatpur a nominally independent princely state under British sovereignty.
Attractions
- Dehij-ka-mandir
- Government Museum
- Asht Dhatu Gate
- Fateh Burj
- Jama Masjid
- Bihariji Mandir
- Kishari Mahal
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ^ Bharatpur to be a Municipal Corporation . Business standard. February 9, 2014.
- ↑ James Norman Creighton: Narrative of the siege and capture of Bhurtpore, in the province of Agra, upper Hindoostan, by the forces under the command of Lord Combermere, in the latter end of 1825, and beginning of 1826. London 1830. ( here online )
