Bharatpur (state)
| Bharatpur | |||||
| 17th century – 1949 | |||||
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| Capital | Bharatpur | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state ("17 shot salute") | ||||
| surface | 5123 km² | ||||
| population | 560,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 17th century | ||||
| resolution | April 7, 1949 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Sinsiniwar Jat |
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Bharatpur ( Hindi : भरतपुर , Bharatpur ) was one of the princely states of the Rajputs in today's Rajasthan ( British India ), named after the capital of the same name .
history
Jat Baija, feudal owner of the village Sansani succeeded in the late 17th century by the decline of the power of the Great Mughals triggered turmoil to increase its territory and to become largely independent. His descendant, Thakur Badan Sing (1722–55), built the fortresses Deeg and Bharatpur and called himself Raja of Bharatpur from 1752 . Raja Suraj Mal (1756–63) fought partly with, partly against the Marathas and accepted the title of Maharaja .
From 1828 to 1947 Bharatpur was a British protectorate. In 1941 the princely state had an area of 5123 km² and 560,000 inhabitants. He joined the Matsayas Union on March 17, 1948 . He joined India on April 7, 1949 and was incorporated into the state of Rajasthan on May 15, 1949 . On November 1, 1956, the princely state was dissolved.
The former hunting ground of the Maharaja was today's Keoladeo National Park .
See also
literature
- William Barton: The princes of India . With a Chapter on Nepal. Nisbet, London 1934, (Reprinted edition. Cosmo, New Delhi 1983).
- Andreas Birken : Philatelic Atlas of British India. CD-ROM. Birken, Hamburg 2004.
- Ian Copland: The princes of India in the endgame of empire, 1917-1947 (= Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society. 2). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1997, ISBN 0-521-57179-0 .
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Paul E. Roberts: India (= A Historical Geography of the British Dominions. Vol. 7, Part. 1-2). 2 volumes (Vol. 1: History to the End of the East India Company. Vol. 2: History under the Government of the Crown. ). Clarendon Press, Oxford 1916-1923, (Reprinted edition: Historical Geography of India. 2 volumes. Printwell, Jaipur 1995).
- Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Ed.): A historical atlas of South Asia (= Association for Asian Studies. Reference Series. 2). 2nd impression, with additional material. Oxford University Press, New York NY et al. 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6 .
