Deeg (India)
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| State : | Rajasthan | ||
| District : | Bharatpur | ||
| Sub-district : | Deeg | ||
| Location : | 27 ° 28 ′ N , 77 ° 19 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 185 m | ||
| Area : | 3.29 | ||
| Residents : | 44,999 (2011) | ||
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Deeg sometimes also Dig (Hindi: डीग) is a north Indian city with about 48,000 inhabitants in the district of Bharatpur in eastern Rajasthan . For a long time it was the capital of the princely state of Bharatpur .
location
Deeg is located about 35 km (driving distance) northwest of Bharatpur or about 36 km west of Mathura ( Uttar Pradesh ) at an altitude of about 185 m above sea level. d. M .; the Indian capital Delhi is about 150 km north. The climate is rather dry and warm; Rain falls almost exclusively during the summer monsoon season .
population
Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 34,083 | 40,859 | 44,999 |
The Hindi and Urdu- speaking population consists of about 98% Hindus , 0.5% Muslims and just under 1.5% Jains ; numerically small minorities are Christians , Sikhs , Buddhists and others. As is common in censuses in northern India, the male population is around 10% higher than the female.
economy
Traditionally, the basis of life is agriculture in the surrounding villages; Craftsmen, traders and smaller service companies have settled in the city. Tourism only plays a subordinate role.
history
Deeg is an old city and may first be mentioned as Dirgha or Dirghapura in the Skanda Purana . During the Mughal rule , it belonged to the province of Agra . In 1722 Deeg became the first capital of the newly founded Jat principality of Bharatpur under Maharaja Badan Singh (r. 1722–1756) ; Maharaja Suraj Mal (r. 1756–1763) was its most important ruler, but moved the capital to Bharatpur. After the Battle of Deeg (1804), the British took control of the princely state, which was incorporated into the state of Rajasthan in 1949 and dissolved in 1956.
Attractions
The building complex of Deeg with fort and its palaces ( Gopal Bhawan , Suraj Bhawan , Kishan Bhawan , Hardev Bhawan and Nand Bhawan ) and gardens are attractively grouped around two small lakes ( Rup Sagar and Gopal Sagar ); most of the buildings are elegant and detailed; some have Bengali roofs , which - mediated by the Mughals - also came to the royal courts of the Rajputs in the 17th and 18th centuries .
Others
The palace of Deeg formed the backdrop for some scenes in the 1972 film Siddhartha based on the novel by Hermann Hesse of the same name .
literature
- Thomas Göbel-Groß, Hans-Joachim Oppel: The palace gardens of Deeg . In: Die Gartenkunst 10 (2/1998), pp. 191–209.
- MC Joshi: Dig. Archaeological Survey of India , New Delhi 1968.
Web links
- Deeg - photos + information
- Deeg - Photo + Info (ASI, English)
- Deeg - short video
- Battle of Deeg - map + info (Wikipedia, English)