Dholpur (princely State)
The Dholpur State was a kingdom of eastern Rajputana, India, which was founded in AD 1806 by the Bamraulia clan Jat Rana rulers. After 1818 the state was placed under the authority of British India's Rajputana Agency. The Ranas ruled the state until the independence of India in 1947, when the kingdom was merged with the Union of India.
Dholpur princely state was located in the present-day state of Rajasthan. In 1901, the population of the state was 270,973 and the population of the town of Dholpur was 19,310. The state had an area of 3,038 km2 (1,173 sq mi), and an estimated revenue of Rs.83,000/-.
The former chief minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, is a member of the erstwhile ruling family of Dholpur.
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