Dholpur state
| Dholpur State | |||||||||
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| 1805–1949 | |||||||||
Dholpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||||
| Capital | Dholpur | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Sovereign monarchy (1805–1818) Princely state (1818–1947) Constitutional monarchy (1947–1949) | ||||||||
| Maharaj Rana | |||||||||
• 1805–1835 | Kirat Singh (first) | ||||||||
• 1911–1949 | Udai Bhan Singh (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1805 | ||||||||
| 1949 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | India · Rajasthan | ||||||||
Dhaulpur State or Dholpur State, was an independent kingdom from 1805 to 1818 and a princely state under British suzerainty from 1818 to 1949 in eastern Rajasthan. It was founded by Rana Kirat Singh, the ruler of Gohad, in 1805 AD. Dholpur State was a salute state entitled to a 15 gun-salute. The state was merged into the Union of India in April 1949 and Udai Bhan Singh was the last ruling Maharaj-Rana of Dholpur.