Kingdom of Amber
Kingdom of Amber (1028-1727) Kingdom of Jaipur (1727–1949) | |||||||||
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| 1028–1949 | |||||||||
Jaipur State within Rajputana, in the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1909) | |||||||||
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| Common languages | Dhundari, Hindi | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy (1028–1818; 1947–1949) Princely state (1818–1947) | ||||||||
| Maharaja Sawai | |||||||||
• 1028-1033 | Dulha Rai (first) | ||||||||
• 1922–1949 | Man Singh II (last) | ||||||||
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• Established | 1028 | ||||||||
• Acceded to India | 1949 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1931 | 43,900 km2 (16,900 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 26,31,775 | ||||||||
| Currency | Indian Rupee | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Rajasthan, India | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Amber, later the Kingdom of Jaipur or the Jaipur State, was located in the north-eastern historic Dhundhar region of Rajputana and was ruled by the Kachwaha Rajput dynasty. The kingdom was established by Dulha Rai, possibly the last ruler of the Kachchhapaghata dynasty who migrated to Dausa and founded his kingdom with the support of Chahamanas of Shakambhari with coalition of Gaur dynasty of sheopur in the 10th century. Dulha rai was established the kuldevi temple of jamway mata in ramgad and transfer his capital dausa to Jamwa ramgarh son kakil dev was fight the meena tribe in amer and built the new capital of amer.
Raja pajawan dev of Amer helps the samratPrithviraj chouhan battle against the mohmmad Gauri. Raja Prithviraj singh I of amer Under the Rajputana confrencedency Rana sanga mewad was battle against the babar . Raja Bharmal, the kingdom heavily aligned with the Mughals and he even married his paswan daughter to Akbar. His son and grandson Raja Bhagwant Das and Raja Man Singh I were leading generals in Akbar's army and helped him in expanding the empire.Raja Man singh was battle against the five Afghan commander and won the battle and changed the flag of amer (jhaad sahi to Pachranaga flag ) Mirza Raja Jai Singh I served under Shah Jahan and became a distinguished general. He fell out of Aurangzeb's favor when he was suspected of helping Shivaji escape from Mughal captivity in 1664. Sawai Jai Singh II became the ruler during the decline of the Mughal Empire. He successfully rebelled against the Mughals in 1708 to regain his confiscated kingdom of amer.In 1727 Sawai Jai singh II transfer his capital city Amer to Jaipur. He was established the Five Jantar manatar in india.and Govind dev ji in jaipur .After Sawai Jai Singh's death, the kingdom was drained of its resources during the civil war amongst his sons Ishwari Singh and Madho Singh I and the Marathas caused the Kingdom to fall into economic downturn.
It became a Princely State under the English East India Company rule after signing a treaty creating a subsidiary alliance with the Company in the year 1818, after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. Raja Sawai man singh II was Rajpramukh of rajasthan. It acceded to the independent india in 1947 and was integrated into India by 1949. Jaipur also known as gulabi nagari was a capital city of Rajasthan state. Upon integration, the ruler was granted a pension (privy purse), certain privileges, and the use of the title "Maharaja of Jaipur" by the Government of India. However, the pension, privileges, and the use of the title were ended in 1971 by the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of Indiathe congress party.