Bharatpur State
Bharatpur State, which is also known as the Jat State of Bharatpur historically known as the Kingdom of Bharatpur, was a Hindu Kingdom in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It was ruled by the Sinsinwar clan of the Hindu Jats. At the time of reign of king Suraj Mal (1755–1763) revenue of the state was 17,500,000 rupees per annual.The major architecture of this state include Lohagarh Fort and Deeg Palace.
Bharatpur State | |||||||||
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Bharatpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||||
| Capital | Bharatpur | ||||||||
| Common languages | Braj Hindi | ||||||||
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| Maharaja | |||||||||
• 1722–1756 (first) | Badan Singh | ||||||||
• 1929–1947 (last) | Brijendra Singh | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval India | ||||||||
• Established | 1722 | ||||||||
| 15 August 1947 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | India · Rajasthan | ||||||||
Lohagarh Fort is one of the well-known forts located in Bharatpur city of Rajasthan which was built by Maharaja Suraj Mal in 1732 on an artificial island and took eight years to complete. He is famous for building other such forts and palaces in his kingdom. It needed large number of manpower and significant amount of wealth to build such impregnable fort, as the name of the fort itself says-- "Lohagarh", which means, Iron fort (Loha means Iron and Garh means fort). Lohagarh Fort is considered as one of the strongest fort as British forces led by Lord Lake could not capture it in spite of several attacks during the Siege of Bharatpur. Lord Lake made a siege of the fort in 1805 for six weeks but in spite of so many attacks he couldn’t annex it.
Deeg Palace is a Palace in Deeg & 32 km from city of Bharatpur in Deeg District in Rajasthan, India. It was built in 1730 by Maharaja Suraj Mal as a luxurious summer resort for the rulers of Bharatpur State.