Rajgarh is a city and district in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. Rajgarh was also a princely state under the British Raj. The old town is surrounded by a battlemented wall. Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... A princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in British India ruled by a hereditary ruler, who was nominally sovereign. ... The British Raj is an informal term for the British colonial administration of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, also included from 1886 was Burma. ...

Rajgarh princely state was part of Central India's Bhopal agency. It had an area of 940 sq. mi., and a population of 88,376 in 1901. Estimated revenue, 33,000 (1911); tribute (to Sindhia of Gwalior), 3640. The rulers, whose title was Rawat, were Rajputs of the Ponwar (Umat) clan. Grain and opium were the principal articles of trade. The Central India Agency was a political unit of British India, which covered the northern half of present-day Madhya Pradesh state. ... Bhopal, marked in red, lies in central India. ... The Sindhia, also spelled Scindia , Sindia, or Shinde are a prominent Maratha family in India. ... Teli-ka-Mandir Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ... A Rajput (from Sanskrit rāja-putra, son of a king) is a member of a prominent caste who live throughout northern and central India, primarily in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. ... The Ponwar (also Panwar or Pawar) are a Maratha clan that ruled the states of Chhatarpur, Dewas, Dhar, and Rajgarh in central India. ... Opium is a narcotic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy . ...

After India's independence in 1947, the Rawat acceded to the Indian government, and Rajgarh became part of Madhya Bharat state, which was formed out of the western half of the Raj's Central India Agency of princely states. In 1956 Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh state. Madhya Bharat is former state in west-central India. ...

There is also a village, Rajgarh, located in Himachal Pradesh, 30 Km from Solan.

Rajgarh District

Area 6,154 sq km, population 992,315 (1991 census). The district is bounded by Rajasthan state to the north, and by the districts of Guna to the northeast, Bhopal to the east, Sehore to the southeast, and Shajapur to the south and west. The district lies on the northern edge of the Malwa plateau, and the Parbati River forms the eastern boundary of the district, while the Kali Sindh River forms the western boundary. The district has six tehsils, Rajgarh, Khilchipur, Zirapur, Biaora, Narsinghgarh, and Sarangpur. Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Bhopal, marked in red, lies in central India. ... Shajapur District is a part of the Malwa Plateau according to the present scheme of regional delineation. ... Malwa (Malvi: माळवा) is a region of western India, lying in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state. ... Parbati River is a river in Madhya Pradesh, India that flows into the Chambal River. ... Kali Sindh is a river in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, that joins the Chambal River at downstream of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan. ... A Tehsil is an administrative subdivision or tier of local government in some South Asian countries. ... Narsinghgarh is a town of historical importance in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh in India. ...

The district was created May 1948, and includes the territory of the former princely states of Rajgarh, Narsinghgarh, Khilchipur, and parts of the states of Dewas Junior and Senior (Sarangpur tehsil) and Indore (Jarapur tehsil, now part of Khilchipur tehsil). In addition to the town of Rajgarh, Khilchipur, Kotravihar and Narsingarh are places of interest. A princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in British India ruled by a hereditary ruler, who was nominally sovereign. ... Dewas is a city in western Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Indore is the commercial capital of the Malwa region and the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (MP). ...

External link

Rajgarh District web site