Tonk is a town in Rajasthan state, India. The town of Tonk is situated 1462 ft. above sea-level, 100 km (60 miles) by road south from Jaipur, near the right bank of the Banas River. It is the administrative headquarters of Tonk District. Tonk was also the capital of the eponymous princely state of British India from 1817 to 1947. Jump to: navigation, search Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map of Jaipur in Rajasthan Old city of Jaipur, India Jaipur (जयपुर), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... The Banas is a river of Rajasthan state in western 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 period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Tonk District

Tonk District is bounded on the north by Jaipur District, on the east by Sawai Madhopur District, on the southeast by Kota District, on the south by Bundi District, on the southwest by Bhilwara District, and on the west by Ajmer District. Jump to: navigation, search Map of Jaipur in Rajasthan Old city of Jaipur, India Jaipur (जयपुर), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... Sawai Madhopur is a city in Rajasthan state of western India. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kota can refer to: The Indonesian word for city. ... Bundi is a city of approximately 74,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bhilwara is a town in Mewar region of Rajasthan, India, 600 km from Delhi. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ajmer, or Ajmere, is a city in Indias Rajasthan state. ...

Princely history

The founder of the princely state of Tonk was Amir Khan, a Muslim freebooter of Afghan descent, and a notorious Pindari leader of the early 19th century. In 1817, upon submitting to the British during the Pindari War, he received the territory of Tonk and the title Nawab. The state was part of the Rajputana agency and consisted of six isolated tracts, some of which were under the Central India Agency. A princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in British India ruled by a hereditary ruler, who was nominally sovereign. ... Amir Khan was a Pindari leader, probably Afghan_born, who fought the British in India in the early 19th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... Pindari is a word of uncertain origin, applied to the irregular horsemen who accompanied the Maratha armies in central India during the 18th century when the Mughal Empire was breaking up. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817 - 1818) was a final and decisive conflict between Britain and the Maratha empire in India, which left Britain in control of most of India. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Nawab was originally the provincial governor or viceroy of a province or region of the Mughal empire. ... Rajputana, which means Land of the Rajputs is a region of western India, which now makes up the greater part of Rajasthan state. ... The Central India Agency was a political unit of British India, which covered the northern half of present-day Madhya Pradesh state. ...

The total area of the princely state was 2553 sq. mi, with a total population in 1901 of 273,201. The town of Tonk, capital of the state, had a population of 38,759 in that year. The town was surrounded by a wall and boasted a mud fort. It had a high school, the Walter female hospital under a lady superintendent, and a hospital for males. Jump to: navigation, search 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The princely state enjoyed an estimated revenue of £77,000/-; however, no tribute was payable to the British Raj. Grain, cotton, opium and hides were the chief products and exports of the state. Two of the outlying tracts of the state were served by two different railways. The state suffered much distress due to drought in 1899-1900. Jump to: navigation, search 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Nawab Mahommed Ibrahim Ali Khan GCIE (ruled 1867-1930) was one of few chiefs to attend both Lord Lytton's Durbar in 1877 and the Delhi Durbar of 1903 as ruler. A former minister of Tonk state, Sahibzada Obeidullah Khan, was deputed on political duty to Peshawar during the Tirah campaign of 1897. The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria in 1877. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Rt Hon. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Delhi Durbar means Court of Delhi which took place in 1911. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Jump to: navigation, search Peshāwar (translates to City on the Frontier from Persian; known as Pai-khawar in Pashto; in ancient times known as Purushapura in Sanskrit) is a city in Pakistans North-West Frontier Province (pop. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Upon India gaining its independence in 1947, the Nawab of Tonk acceded unto the [[Union of India]; most of the area of the state of Tonk later became part of Rajasthan state, while some of its eastern enclaves became part of Madhya Pradesh. Jump to: navigation, search 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Jump to: navigation, search India is subdivided into twenty-eight states, six union territories and the National Capital Territory. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ...

External links

• Tonk District Website
• Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Tonk

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