Kishangarh State
Princely State ofBritish India
1611–1947
Flag Coat of arms
Kishangarh State in theImperial Gazetteer of India
Area
• 1931	2,210 km2 (850 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	85,744
History
• Established	1611
• Indian independence	1947
Succeeded by Republic of India
Today part of	Rajasthan,India

Kishangarh State was aPrincely State in centralRajputana territory ofBritish India from 1611 to 1948. It was founded by theJodhpur princeKishan Singh in the year 1611.^[1]

Kishangarh State was located between 25° 49′ and 26° 59′ in the north, and 70° 49′ and 75° 11′ east. Bordered on the North and northwest byJodhpur State inMarwar region; on the east byJaipur State inDhundhar ; on the west and southeast by theAjmer District then the British province ofAjmer-Merwara and on the extreme south byShahpura State inBhilwara.

Kishan Singh, who was the son of Mota RajaUdai Singh ofJodhpur-Marwar left his family's lands for the imperial Mughal province (Subah) ofAjmer in the year 1596. He was admitted into the service ofMughal EmperorAkbar and within a short span of time having shown his military prowess received the district of "Hindaun" (now inJaipur); and later, the grant ofSetholao along with certain other districts and villages by his brother-in-lawJahangir who held him in high regard. In 1611, he founded the town of Kishangarh which name was then also given to the state.^[2] The 13th Chief succeeding Kishan Singh was Raja Kalyan Singh (1797–1832) under whose rule on 26 March 1818, Kishangarh was brought underBritish Protection.

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Kishangarh was the capital of the princely state during theBritish Raj, which was located in theRajputana Agency. It had an area of 2210 km² (858 miles²) and a population in 1901 of 90,970. This figure for population represented a decrease of 27% over the census figure of 1891, something presumably attributable to the famine of 1899–1900. Population was 85,744 in 1931. The state enjoyed an estimated revenue of £.30,000/- in 1875 and paid no tribute to theBritish Raj.^[3] In 1840 Prithvi Singh from the Zorawarpura branch of the family was adopted and became the 15th Maharaja of Kishangarh after succeeding his childless predecessor,reigned till his death in 1879, after which he was succeeded by his eldest son Maharaja Sadul Singh.^[4]

Lieut Col.HH Maharaja Sir Madan Singh ascended the throne in 1900 at the age of sixteen,^[5] at a time when the state was reeling from the impact of a devastating drought. The administration under him and his diwan was widely deemed worthy of approbation; irrigation from tanks and wells was extended and factories for ginning and pressing cotton were started.^[5] A social reform movement for discouraging excessive expenditure on marriages made remarkable impact during his reign.^[5]

The rulers of Kishangarh belonged to theRathore clan ofSuryavanshiRajputs or of the Solar descent representing a junior branch of the parent state ofMarwar.The rulers took the title of "Raja" and later "Maharaja" added under the full sway ofBritish Raj.^[6]

• 1611 – 1615: RajaKishan Singh
• 1615 – 1618: Raja Sahas Mal
• 1617 – 1629: Raja Jag Mal
• 1629 – 1643: Raja Hari Singh
• 1643 – 1658: Raja Roop Singh
• Jun 1658 – Oct 1706: Raja Man Singh (b. 1655 – d. 1706)
• Oct 1706 – Apr 1748: Raja Raj Singh (b. 1674 – d. 1748)
• 1748 – 1781: Raja Bahadur Singh (d. 1781)
• 1748 – 21 August 1765: Raja Sawant Singh (b. 1699 – d. 1765) (in opposition to 1756; from 1756 raja of Roopnagar)
• 21 August 1765 – 16 May 1768: Raja Sardar Singh (b. 1730 – d. 1768) (Raja of Roopnagar; regent for Raja Sawant Singh 1756–65)
• 1781 – 22 Nov 1788: Raja Birad Singh (b. 1737 – d. 1788)
• 22 November 1788 – 5 March 1798: Raja Pratap Singh (b. 1763 – d. 1798)
• 5 March 1798 – 22 May 1839: MaharajaKalyan Singh (b. 1794 – d. 1839)
• 22 May 1839 – 31 August 1841: MaharajaMohkam Singh (b. 1817 – d. 1841)
• 31 August 1841 – 25 December 1879: HH Umda-e-Raja-e-Buland Makan Diwan Maharaja ShriPrithvi Singh Bahadur (b. 1838 – d. 1879)
• 25 December 1879 – 18 August 1900: HH Umda-e-Raja-e-Buland Makan Diwan Maharaja Shri SirSadul Singh Bahadur (b. 1857 – d. 1900) (from 1 January 1892, SirSardul Singh)
• 18 August 1900 – 25 September 1926: Lieutenant-Colonel HH Umda-e-Raja-e-Buland Makan Diwan Maharaja Shri SirMadan Singh Bahadur (b. 1884 – d. 1926) (from 1 January 1909, SirMadan Singh)
• 25 September 1926 – 3 February 1939: HH Umda-e-Raja-e-Buland Makan Diwan Maharaja ShriYagya Narayan Singh Bahadur (b. 1896 – d. 1939)
• 3 February 1939 – 15 August 1947: HH Umda-e-Raja-e-Buland Makan Diwan Maharaja ShriSumer Singh Bahadur (b. 1929 – d. 1971)

• 1947 – 1971 MaharajaSumer Singh
• 1971–present Maharaja Brijraj Singh (b.22 August 1954)

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• Media related toKishangarh State at Wikimedia Commons
• Kishangarh Exhibit of the state's stamps by Ajay Mittal
• Kishangarh Revenues Exhibit of the state's stamps by Abdul Mollah
• Kishangarh as Exhibited by Ajay Mittal

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