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See also:BHARATPUR, or BHURTPORE
, a native See also:state of See also:India, in the See also:Rajputana agency
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Its See also:area covers 1982 sq. m
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The See also:country is generally level, about 700 ft. above the See also:sea
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Small detached hills, rising to 200 ft. in height, occur, especially in the See also:northern See also:part
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These hills contain See also:good See also:building See also: In 1804, however, the raja assisted the See also:Mahrattas against the See also:British . The See also:English under See also:Lord See also:Lake captured the fort of Dig and besieged Bharatpur, but were compelled to raise the See also:siege after four attempts at storming . A treaty, concluded on the 17th of See also:April 1805, guaranteed the raja's territory; but he became See also:bound to pay £200,000 as See also:indemnity to the East India Company . A dispute as to the right of the See also:succession again led to a See also:war in 1825, and Lord See also:Combermere captured Bharatpur with a besieging force of 20,000 men, after a desperate resistance, on the 18th of See also:January 1826 . The fortifications were dismantled, the hostile See also:chief being deported to See also:Benares, and an See also:infant son of the former raja installed under a treaty favourable to the company . In 1853 the Bharatpur ruler died, leaving a See also:minor See also:heir . The state came under British management, and the See also:administration was improved, the revenue increased, a See also:system of See also:irrigation See also:developed, new tanks and See also:wells constructed and an excellent system of roads and public buildings organized . Owing to the hot winds blowing from Rajputana, the See also:climate of Bharatpur is extremely sultry till the setting in of the periodical rains . In 1901 the See also:population was 626,665, a decrease of 2 % . The estimated revenue is £18o,000 . The maharaja See also:Ram Singh, who succeeded his See also:father in 1893, was deprived of power of See also:government in 1875 on the ground of intemperate conduct; and in 1900 was finally deposed for the See also:murder of one of his See also:personal attend-ants . He was succeeded by his infant son Kishen Singh . During his minority the administration was undertaken by a native See also:minister, together with a state See also:council, under the See also:general superintendence of the See also:political See also:agent . Imperial service See also:cavalry are maintained . The state is traversed for about 40 M. by the Rajputana railway . The See also:CITY OF BHARATPUR is 34 M . W. of Agra by See also:rail . The population in 1901 was 43,601, showing a decrease of over 23,000 in the See also:decade . The immense mud ramparts still stand . It has a handsome See also:palace, a new See also:hospital and a high school . There are See also:special manufactures of chauris, or flappers, with handles of See also:sandalwood, See also:ivory or See also:silver, and tails also made of strips of ivory or sandalwood as See also:fine as See also:horse-See also:hair . |
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When did the R.A. Battery get it,s title Bhurtpore. I served in it in the 1950,s
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