Bharatpur State
This article is about the specific polity Bharatpur State and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Was a polity in India located in the modern State of Rajasthan.
Establishment
January 1681: The formation of the state of Bharatpur was a result of revolts by the Jats living in the region around Delhi, Agra and Mathura against the imperial Mughals.
Chronology
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1. Events
December 1761: Maharaja Suraj Mal was the most prominent ruler of Bharatpur State. He captured the Mughal city of Agra on 12 June 1761, and it remained under Bharatpur's control until 1774.
January 1775: Maharaja Suraj Mal was the ruler of Bharatpur who captured the Mughal city of Agra on 12 June 1761. The territory remained under the control of the Bharatpur rulers until 1774 when it was taken over by the Maratha Empire.
January 1801: Throughout the disintegration of the Mughal Empire, the armies of Jaipur were in a constant state of warfare. Towards the end of the 18th century, the Jats of Bharatpur and the Kachwaha chief of Alwar declared themselves independent from Jaipur and each annexed the eastern portion of Jaipur's territory.
Disestablishment
January 1806: In 1805 war between the British and the Holkars broke out. Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur agreed to help Holkar and the two Maharajas fell back to the Bharatpur fort. The British surrounded the fort and after three months Ranjit Singh agreed to peace and signed a treaty with the British, becoming a princely state.
