Karauli State

Karauli (Hindi: करौली, Karauli ) was one of the princely states of Rajputs in present-day Rajasthan ( British India ), named after the capital of the same name.

The dynasty of Jadon is derived from the Prince of Mathura, a company founded by Raja Brahm Pal in the 10th century princely state. The 25th Maharaja of Mathura, Dharam Pal II ( 1655-74 ), was the first who resided in Karauli. In the 18th century Karauli came under the suzerainty of the Marathas, had in 1817 in the Treaty of Pune all areas north of the Nerbudda ceded to the British East India Company. 1817-1947 Karauli was a British protectorate.

Karauli in 1941 had an area of ​​3178 km ² and a population of 160,000. On March 17 In 1948, the accession to the Matsayas Union, on 7 April 1949, the connection to India, on May 15, 1949 Greater Rajasthan, on November 1, 1956, the resolution of the principality.