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Kirat Singh of Dholpur

d. 1836 · 19th century

Kirat Singh was a Jat Rana of Gohad who became the first ruler of the princely state of Dholpur. In 1806 the British returned Gohad and Gwalior to the Scindias and compensated him with Dholpur, Bari and Rajakhera on the Chambal river. His descendants ruled Dholpur as Maharaj Ranas until it joined the Matsya Union in 1948.

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