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ALWAR, or ULWAR , a native See also:state of See also:India in the See also:Rajputana agency. It is bounded on the E. by the state of See also:Bharatpur and the See also:British See also:district of See also:Gurgaon, on the N. by Gurgaon district and the state of See also:Patiala, on the W. by the states of See also:Nabha and See also:Jaipur, and on the S. by the state of Jaipur. Its configuration is irregular, the greatest length from See also:north to See also:south being about 8o m., and breadth from See also:east to See also:west about 6o in., with a See also:total See also:area of 3141 sq, in. The eastern portion of the state is open and highly cultivated; the western is diversified by hills and peaks., which See also:form a continuation of the Aravalli range, from 12 to 20 in. in breadth. These hills run in rocky and precipitous parallel ridges, in some places upwards of 2200 ft. in height. The Sabhi See also:river flows through the north-western See also:part of the state, the only other stream of importance being the Ruparel, which rises in the Alwar hills, and flows through the state into the Bharatpur territory. The See also:population in 19ot was 828,487, showing an increase of 8 % during the See also:decade. When compared with a heavy decrease elsewhere throughout Rajputana, this increase may be attributed to the successful See also:administration of See also:famine See also:relief, under British officials, The See also:revenue is 185,000. The maharaja Jai Singh, who succeeded in 1892 at the See also:age of ten, was educated at the See also:Mayo See also:college, where he excelled both in See also:sports and in knowledge of See also:English. He came of age in 1903, when he was invested by the See also:viceroy with full ruling See also:powers. Alwar was the first native state to accept a currency struck at the See also:Calcutta See also:mint, of the same See also:weight and assay as the imperial See also:rupee, with the See also:head of the British See also:sovereign on the obverse. Imperial service troops are maintained, consisting of both See also:cavalry and See also:infantry, with transport.

The state is traversed by the See also:

Delhi See also:branch of the Rajputana railway. A See also:settlement of thedand revenue has been carried out by an English civilian. The state was founded by Pratap Singh (1740—1791), a See also:Rajput of See also:ancient lineage, and increased by his adopted son Bakhtawar Singh; The latter joined the British against the See also:Mahrattas, and in 1803, after the See also:battle of See also:Laswari (Nov. I), signed a treaty of offensive and defensive See also:alliance with the British See also:government. In 1811, owing to his armed intervention in Jaipur, a fresh engagement was made, prohibiting him from See also:political intercourse with other states without British consent. In 1857 the See also:raja Binni Singh sent a force of Mussulmans and Rajputs to relieve the British See also:garrison in See also:Agra; the Mussulmans, however, deserted, and the See also:rest were defeated by the mutineers. The See also:CITY Of ALWAR has a railway station on the Rajputana See also:line, 98 In. from Delhi; pop. (1901) 56,771, showing a steady increase. It stands in a valley overhung by a fortress iuoo ft. above. It is surrounded by a rampart and See also:moat, with five See also:gates, and contains See also:fine palaces, temples and tombs. The See also:water-See also:supply is brought from a See also:lake 9 m. distant. It has a high school, affiliated to the See also:Allahabad university; and a school for the sons of nobles, founded to commemorate the See also:Diamond See also:Jubilee of See also:Queen See also:Victoria.

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Lady Dufferin See also:hospital is under the See also:charge of an English lady See also:doctor, with two See also:female assistants.

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