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BUNDI, or BOONDEE
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See also:BUNDI, or BOONDEE , a native See also:state of See also:India, in the See also:Rajputana agency, lying on the See also:north-See also:east of the See also:river See also:Chambal, in a hilly See also:tract historically known as Haraoti, from the Hara See also:sept of the See also:great See also:clan of Chauhan Rajputs, to which the maharao See also:raja of Bundi belongs. It has an See also:area of 2220 sq. m. Many parts of the state are See also:wild and hilly, inhabited by a large See also:Mina See also:population, formerly notorious as a See also:race of robbers. Two See also:rivers, the Chambia and the Mej, See also:water the state; the former is navigable by boats. In 1901 the population was 171,227, showing a decrease of 4.2% due to the effects of See also:famine. The estimated See also:revenue is £46,000, the See also:tribute £800o. There is no railway, but the metalled road from See also:Kotah to the See also:British See also:cantonment of Deoli passes through the state. The See also:town of Bundi had a population in 1g01 of 19,313. A school for the See also:education of boys of high See also:rank was opened in 1897. The state of Bundi was founded about A.D. 1342 by the Hara See also:chief See also:Rao Dewa, or Deoraj, who captured the town from the See also:Minas. Its importance, however, See also:dates from the See also:time of Rao Surjan, who succeeded to the chieftainship in 1554 and by throwing in his See also:lot with the See also:Mahommedan emperors of See also:Delhi (1569) received a considerable See also:accession of territory. From this time the rulers of Bundi See also:bore the See also:title of rao raja. In the 17th See also:century their See also:power was curtailed by the See also:division of Haraoti into the two states of Kotah and Bundi; but they continued to See also:play a prominent See also:part in See also:Indian See also:history, and the title of maharao raja was conferred on Budh Singh for the part played by him in securing the imperial See also:throne for Bahadur Shah I. after the See also:death of See also:Aurangzeb in 1707. In 1804 the maharao raja Bishan Singh gave valuable assistance to See also:Colonel See also:Monson in his disastrous See also:retreat before See also:Holkar, in revenge for which the Mahratas and See also:Pindaris continually ravaged his state up to 1817. On the loth of See also:February 1818, by a treaty concluded with Bishan Singh, Bundi was taken under British See also:protection. In 1821 Bishan Singh was succeeded by his son See also:Ram Singh, who ruled till 1889. He is described as a See also:grand specimen of the See also:Rajput See also:gentleman, and " the most conservative See also:prince in conservative Rajputana." His See also:rule was popular and beneficent; and though during the See also:mutiny of 1857 his attitude was equivocal, he continued to enjoy the favour of the British See also:government, being created G.C.S.I. and a counsellor of the See also:empire in 1877 and C.I.E. in 1878. He was succeeded by his son Raghubir Singh, who was made a K.C.S.I. in 1897 and a G.C.I.E. in 1g01. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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