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TONK , a native See also:

state of See also:India, in the See also:Rajputana agency. It consists of six isolated tracts, some of which are under the Central India agency. See also:Total See also:area, 2553 sq. m.; total See also:population (19o1), 273,201; estimated See also:revenue 77,000. No See also:tribute is payable. The See also:chief, whose See also:title is See also:nawab, is a See also:Mahommedan of Afghan descent. The founder of the See also:family was See also:Amir See also:Khan, the notorious Pindari See also:leader at the beginning of the 19th See also:century, who received the See also:present territory on submitting to the See also:British in 1817. The nawab Mahommed See also:Ibrahim See also:Ali Khan, G.C.I.E., succeeded in 1867, and was one of the few chiefs who attended both See also:Lord See also:Lytton's See also:Durbar in 1877 and the See also:Delhi Durbar of 1903 as rulers of their states. The See also:late See also:minister, See also:Sir Sahibzada Obeidullah Khan, was deputed on See also:political See also:duty to See also:Peshawar during the See also:Tirah See also:campaign of 1897. See also:Grain, See also:cotton, See also:opium and hides are the chief exports. Two of the outlying tracts of the state are served by two See also:railways. See also:Distress was caused by drought in 1899-1900. The See also:town of Tonk is situated 1462 ft. above See also:sea-level, 6o m. by road See also:south from See also:Jaipur, near the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Banas.

Pop. (Igor), 38,759. It is surrounded by a See also:

wall, with a mud fort. It has a high school, the See also:Walter See also:female See also:hospital under a See also:lady See also:superintendent, and a hospital for See also:males. There is another town in India called Tonk, or Tank, in Dera See also:Ismail Khan See also:district, See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province; pop. (1901), 4402. It is the See also:residence of a nawab, who formerly exercised semi-See also:independent See also:powers. Here Sir See also:Henry See also:Durand, See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of the See also:Punjab, was killed in 187o when passing on an See also:elephant under a gateway.

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