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DHOLPOOR

Volume 7 · 233 words · 1860 Edition

in Hindustan, a town, the chief place of the raj or native state of the same name, is situate about a mile from the left bank of the river Chumbul. It is a place of great antiquity, and contains several fine mosques and mausoleums. Baber, in his autobiography, adverts to its surrender to him in 1526. The territory of Dhoolpoor extends from Lat. 26° 30' to 26° 57', and from Long. 77° 32' to 78° 20', and contains an area of 1626 square miles. It is governed by a chief of the Jaut tribe, whose ancestors ruled over Gohad, and subsequently became masters of the fort of Gwalior and the adjacent country. Some of these possessions had been wrested from the ruling family by the Mahrattas; and under the provisions of a treaty con- cluded in 1804 between the Rana and the British, the latter engaged to establish the Rana in his hereditary dominions. Owing to the opposition of Scindia, it was subsequently deemed inexpedient to carry out this engagement. A modification of the treaty was thereupon agreed to, in conformity with which the Rana consented to relinquish the possessions guaranteed to him by the British, and to accept in lieu thereof the territory of Dhoopoor and its dependencies. A military force consisting of 2000 men is maintained by the Rana. The town of Dhoopoor is in Lat. 26° 41', Long. 77° 58'.