Rajput period (7th century) There were several
Rajput dynasties including
Chauhans,
Tomars,
Jadauns, etc who ruled over Dholpur for a long period.
Chahamana (Chauhan) dynasty The earliest Rajput dyanasty that ruled Dholpur region were the
Chauhans in the early 7th and 8th century. The discovery of a stone inscription at Dholpur has brought into light the existence of a Chahamana dynasty at Dhavalapuri. The inscription mentions Chauhan Prince Chandamahasena who was the contemporary of
Pratihara emperor
Bhojadev. The inscription mentions conflicts of Chauhan Prince with invading
Arab armies.
Jadaun dynasty The
Tomars lost sovereignty to
Jadaun Rajputs of
Karauli State. The fort at Dholpur was built by Dharmpal Jadaun in 1120 AD.
Mughal period , part of the
Rajputana Agency, 1909 After the
battle of Panipat,
Babar became the first Mughal ruler of Hindustan. Dholpur was taken by
Sikandar Lodi in 1491, who handed it to a Muslim governor in 1504. After the death of
Ibrahim Lodi, many states declared themselves independent. Talai Khan became the ruler of
Gwalior.
Jat period After the Mughals, Dholpur was taken successively by the
Jat ruler
Maharaja Suraj Mal of
Bharatpur;from period of 1705 to 1761 the fort was under Chauhan rajputs' sub-clan
Bhadoriya and later regained by different rulers like
Mirza Najaf Khan in 1775; by the
Maratha Scindia ruler of Gwalior in 1782; and finally, by the
British East India Company in 1803. It was restored by the British to the Scindias under the Treaty of Sarji Anjangaon, briefly, and was soon reoccupied by the British. In 1805, Dholpur came under the
Jat ruler, Maharana
Kirat Singh of
Gohad, a princely state, a vassal of the British during the Raj. According to the
Babur Nama, Babur had a
baori built in Dholpur on his last trip to Gwalior, to add to the
charghar ("four-gardens") he had already had built there.
British rule and after One of the few areas of Rajasthan which was in open revolt during the
1857 rebellion was led by a
Zamindar who raised an army of three thousand to fight the British During
British Raj, it was part of the
Rajputana Agency, till the
Independence of India. The former mansion of the ruler of the erstwhile Dholpur State, Kesarbagh palace, now houses the
Dholpur Military School, while its official residence in
New Delhi,
Dholpur House, is used by the
Union Public Service Commission. ==Demographics==