Kishangarh State was founded by the
Jodhpur prince
Kishan Singh in 1609. Before Kishan Singh this area was ruled by Raja
Samokhan Singh. in the Guise of
Krishna and
Radha Cruising on Lake Gundalao, Kishangarh Kishangarh was the capital of the eponymous
princely state during the
British Raj, which was located in the
Rajputana Agency. It had an area of 2210 km2 (858 miles²) and a population in 1901 of 90,970. This figure for population represented a decrease of 27% over the census figure of 1891, something presumably attributable to the famine of 1899-1900. The state enjoyed an estimated revenue of £34,000 and paid no tribute to the
British Raj. In 1840, Prithvi Singh, became the 15th Maharaja of Kishangarh, and reigned until his death in 1879, after which he was succeeded by his son, Sardul Singh. A municipality was established at Kishangarh in 1892. Maharaja
Madan Singh ascended the throne in 1900 at the age of sixteen, at a time when the state was reeling from the impact of a devastating drought. The administration under him and his diwan was widely deemed worthy of approbation; irrigation from tanks and wells was extended and factories for ginning and pressing cotton were started. A social reform movement for discouraging excessive expenditure on marriages made remarkable impact during his reign. ==Demographics==