Rajgarh

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Rajgarh is a city in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. Rajgarh is the administrative headquarters of Rajgarh District, and was formerly a princely state under the British Raj. The old town is surrounded by a battlemented wall.

Rajgarh princely state was part of Central India's Bhopal Agency. It had an area of 940 sq. mi., and a population of 88,376 in 1901. Estimated revenue, 33,000 (1911); tribute (to Sindhia of Gwalior), 3640. The rulers, whose title was Rawat, were Rajputs of the Ponwar (Umat) clan. Grain and opium were the principal articles of trade.

After India's independence in 1947, the Rawat acceded to the Indian government, and Rajgarh became part of Madhya Bharat state, which was formed out of the western half of the Raj's Central India Agency of princely states. In 1956 Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh state.

There is also a village, Rajgarh, located in Himachal Pradesh, 30 Km from Solan.sv:Rajgarh