District Court Alwar

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Alwar state may be said to have been formed as a separate, independent state when Rao Pratap Singh, its founder, first raised his standard over the AlwarFort on November 25th 1775. During his rule the then districts of Thanagazi, Rajgarh, Malakhera, Ajabgharh, Baldeogarh, Kankwari, Alwar, Ramgarh and Laxmangarh, and areas around Behror and Bansur, were finally integrated to form the State. As the State was being consolidated, naturally, no definite administrative machinery could have come into being.

The next ruler Maharao Raja Bakhtawar Singh(1791-1815) also devoted himself to the work of extension and consolidation of theterriotoryof the State. He was successful in integrating the pargannahs of Ismailpurand Mandawarand thetalukas of Darbarpur, Rutai, Nimrana, Mandhan, Beejawarand Kakomain the Alwar State. Maharao Raja Bakhtawar Singh rendered valuable services to Lord Lake, during the latter's campaign against Marathas, in the battle ofLaswari, inAlwarterritory when the Statetroopesassisted him in finally breaking the Marathas and Jat powers.

As a result, in 1803, the First Treaty of Offensive and Defensive Alliance was forged between Alwar State and the East India Company. Thus, Alwarwas the first princely State in India to enter into Treaty Relations with the East India Company. But in his time[...]