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Place details
- Locality
- Dhaulpur
- Region
- Rajasthan
- Country
- India
- Population
- 133,075
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dholpur
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Rajasthani language
- Settlement.other_name
- Dhaulpur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dholpur Bus Stand.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Dholpur Bus Stand in Dholpur (Rajasthan)
- Settlement.nickname
- Dang
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Rajasthan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Rajasthan, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dholpur
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rajasthan
- Settlement.founder
- Dhaval Dev in 11th century
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 33.3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 3034
- Elevation
- 177
- Official website
- dholpur.nic.in
- Image
- Machkund Temple - Dholpur.jpg
- Dialing code
- 5642
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- Commons category
- Dholpur
- postal code
- 328001
- native label
- धौलपुर
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Rajput period (7th century)
- Chahamana (Chauhan) dynasty
- Jadaun dynasty
- Mughal period
- Jat period
- British rule and after
- Demographics
- Education
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Dholpur is a city in the Dholpur district in Rajasthan state of India. Dholpur is situated on the left bank of the Chambal river. The city is the administrative headquarters of Dholpur district. Dholpur was established by King Dhaval Dev of the Tomar dynasty of Delhi Tomaras of Delhi in 1004 AD by the name of Dhavalpuri, later with time it was changed to the present day name Dholpur.
Dholpur became a separate district in 1982 comprising Dholpur, Rajakhera, Saramathura, Bari and Baseri tehsils. Dholpur district is a part of Bharatpur Division/Commissionerate. It is bordered by Bharatpur district of Rajasthan to the North and Agra District of Uttar Pradesh to the north and north east, Morena District of Madhya Pradesh to the south, Karauli district to the west and Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to the east. Dholpur is situated 27 km from Morena, 55 km from Agra and 66 km from Gwalior.
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