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Dholpur House is the former residence of the Rana of Dholpur in Delhi. It is located next to India Gate on Shahjahan Road. It was constructed in the 1920s in the Art Deco style. The walls on the exterior are painted in white. Today the Union Public Service Commission is housed here. [1]
Being a constitutional authority, UPSC is amongst the few institutions that function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the country’s higher judiciary and lately the Election Commission. [5] The commission is headquartered at Dholpur House, in New Delhi, and functions through its secretariat.
Dhaulpur State or Dholpur State, was an independent kingdom from 1805 to 1818 and a princely state under British suzerainty from 1818 to 1949 in eastern Rajasthan. It was founded by Rana Kirat Singh, ruler of Gohad in 1805 AD. The state was merged into the Union of India in April 1949 and Udai Bhan Singh was the last Maharaj-Rana of Dholpur. [1 ...
Shahjahan Road (Hindi: शाहजहाँ मार्ग / रोड) is an important road of central New Delhi, India.It stretches from the India Gate junction on the north side and to the Taj Mansingh Hotel [1] at the junction of Mansingh Road, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road, Humayun Road, Prithviraj Road and a road to Khan Market on the south. [2]
Dhaulpur State or Dholpur State, historically known as the Kingdom of Dholpur, was a kingdom of eastern Rajasthan, India, which was founded in AD 1806 by a Jat ruler Rana Kirat Singh of Gohad. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] After 1818, the state was placed under the authority of British India 's Rajputana Agency .
Dholpur and Mandrayal were already in his control by this time. In February 1507, he captured the Uditnagar (Utgir or Avantgarh) fort lying on the Narwar -Gwalior route. [ 15 ] In September 1507, he marched against Narwar , whose ruler (a member of the Tomara clan) fluctuated his allegiance between the Tomaras of Gwalior and the Malwa Sultanate .
Dholpur is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is in Dholpur district and is a segment of the Karauli-Dholpur (Lok Sabha constituency) . Members of the Legislative Assembly
He succeeded his father Kirat Singh as the Maharaj-Rana of Dholpur in 1836. [1] [2] [3] During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, he demonstrated loyal attachment to the East India Company. [4] He rendered assistance to the fugitives from Gwalior in 1857. [5] [6] For his valuable service, he received the insignia of KCSI and was later made GCSI in ...