tonk state

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

• Tonk State
• Tonk State (Princely State)

Establishment

• January 1807: Nawab Muhammad Amir Khan (1769-1834), an adventurer and military leader of Pashtun descent, established the Tonk State. Amir Khan rose to be a military commander in the service of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire in 1798. In 1806, Khan received the state of Tonk from Yashwantrao Holkar.

Chronology

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1. Partition of India

Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

• July 1949: Accession of Tonk State to India.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 1818: By treaty Tonk became a British protectorate in 1817.
• January 1818: Lawa became a tributary of Tonk in 1817, when that state was established.
• January 1868: In 1867 following the murder of the uncle of the ruler of Lawa together with a party of his followers, Lawa was declared a separate Chiefship under the protection of the British Government.

Disestablishment

• July 1949: Accession of Tonk State to India.

Selected Sources

• Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 156 retrieved on https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/