Jaipur State

This article is about the specific polity Jaipur State and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Establishment

• January 1728: In that year, a new capital was built and named Jayapura, when the Amber State was renamed as Jaipur.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Shahu II

Expansion during the rule of Shahu II in the Maratha Empire.

• June 1790: Jaipur and Jodhpur, the two most powerful Rajput states, were still out of direct Maratha domination. So, Mahadji sent his general Benoît de Boigne to crush the forces of Jaipur and Jodhpur at the Battle of Patan.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 1773: Lawa was formerly part of Jaipur State. In 1772 Lawa became a jagir which came under the control of the Marathas through Pindari leader Amir Khan, who would later become the Nawab of Tonk.

Disestablishment

• June 1790: Jaipur and Jodhpur, the two most powerful Rajput states, were still out of direct Maratha domination. So, Mahadji sent his general Benoît de Boigne to crush the forces of Jaipur and Jodhpur at the Battle of Patan.

Selected Sources

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