Polity Tonk State

This article is about the specific polity Tonk 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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Was an Indian polity located in the modern-day Indian State of Rajasthan.

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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Disestablishment

  • January 1818: Lawa became a tributary of Tonk in 1817, when that state was established.
  • January 1818: By treaty Tonk became a British protectorate in 1817.

Selected Sources

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