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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Rajgarh
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A native state of central India, in the Bhopal agency. Area, 940 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 88,376, showing a decrease of 26% in the decade, due to the results of famine. Estimated revenue, £33,000; tribute (to Sindhia), £3640. The chief, whose title is rawat, is a Rajput of the Umat clan. Grain and opium are the principal articles of trade. The town of Rajgarh, which is surrounded by a battlemented wall, had a population of 5399 in 1901.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Rajgarh'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/bri/r/rajgarh.html. 1910.