Rajgarh Town

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Rajgarh Town

(i). Capital of the State of the same name in Central India, situated in 24 i' N. and 76 44' E., on the left bank of the Newaj river, a tributary of the Parbati, 85 miles by road from Bhopalj and 57 from the Shujalpur station on the Ujjain-Bhopal branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Population (1901), 5,399 The town was founded about 1640 by Rawat Mohan Singh, who also erected the battlemented wall by which it is surrounded. Besides the chiefs residence, a State guesthouse, a school, a dispensary, a sarat, and British combined post and telegraph offices are situated in the town.