Dholpur State or
Dhaulpur State was a kingdom of eastern
Rajputana,
India, which was founded in
AD 1806 by a Hindu
Jat Ruler. After 1818 the state was placed under the authority of
British India's
Rajputana Agency. The Ranas ruled the state until the independence of India in 1947, when the kingdom was merged with the
Union of India.