Languages spoken include Braj Bhasha, Braj Bhasha is mainly a rural tongue currently, predominant in the nebulous Braj region centred around Mathura & Agra in Uttar Pradesh and Dholpur & Bharatpur in Rajasthan .
Rana Bhagwant Singh, GCSI (1823 – 7 February 1873) was the Jat ruler of Dholpur state (1836 - 1873) in Rajasthan, India.
Dholpur sandstone is mined in the area, which is simply called "Dholpur", and was used in the construction of Rashtrapati Bhavan and Secretariat Building, New Delhi in 1920s.
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Thus the Rana Jat rulers of Bamraulia gotra ruled Gohad for 300 years from 1505–1805 and after that they ruled at Dholpur.
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On the other hand, Nur Jahan had already acquired the Paragana of Dholpur for prince Shahryar.
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Once Dholpur became a matter of dispute between Shahjahan and Nur Jahan.
Finally, in 1806, the territories of Dholpur, Badi and Rajakhera were handed over to the Maharaj Rana Kirat Singh of Gohad, in exchange for his state of Gohad, which was ceded to Marathas (Sindhia).
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The town of Dholpur, 34 miles south of Agra by rail, grew in importance as a center of trade after the opening of the railway.
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In 1901, the population of the state was 270,973 and the population of the town of Dholpur was 19,310.
Shilpi hails from a small town called Dholpur situated in the state of Rajasthan, also near the city of Agra.
Udaibhanu Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo (12 February 1893 – 22 October 1954) was the Jat ruler of Dholpur state (1911–1948) in Rajasthan, India.
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1911-1918: His Highness Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Shri Sawai Maharaj Rana Udaibhanu Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur
The United States of Matsya also called Matsya Union was a State of India which was formed on March 17, 1948 by the merger of four erstwhile princely states, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli after accession.
Following the Mughal tradition and more importantly due to its strategic location Ajmer became a province of British India, while the autonomous Rajput states, the Muslim state (Tonk), and the Jat states (Bharatpur and Dholpur) were organized into the Rajputana Agency.
He fled to Dholpur but was pursued by his eledr brother Maharaja Jawahar Singh and expelled.
Rana Pohap Singh was the Jat ruler of Dholpur state in (1836) in Rajasthan, India.
Maharajkumar Shri Hemant Singh, who succeeded his grandfather as Maharaj Rana of Dholpur.
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He was succeeded by his grandson, Rana Hemant Singh, who ruled from 1954–1970 and from 1971 is the present titular Maharaja of Dholpur.
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Dholpur was merged with three neighbouring states to form the Matsya union within the union of India, of which he was made Rajpramukh, but the union was later merged with several other such unions to form the present-day state of Rajasthan.