About City Information
Best Season : October to March.
Languages : Rajasthani, English, HIndi.
Climate: Mean Max. Mean Min.
Summer: Max 42 degrees celsius; Min 25.4 degrees celsius.
Winter: Max 22 degrees celsius; Min 9.6 degrees celsius.
Clothing:
Summer: light tropical.
Winter:light woollen.
In 846 A.D. it was ruled by a Chauhan family, apparently as a feudatory of Kannauj. Dholpur was the invasions with valour, it was, time and again, occupied by the invading forces and suffered plunder and devastation. Sikander Lodi attacked and occupied Dholpur in 1501 A.D. His forces plundered the city and even uprooted all the gardens that shaded Dholpur. It was again invaded by Babar in 1526 A.D. During Humayun’s regime the site of Dholpur town was moved northwards to avoid erosion by the river Chambal. Shergarh is an old fort of historic importance, located towards the south of Dholpura small state but it had a very turbulent history. Its strategic location on the main route from Kabul and Delhi to Deccan and its proximity to cities like Gwalior, Agra and Bayana attracted attention of almost all powerful kings and rulers of Delhi and Agra. Though the rulers of Dholpur resisted
Places To See
»Talab Shahi
The historic and picturesque lake, Talab Shahi, and the palace were built
in 1617 A.D. as a shooting lodge for Prince Shah Jahan. Later on it was maintained
by the rulers of Dholpur. The lake attracts a large number of winter migratory
fowls like pintail, shoveller, red crested pochard, comnion pochard, tufted
duck, common teal, garganey teal, wigeon anti gadwall.
»Muchund :
Picturesque and ancient scared place Muchkund is about 8 kms. from the town
of Dholpur. The place is named after Raja Muchkund, the twenty fourth King
of the Suryavanshi dynasty (the solar race) is said to have reigned nineteen
generations before Lord Ram. According to legend Raja Muchkund, was sleeping
here when a demon Kaal Yaman while pursuing Lord Krishna, accidentally woke
him up. The demon Kaal Yaman was burnt to ashes because of a divine blessing
to Raja Muchkund. It is now a sacred place for pilgrim. It is said that the
enclosures around it were built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar.