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CHAPTER XV.
RAJPUTANA.
Alwar.
With an area of 3,141 square miles and a population of 791,688
persons, the State of Alwar is situated in the Kotah Jhalawar Agency
of Rajputana. The annual income of the State is about 32 lakhs of
rupees and the present ruler of the State is His Highness Lieut.-Col.
Sewai Maharaja Sir Jaya Singhji Bahadur, G.C.I.E., K.c.s.i., who was
born in 1882 and succeeded to the (/addi in 1903. The rulers belong
to the Solar dynasty and are descended from Raja Udaya Karan, the
common ancestor of the Houses of Alwar and Jaipur. The State
maintains an Imperial Service Corps of Cavalry and of Infantry,
besides an Irregular Force, the maintenance of which costs over
one-sixth of the total revenue of the State.
Soon after the outbreak of war His Highness placed all the
resources of the State at the disposal of the Imperial Government.
Both the Imperial Service Regiments went on service overseas and
the State) supplied besides as many as 12,000 recruits to the British
Army during the war. A number of distinctions were conferred on
members of the Imperial Service Regiments of the State for gallantry
on the field. The honours included several Indian Distinguished
Service Medals and Orders of the British India. His Highness was
the recipient of congratulatory messages and letters from the
Commander-in-Chief and the Viceroy of India on the achievement of
the Imperial Service Troops of the State. His Highness the Maharaja
also gave liberal awards of money to those who had distinguished
themselves in the field,
RAJPUTANA.
Alwar.
With an area of 3,141 square miles and a population of 791,688
persons, the State of Alwar is situated in the Kotah Jhalawar Agency
of Rajputana. The annual income of the State is about 32 lakhs of
rupees and the present ruler of the State is His Highness Lieut.-Col.
Sewai Maharaja Sir Jaya Singhji Bahadur, G.C.I.E., K.c.s.i., who was
born in 1882 and succeeded to the (/addi in 1903. The rulers belong
to the Solar dynasty and are descended from Raja Udaya Karan, the
common ancestor of the Houses of Alwar and Jaipur. The State
maintains an Imperial Service Corps of Cavalry and of Infantry,
besides an Irregular Force, the maintenance of which costs over
one-sixth of the total revenue of the State.
Soon after the outbreak of war His Highness placed all the
resources of the State at the disposal of the Imperial Government.
Both the Imperial Service Regiments went on service overseas and
the State) supplied besides as many as 12,000 recruits to the British
Army during the war. A number of distinctions were conferred on
members of the Imperial Service Regiments of the State for gallantry
on the field. The honours included several Indian Distinguished
Service Medals and Orders of the British India. His Highness was
the recipient of congratulatory messages and letters from the
Commander-in-Chief and the Viceroy of India on the achievement of
the Imperial Service Troops of the State. His Highness the Maharaja
also gave liberal awards of money to those who had distinguished
themselves in the field,