Rampur State facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rampur State Dar-Ul-Insha
1774–1947
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Al Hukumu Lilah Wāl Mulk Lilah" (Rulership And Sovereignty Belongs To God) Lā Fata ʾIllā ʿAlī; Lā Sayf ʾIllā Ḏū l-Fiqār. ' (There Is No Conqueror Like Ali And No Sword Like The Zulfiqar)
Rampur State in yellow
Capital	Rampur
Common languages	Urdu, English
Government	Absolute Monarchy
Nawab of Rampur
• 1754-1794	Faizullah Khan (First)
• 1794	Muhammad Ali Khan
• 1794	Ghulam Muhammad Khan
History
• First Rohilla War	7th October 1774
• Partition of India	15th August 1947
Area
1941	2,310 km2 (890 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	477,042
Preceded by Succeeded by Mughal Empire India

Nawab Kalb Ali Khan Bahadur of Rampur, r. 1865–87

Imambara, Fort of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, c. 1911

Sir Kalb Ali Khan, Nawab of Rampur (1832–1887)

Rampur State was a 15 gun-salute princely state of British India. It came into existence on 7 October 1774 as a result of a treaty with Oudh. Following independence in 1947, Rampur State and other princely states of the area, such as Benares and Tehri-Garwal were merged into the United Provinces. Rampur state had its capital in Rampur town and its total area was 945 sq miles.

Images for kids

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  Khusru Bagh Palace of Rampur

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  A portrait of Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash, not the Nawab of Rampur but the Nawab of Farrukhabad, ca 1730, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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  A palace attendant with a Rampur Hound in 1915