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, who ruled from 1865 to 1887.

The Imambara building at the Fort of Rampur, around 1911.

Sir Kalb Ali Khan, a Nawab of Rampur who lived from 1832 to 1887.

Rampur State was a special kind of kingdom in British India. It was called a "princely state" because it was ruled by its own leader, called a Nawab. Even though it was part of the larger British Empire in India, it had its own ruler. It was also a "15 gun-salute" state, which meant it was considered very important.

This state began on October 7, 1774. It was created after an agreement with another ruler called the Nawab of Oudh. Its main city and capital was Rampur. The state covered an area of about 945 square miles.

When India became independent in 1947, Rampur State joined with other nearby states. These included places like Benares and Tehri-Garwal. They all became part of a larger area called the United Provinces.

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, around 1730. This painting is kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.

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  A palace attendant with a Rampur Hound in 1915.