Around Sawai Madhopur : To check the increasing incursions of the Marathas, Madho Singh the ruler of jaipur requested the imperial emperor for the grant of the fort of Ranthambhour, but did not succeed.

He therefore fortified Sherpur and named it Sawai Madhopur,in 1765 AD. In the same year the emperor assigned the fort of Ranthambhor to the Jaipur Raja. Therefore, the history of the region is a part of the history of the erstwhile Jaipur State.

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