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{{About|the municipality in Rajasthan, India|its namesake district|Tonk district}}
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'''Tonk''' is a town in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. The town is situated 95 km (60 mi) by road south from [[Jaipur]], near the right bank of the [[Banas River]]. It is the administrative headquarters of [[Tonk District]]. Tonk was also the capital of the [[Tonk (princely state)|eponymous]] [[princely state]] of [[British India]] from 1817 to 1947.

==Demographics==

In the 2011 Indian [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/85-tonk.html|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2021-01-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Tonk had a population of 165,294, with 48% being female. 14% of the population is age six and under. Tonk has an average literacy rate of 68.62%: 77.68% in males, and 59.18% in females.

== History ==
The founder of the state and its first ruler was Pindari [[Muhammad Amir Khan]] (1769–1834), a dacoit and militant leader of Pashtun descent from [[Afghanistan]]. In 1806, Khan grabbed the area, taking it from a retreating regime [[Yashwant Rao Holkar]]. The British government captured it in turn. Khan then received the [[Tonk State|state of Tonk]] from the British Government who returned it.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&q=holkar+tonk&pg=PA542 | title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled or Decorated of the Indian Empire| isbn=9788187879541| last1=Lethbridge| first1=Sir Roper| year=2005}}</ref> In 1817, after the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]], Amir Khan submitted to the British [[British East India Company]] and kept his territory of Tonk while receiving the title of [[Nawab]].<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India]</ref> Tonk was founded one year later after Khan was granted land by the ruler of [[Indore]].

During the regime of [[Nawabs]], the natives were invited to an Islamic function of [[Milad-un-nabi]] without regard to [[caste]], color or creed. It was organised by the ruling Nawabs for a period of seven days in the month of [[Rabi al-awwal]].

Tonk was known as Samwad Lakshya in the [[Mahabharat]] period. In the [[Mauryan]] regime, it was under the Mouryas and then it was merged into [[Malvas]]. Most of the period was under [[Harsha|Harsh Vardhan]]. According to [[Huen Tsang]], visitor to China, it was under [[Bairath State]]. In the regime of the [[Rajputs]], this state was under, [[Solanki Kingdom|Solankis]] of [[Todaraisingh|Toda]] and later Kachvahs took over when Man Singh defeated the Rao of Toda. Later, it was under the regime of [[Holkar]] and [[Sindhia]].

== See also ==
* [[Tonk (princely state)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Tonk}}
*[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/t/tonk.html Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Tonk]

{{Tonk district}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Tonk district]]

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