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The founder of tonk, Muhammad Amir Khan Pindari was of which origin?
1. Afghan
2. Iran
3. Iraq
4. Turk

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : Afghan

The correct answer is Afghan.

  • Tonk is a town in the state of Rajasthan.
    • The founder of the state and its first ruler was Nawab Muhammad Amir Khan.
    • He was a military leader of Pashtun descent from Afghanistan.
  • Amir Khan rose to be a military commander.
  • In 1806, Khan conquered the area, taking it from Yashwant Rao Holkar.
  • The British government captured it in turn. Khan then received the state of Tonk from the British Government who returned it.
  • In 1817, after the Third Anglo-Maratha War, Amir Khan submitted to the British East India Company and kept his territory of Tonk while receiving the title of Nawab.
  • Tonk was founded one year later after Khan was granted land by the ruler of Indore.

  • Tonk was the Only Muslim state of Rajasthan.
  • In the Mahabharat period, it was known as Samwad Lakshya.
  • In the Mauryan regime, it was under the Mouryas
  • Later it was merged into Malvas.
  • Similarly, like others, it came under Harsh Vardhan.
  • Huen Tsang, the visitor to China's account shows it under Bairath State.
  • In Rajputs, Tonk was under, Solankis of Toda and later Kachhwahs took over as Man Singh defeated the Rao of Toda.
    • Later, it was under the regime of Holkar and Sindhia.

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