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Rajasthan was known as Rajputana before its formation in 1949. You can clearly view the difference between 1909 and 1949.

Rajputana was the name of present Rajasthan state before its formation in 1949 CE. It was a region of western India, which now makes up the greater part of Rajasthan. The entire land falling in the territory was ruled by Rajputs, since seventh and eighth century. By any standards, Rajputana is an area with an extraordinarily high density of historic fortifications, and even to this date it is a common sight in Rajasthan to see a fortified structure of some sort scattered through the landscape. Following the decline of the Mughal empire, one more state was established in the eastern part (the area known in the local language as Dhundhar), this was the state of Bharatpur, which was ruled by the Jats. During the British Raj in the 19th century, two more states were created, Dholpur and Tonk, which were land taken from the Rajput states. Only Ajmer was the area which fell directly under Muslim rule after the defeat and death of Prithviraj Chauhan in 1192 CE. More or less Ajmer continued to be under central rule since then. The region was organized as the Rajputana Agency, made up of a number of princely states, whose rulers enjoyed local autonomy from the advent of the Mughal empire until the end of the British Raj. Upon Indian independence in 1947, the local rulers acceded to India, and in 1950 Rajputana was combined a little later with the former British province of Ajmer-Merwara to become the Indian state of Rajasthan.

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