page_title: Kota State
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kota State / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Nikasi procession at start in Garh, Kotah. Nikasi is at start of wedding procession from the groom's house. Sitting behind: M. Mehtab Singh Bamulia L R: Maharao Umed Singh II of Kotah, Maharaja Yagyarain Singh of Kishangarh, Maharao Raja Ishwari Singh of Bundi, Mirza Maharao Khengarji of Kutch. Behind K.S Godji, Ap. Onkar Singh Palaitha, Young Bh. Zorawar Singh, Behind Bh. S. Madan Singh of Kutch
context_page_description: Kota State, also known as Kotah State, was a state in India, centered on the city of Kota, now located in Rajasthan State of the India.
  The town of Kota was once the part of the erstwhile kingdom of Bundi. It became a separate princely state in the 17th century. The state belonged to the Kotah-Jhalawar Agency which had headquarters at Kota and was a subdivision of the Rajputana Agency.
context_section_description: In 1631 Kota state seceded from Bundi State. Between 18 June 1707 and 8 September 1713 it was briefly reunited with Bundi again.
  On 26 December 1817 Kota state became a British protectorate who were granted a hereditary salute of 17 guns by the British.
  The average revenue of Kota state in 1901 was Rs.31,00,000.
caption: Marriage of Maharaja Bhim Singh II of Kotah.
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