Dams And Rivers

There are only three main Seasonal Rivers in this District, namely BanGanga, Rooparel and Gambhir. Ban Ganga starts from Ramgarh Dam of Jaipur District , passes from Bharatpur and meets in River Gambhir near tehsil Bayana of District Bharatpur. Gambhir River starts from Pachana Dam of Karoli district and after passing from Bharatpur meets River Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh.Rooparel River starts from hills of district Alwar enter into Bharatpur from tehsil Kaman.Instead of this a Dam Bandh Baaretha is made near the village Baaretha on river Kakund which starts from the hills of district Karoli.The water of this dam is used for drinking and irrigation purpose for the district. The capacity of this dam is 684.00 million cusses (29 Gaze).

Geographical Position

Bharatpur, Eastern gate of Rajasthan, is situated between 26° 22' to 27° 83' North Latitude and 76° 53'to 78° 17' East Longitude. It is situated 100 meters above the sea level. It is 184 km. away from Delhi in South-East. Northern Border of the district touches district Gurgaon of state Haryana, Eastern Border touches district Mathura, Southern Border touches district Agra of state Uttar Pradesh and district Dholpur of Rajasthan.It touches district Dausa in south-west and district Alwar in the North-West.

History

Bharatpur - The 'Eastern Gateway to Rajasthan', was founded by Maharaja Suraj Mal in 1733 AD,it was once an impregnable well fortified city, carved out of the region formerly known as Mewat. The trio of Bharatpur, Deeg and Dholpur has played an important part in the history of Rajasthan. The place was named as Bharatpur after the name of Bharat,the brother of Lord Rama,whose other brother Laxman was worshipped as the family deity of the Bharatpur. The legends say the rulers Laxman's name is engraved on the state arms and the seals.The city and the fort have been believed to be founded by Rustam, a Jat of Sogariya clan. Maharaja Suraj Mal took over from Khemkaran, the son of Rustam,and established the empire.He fortified the city by building a massive wall around the city. The interesting aspect of the Bharatpur history is the domination of Jats in the region since 17th century. Leaders like Churaman and Badan Singh brought the jats together to mould them into a force to reckon with. Suraj Mal has been the greatest ruler who made them a formidable force and played a very important role in the Indian history during 19th century.