Rajputana

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Rajputana (or Rajpootana), which means "Land of the Rajputs" is a region of western India, which now makes up the greater part of Rajasthan state. Under the British Raj, the region was organized as the Rajputana Agency, made up of a number of princely states, whose rulers enjoyed local autonomy. Upon Indian independence in 1947, the local rulers acceded to India, and in 1950 Rajputana was combined with the former British province of Ajmer-Merwara to became the Indian state of Rajasthan.