| Conventional Long Name: | Dholpur State |
| Common Name: | Dholpur |
| Nation: | British India |
| Subdivision: | Princely State |
| Government Type: | Sovereign monarchy (1806–1818) Princely state (1818–1947) Constitutional monarchy (1947–1949) |
| Year Start: | 1806 |
| Year End: | 1949 |
| Event End: | Independence of India |
| Title Leader: | Maharaj Rana |
| Leader1: | Kirat Singh (first) |
| Leader2: | Udaybhanu Singh (last) |
| Year Leader1: | 1806–1835 |
| Year Leader2: | 1911–1949 |
| Capital: | Dholpur |
| P1: | Maratha Empire |
| S1: | Matsya Union |
| Flag P1: | Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg |
| Flag S1: | Flag of India.svg |
| Image Map Caption: | Dholpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India |
| Stat Year1: | 1901 |
| Today: | India Rajasthan |
Dhaulpur State or Dholpur State, was a princely state under British suzerainty, in eastern Rajasthan, India, which was founded in AD 1806 by ruler Rana Kirat Singh of Gohad.[1] [2] [3] After 1818, the state was placed under the authority of British India's Rajputana Agency. The Ranas ruled the state until the independence of India in 1947, when the kingdom was merged with the Union of India.
The former chief minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, was a member of the erstwhile ruling family of Dholpur as she was married to Maharaja Hemant Singh before getting divorced.
The last ruler of Dholpur signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 7 April 1949 and the state was merged in Matsya Union.[4]