Alwar (Rajasthani: ) is a city and administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located around 160km south of Delhi, and about 150km north of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. India's highest ever recorded temperature of 50.6 C (123.1 F) was measured at Alwar on 10 May 1956. Alwar was formerly the capital of the princely state of Alwar. It was formerly spelt as "Ulwar" in British India. This placed it in last position in alphabetically ordered lists, so a king changed the spelling to "Alwar" to bring it to the top. The princely state of Alwar was founded by Pratap Singh, a Rajput of the Kachwaha lineage, in 1770. His son, aided the British against the Marathas. After the battle of Laswari (1803) Alwar became the first state of Rajputana to sign a treaty of 'Offensive and Defensive Alliance' with the British East India Company. A few years later, Bakhtawar Singh ventured an armed incursion into neighbouring Jaipur, the senior Kachwaha...
