![]() Raja Surendra Singh was the last ruler of Ali Rajpur, who consequently served as the Ambassador of India to Spain during the 1980s. After the country achieved independence on 15th August 1947, was acceded to the newly formed Union of India. The region was later incorporated as a part of the new state of Madhya Bharat, which was later included into the state of Madhya Pradesh on 1st November 1956. At present Ali Rajpur, also known as Alirajpur, is a municipality and a city in the district of Ali Rajpur in Madhya Pradesh state, India. The Princely State of Ali Rajpur included 325 villages and 2 towns in 1941 and was in the Malwa Agency. It was the westernmost region of the Central Indian states and was bordered by the district of Panch Mahals of the Province of Bombay and Baria state in the north; by the Narmada River on the south which segregates it from the Khandesh district and Barwani; by Chhota Udepur (Udaipur) in the west; and by the princely states of Jobat, Jhabua, Indore and Gwalior in the east. The state was initially known as Ali Mohan, named after the two forts of Ali and Mohan. The courts of the princely state of Ali Rajpur exercised full civil and criminal jurisdiction. The administration of the state was entrusted to a Diwan who appointed by the Raja. The princely state of Ali Rajpur paid tribute to the princely state of Dhar. |