Description
The town of Kota was once the part of the erstwhile kingdom of Bundi. It became a separate princely state in the 17th century. The state belonged to the Kotah-Jhalawar Agency which had headquarters at Kota and was a subdivision of the Rajputana Agency.
In 1631 Kota state seceded from Bundi State. Between 18 June 1707 and 8 September 1713 it was briefly reunited with Bundi again. On 26 December 1817 Kota state became a British protectorate who were granted a hereditary salute of 17 guns by the British
