Ratlam Or Ratlami

----History of Ratlam----

Ratlam was a princely state in British India, part of Malwa agency of Central India. For long period the Ratlam region was under rule of theRathor's. The rulers were Suryavanshi Rathors to which Maharaja of Jodhpur, Bikaner and Kishangarh belonged.The first Ruler was the Maharaja Ratan Singh, he married 12 wives (amongst others), Maharani Sukhroopde Kanwar Shekhawat Ji Sahiba, daughter of Kunwar Purshottam Das of Jhajhar (Shekhawati) in Rajasthan. She committed sati in 1658. The state had an area of 902 sq. mi., which was closely interlaced with the territory of the princely state of Sailana, semaliya, kanwas,. In 1901, the state had a population of 83,773; the town of Ratlam had a population of 36,321. The state enjoyed an estimated revenue, Rs.34,000 and paid a tribute of Rs.2,850. The town was a junction on the Rajputana-Malwa Railway, and was an important trade centre, especially of opium.

Ratlam was initially held by its chiefs in vassalage to the Sindhia rulers of Gwalior, but in 1819, an arrangement was made by which the Sindhia engaged never to send any troops into the country or to interfere with the internal administration, and in 1861 the tribute was assigned to the British government in part payment of the Gwalior contingent.

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----About Ratlam main Business----

Ratlam has several chemical factories namely JVL Which is not closed because of financial reason, Hightech, IPCA, Shaba Chemicals, Bordiya Chemicals, Sujjan Chemicals etc. There are a number of manufacturing units of Copper wires and plastic rope etc. Ratlam is also famous for its gold and ornaments for its purity and designs. Ratlami Namkin (sev) is famous through out the country & today it's the main business in ratlam.

Ratlam's Chandani Chowk specially famous for its Gold and Silver Business.people come to ratlam for purchase Gold and Silver today it's the main nerve of ratlam.It has a lot of jewellery shops including Titan.

It is also Famous for its Mava(which is a by product of Milk) which is distributed from Ratlam to other part of state.

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Road,Rail & it's Transport

The Business near Ratlam & in Ratlam depends on it's transport & railway mainly.all the ratlami people know that if the main nerve cut the whole business will crash.

About Railway it's the main Junction near all railway station.

small station near ratlam like Mandsaur,jaora,also indore & all depends on ratlam that means all the people of that station depends on ratlam for going whereever they want to go.beacuse from ratlam you can go in three direction Bombay(Mumbia), Delhi, Mahow (Khandwa) & so on.

& indian railway recently had installed depo in Ratlam for the goods container,it solve almost every business men to send & received goods from hear.

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