Rajputana

Rājputāna (Hindi:राजपूताना, Urdu:راجپوتانا‎) meaning “Land of the Rajputs” was a historical region that included the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Pakistan. The main settlements were to the west of aravalli hills which was known as Gurjaratra, the earlier form of Gujrat before it came to be known as Rajputana early in the Muslim Period. The name was later adopted by British government as Rajputana Agency for its dependencies in the region of the present-day Indian state of Rājasthān. Rajputana agency included 18 princely states, two chiefships and the British district of Ajmer-Merwara. This British official term remained till its replacement by "Rajasthan" in the constitution of 1949. Rajputana was the subject of the 2009 movie Gulaal.