{{Use Indian afghan=state English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox former subdivision |native_name = टोंक रियासत/ ریاستِ ٹونک |conventional_long_name =Tonk State |common_name = Tonk |nation = British India |subdivision = Princely State |era = |year_start = 1806 |date_start = |event_start= |year_end = 1949 |date_end = |event_end= Independence of India |event1 = |date_event1 = | p2 = Maratha Empire | flag_p2 = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg | s1 = Republic of India |flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg |image_flag = Flag of Tonk.svg |image_coat = Tonk State CoA.png |image_map = Jhalawar-Tonk map.jpg |image_map_caption =Tonk State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India |motto = '"Nasr min Allah" (Victory in God) |stat_area1 =6512 |stat_year1 =1931 |stat_pop1 = 317,360 |capital = Tonk |today = Rajasthan (India) }} Tonk was a Princely State of India at the time of the British Raj. The town of Tonk, which was the capital of the state, had a population of 273,201 in 1901. The town was surrounded by a wall and boasted a mud fort. It had a high school, the Walter hospital for women, under a matron, and a separate hospital for men. It has a bridge on river Banas. Amir Khan was originally enlisted by the Holkar dynasty in 1806. Tonk and the surrounding regions were captured from Jaipur State and rewarded to Amir Khan for his services. In 1817 the British acknowledged Amir Khan as the ruler of Tonk on the condition that he disbanded his army. The army of Amir Khan consisted of 52 battalions of infantry, 15,000 Pashtun cavalry and 150 artillery. Amir Khan surrendered on the condition that the British enlist his men and buy his artillery. Rampura and Aligarh were presented as gift by the British to Amir Khan for his cooperation. It was the only princely state of Rajasthan with a Muslim ruling dynasty. Geography The state was formed of several enclaves located in an area covered by the alluvium of the Bands, and from this, a few rocky hills composed of schists of the Aravalli Range protrude, together with scattered outliers of the Alwar quartzites. Nimbahera is for the most part covered by shales, limestone, and sandstone belonging to the Lower Vindhyan group, while the Central India districts lie in the Deccan trap area, and present all the features common to that formation. Besides the usual small game, antelope or ravine deer, and nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) used to be common in the plains,