Tonk State
E211322
Tonk State was a princely state in British India, notable for being one of the few Muslim-ruled states in the largely Rajput-dominated region of present-day Rajasthan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tonk State canonical | 3 |
| Tonk State (Central India portion) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1437419 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonk State Context triple: [Rajputana Agency, includedState, Tonk State]
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A.
Alwar State
Alwar State was a princely state in northern India, ruled by Rajput princes and later integrated into the modern state of Rajasthan after Indian independence.
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B.
Morvi State
Morvi State was a former princely state in western India, historically governed by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.
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C.
Virpur State
Virpur State was a former princely state in western India historically governed by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.
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D.
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh is a state in central India known for its rich mineral resources, dense forests, tribal cultures, and growing industrial and power sectors.
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E.
Dhrol State
Dhrol State was a former princely state in western India historically governed by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonk State Target entity description: Tonk State was a princely state in British India, notable for being one of the few Muslim-ruled states in the largely Rajput-dominated region of present-day Rajasthan.
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A.
Alwar State
Alwar State was a princely state in northern India, ruled by Rajput princes and later integrated into the modern state of Rajasthan after Indian independence.
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B.
Morvi State
Morvi State was a former princely state in western India, historically governed by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.
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C.
Virpur State
Virpur State was a former princely state in western India historically governed by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.
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D.
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh is a state in central India known for its rich mineral resources, dense forests, tribal cultures, and growing industrial and power sectors.
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E.
Dhrol State
Dhrol State was a former princely state in western India historically governed by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former country subdivision
ⓘ
princely state ⓘ |
| accessionToIndia | 1948 ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | nawabate ⓘ |
| area | approximately 2,553 square miles ⓘ |
| becameBritishProtectorate | 1817 ⓘ |
| borderedBy | various Rajput princely states ⓘ |
| capital | Tonk ⓘ |
| category |
Former subdivisions of India
ⓘ
Princely states of Rajasthan ⓘ |
| colonialPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| currency | Indian rupee ⓘ |
| established | 1806 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Amir Khan ⓘ |
| founderEthnicity |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
|
| founderOccupation | military leader ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| gunSalute | 15-gun salute ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British Raj
|
| integratedInto |
Rajasthan
ⓘ
surface form:
United State of Rajasthan
|
| knownFor | Pathan nobility in Rajputana ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration |
Hindi
ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ |
| lastRuler | Muhammad Ismail Ali Khan ⓘ |
| legalStatusAfterIndependence | acceded to the Dominion of India ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Rajasthan ⓘ
surface form:
Rajasthan region
|
| mergedInto | Rajasthan ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a Muslim-ruled state in a largely Rajput-dominated region ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rajputana Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
Rajputana
Rajputana Agency ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | salute state ⓘ |
| populationCensus1931 | approximately 273,000 ⓘ |
| predecessor | territories controlled by Amir Khan ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation |
Rajasthan
ⓘ
surface form:
Rajasthan, India
|
| regionType | semi-arid ⓘ |
| religionOfRulingDynasty | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousDemography | Muslim ruling elite over largely Hindu population ⓘ |
| rulingDynasty | Pathan dynasty ⓘ |
| rulingFamilyEthnicity |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
|
| successorState | India ⓘ |
| suzerain | British Crown ⓘ |
| titleOfRuler | Nawab ⓘ |
| treatyWith | British East India Company ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tonk State Description of subject: Tonk State was a princely state in British India, notable for being one of the few Muslim-ruled states in the largely Rajput-dominated region of present-day Rajasthan.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tonk State (Central India portion)