Pataudi

History

Pataudi town which later became the capital of Pataudi State was founded in 13th-century, the time of Jalaluddin Khilji, Sultan of Delhi (r. 1290 – 1296 CE), by a Mewati named Pata, from whom the town derives its name. The small princely state Pataudi State was formed in 1804 by East India Company with 40 villages including Pataudi village (as it was then) as reward to Faiz Talab Khan a Pashtun of the Barech tribe for aiding the Company against the Maratha Empire during the Second Anglo-Maratha War and the English made Faiz Talab Khan Nawab of Pataudi. By 1901, it has a population of 4171. Nearby Akbar Manzil, built after 1857 as the official residence of the then Nawab, was later converted into a kachehri (judicial complex), and is now used as a godown (store).

Geography

Pataudi town is located at . It has an average elevation of 234 metres (769 feet). Pataudi is semi arid area and experiences low rainfall.

Most-observed species

• Red-wattled Lapwing

  Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  2,295
• White-throated Kingfisher

  Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,225
• Painted Stork

  Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant, 1769) · Aves
  2,144
• Rose-ringed Parakeet

  Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
  2,074
• spot-billed duck

  Anas poecilorhyncha J.R.Forster, 1781 · Aves
  2,073
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  2,043
• Ashy Prinia

  Prinia socialis Sykes, 1832 · Aves
  1,942
• Black Drongo

  Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  1,937

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-11
  10 km NW of Kharkhauda, India
• M 4.5 — 2025-07-10
  8 km NNE of Jhajjar, India
• M 4.2 — 2025-02-17
  10 km SSE of Nāngloi Jāt, India
• M 4.1 — 2022-12-31
  Haryana, India
• M 3.7 — 2022-06-27
  11 km SE of Rohtak, India
• M 3.9 — 2021-07-05
  7 km WNW of Kharkhauda, India