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===Medieval===

The history of Alwar dates back to 1000 CE. The king of Amer (the former seat of Jaipur state) ruled the area in the eleventh century and his territory extended up to the present-day city of Alwar. He founded the city of Alpur in 1106 Vikrami samvat (1049 CE) under his own name, which eventually became Alwar.<ref name="History Of District Alwar">{{cite web|url=http://alwar.nic.in/history.html |title=Welcome to Alwar, The Gateway of Rajastan > History Of District Alwar |publisher=Alwar.nic.in |accessdate=19 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620014038/http://alwar.nic.in/history.html |archivedate=20 June 2014 }}</ref> From time to time, a different Rajput sub-clan came to rule Alwar. Examples include the [[Khanzada Rajputs]], the Nikumbh Rajputs, the [[bargujar|Badgujjar]] Rajputs, and finally the Naruka ([[Kachwaha]]) Rajputs who took the control over this area. Bhadanakas (Bhadana) clan of [[Gurjar]], The [[Maratha Empire]] and [[Jat people|Jat]]s of [[Bharatpur State]] also ruled this region for a short period. A Rajput, Partap Singh, took the Alwar Fort from the Jat Raja of Bharatpur and laid down the foundation for modern day Alwar.

The Hindu King [[Hemu|Hemchandra Vikramaditya]] (Hemu), born into a [[Brahmin]] family in Machari,Rajgarh, a village in Alwar, was a Hindu emperor of North India during the 16th century. This was a period when the Mughals and Afghans were vying for power in the region. Hemu acceded to the throne of Delhi on 7 October 1556 after defeating Akbar's Mughal forces in the Battle of Delhi in the Tughlakabad area in Delhi, and became the ''de facto'' king. He won twenty-two battles in succession and became the last Hindu emperor of India.