The royal family of Shahar is Kachawa Pichonot Rajputs, the descendents of maharaja Prithvi Raj, who was the ruler of Amer from 1559 AD to 1584 AD. The family is the proud owner of the Shahar fort, which was built by Thakur Hari Dass Ji in 1500 AD. The fort is located, 130 km north-east of Jaipur towards Agra. It faced a lot of attacks and invasion attempts from the Mughals and Marathas due to its strategic location at the border of Jaipur state.