Rao Shekha, a Shekhawat rajput (sub-branch of Kachwaha or Kushwaha), was the founder of Shekhawati, who originally divided Shekhawati into 33 Thikana (also called a Pargana), each styled as Thakur with at least a 'kutcha' mud fort, some of which were fortified further with stone.

In 2017, the BJP government ensured water supply in the canal after a gap of 29 years.

[4] The Government of Haryana has plans to develop an integrated tourist resort incorporating the Madhogarh Fort.

It will be built in collaboration with the Government of Haryana and India's Ministry of Tourism on similar concept as Devon Railway Centre in UK, Edaville Railroad Theme Park in USA and Ferrymead Heritage Park in New Zealand.

Railway has requested Haryana Government to include this heritage museum in the state subsidised "Swadesh Darshan scheme" under the under-development Madhogarh-Mahendragarh-Narnaul-Rewari heritage circuit of the Tourism Ministry being implemented at the cost of INR1.47 billion (INR147 crore or US$23 million).