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History and Geography: Rajasthan, the largest State in India area wise prior to Independence was known as Rajputana. The Rajputs, a martial community ruler over this area for centuries Rajasthan is a place of Fair and Festival of its own Culture.Below are the list of famous pilgrimage spots of Rajasthan. Name Kolayat Ji Pushkar Ji Nathdwara Nagraha Mandir Lohargal Galata Ji 33 Crore Devta Saal Nageshwar Parshavnath Mathuradheesh Saleshwar Mahadev City Kolayat Ji Bikaner Ajmer Rajsamand Kishangarh(Ajmer) Sikar Jaipur Mandore(Jodhpur) Chaumahla(Jhalawar) Patanpole(Kota) Gudha Pratap Singh(Pali)

Height of main mountain peaks of Rajasthan

Name Gurushikhar Ser(Mount Abu) Jarga Achalgarh(Mount Abu) Raghunathgarh Kho Taragarh Bhairach Bawai

District Sirohi Sirohi Udaipur Sirohi Sikar Jaipur Ajmer Alwar Jaipur

Height 1722 1597 1431 1380 1055 920 873 794 780

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On eastern boundary, Uttar Pradesh is situated. Gujarat lies on the southern boundary of Rajasthan. On the west side of the state, Pakistan is situated. There is a boundary line of 1070 kilometers between Rajasthan and Pakistan. Barmer, Bikaner,Ganganagar,and Jaiselmer are the districts of Rajasthan attached to Pakistan border. The total land boundary of Rajasthan is around 5920 kilometers. Jaiselmer is the largest district in area having a total area of 38401 sq. km. Dholpur is the smallest district in terms of area in Rajasthan. A total of 33 districts are there in the state of Rajasthan. Total 200 assembly seats are there in Rajasthan along with 25 parliamentary seats and 10 Rajya Sabha seats. Rajasthan have a total number of 192 sub-divisions having 244 tehsils. Jaipur have the maximum number of tahsils in Rajasthan. Jaiselmer have only three tehsils. There are 249 Panchayat Samatis in Rajasthan along with 9177 gram panchayats and 5 municipal corporations, A total of 13 muncipal councils are there in Rajasthan. 166 municipalities operate in Rajasthan. Rajasthan have a total of 1,89,034 Km of road network having 5722 km as highways.

3885.47 Km of broad gauge rail network along with 1710.78 Km of meterguage network can be found in Rajasthan and make a total of 5683.01 km of total rail network. Rajasthan have the capital as Jaipur. The city of Jaipur was founded by Sawai Jaisingh in the year of 1727. As per census of 2011, the total population of Rajasthan is 6,86,21,012 people, having 3,56,20,086 males and 3,30,00,926 females. In respect to population, the state is ranked 8th in the country. The density is about 201 persons per sq. km. 1,05,04,916 people are the children below the age of 6. Sex ratio of adult is 926 females per 1000 males and in child it is 883 females per 1000 males. Dungerpur is the region having highest ratio as 990 females per 1000 males and Dholpur having the minimum ratio as 845 females per 1000 males. A total of 24.89% of population is urban population which is about 170.81 Lakh people. 75.11% of population is rural population which in number is 515.40 Lakh. In the last decade, the population growth is about 21.44%.

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Year 2012

At Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, The largest plant which is in private sector related to wind power production capable of producing 1200 Megawatt was decided. Rajasthan after beating Tamil Nadu on 23 Jan, 2012 won the Ranji Trophy for the second time. Prof. Arvind Pangadia, an NRI belonging to Bhilwara currently working as Professor of Economics at Columbia University was awarded Padam bhusan award on jan 25,2012. Rajasthan Sahitya Academy on 2 April 2012 awarded the following awards : o Meera Award to Ambika Dutt belonging to Kota for his work on Aavon Mein Barhon Mas o Sudhindra Award to Naresh Sharma for his Poetry o Dr. Rangey Raghav Award to Charan Singh. o Dr. Kanahiya Lal Sahal Award to Jitendra Nirmohi from Kota. o Sumnesh Joshi Award to Banaj kumar from Jaipur o Dr. Dev Raj Upadhyaya Award to Kundan Mali of Udaipur. Gulab Kothari author of Mein he Radha Mein he Kishan was awarded Murti Devi Award on 19 march, 2012 for the year 2011. On June 4, 2012, the tiger titled T-17 also known as Sundri at Ranthambore National park was spotted with her three cubs near the Rajbagh talab. The forest department notified the Buffer Zones on July 9,2012 of Sariska Tiger Reserve and Ranthambore National Park . As per the survey oin year 2012 by the airport Authorities, the Jaipur airport is ranked the best airport in the Country. At Barmer district of Rajasthan, the OIL found oil reserve for the first time in Rajasthan.

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Ballpoint Pen was invented by Biro Brothers. The Solid State IC was demonstrated for the first time in the year of 1950s. Pneumatic rubber tire was invented by J. B. Dunlop Radium, One of the Radioactive item was discovered by a scientist Marie Curie. Barbed wire was invented by Joseph F. Glidden and it was patented in the year of 1874. Charles Richter invented the Richer scale which is used to measure the magnitude of the earthquakes. Thermometer was invented by Galileo.

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Printer is the common device which use Parallel port. Now a days it is replaced by USB port. Garbage in garbage out (GIGO) is the simple principal followed by a general computer. Bits per second is a common measurement of data transfer speed in a computer system Simulation Program with IC was first introduces in the year of 1972 and was abbreviated as SPICE. Most of the TV now a days consume power even they are turned off so that they can take remote commands if someone wants to switch on the television from a remote control.

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Ranji Trophy is associated with the game of cricket and the game of Squash was first time played in the Asian games in the year 2010. Rabindra Nath Tagore was the first Indian who was the winner of Noble Prize.

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The color of the metal brass changes in air exposure due to the presence of hydrogen Sulfide. Bromine is the only non metal that remains in the liquid state on normal temperatures. A chelate compound having the central metal as magnesium is chlorophyll. Graplite is used in pencils to make the writing possible .

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B. C. Roy is an award given in the study of Medicine. Pulitzer prize was established in the year of 1917. Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and the former President of South Africa were awarded the Gandhi Peace prize for the year 2000. In the field of Cinema, Ashok Kumar was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award for the first time.

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The commonly used ATM machine is an abbreviated name for Automatic Teller Machine. A person having O+ blood group is a universal downer as he can donate blood to a needy person belonging to any blood group.

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Rajasthan, the land of kings had Vasundhara Raje as the first lady Chief Minister of the State. Mumbai is the largest populated city in India in the state, Maharashtra having population of 1,24,78,440. The longest river which flows in India is the Ganga river, having a length of 2,525 Km which crosses 5 states of India including, Uttarakhand, Utter Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Jarkhand.

The Ganga river also crosses Bangladesh, a neighbor Country.In terms of Density, West Bengal is the most densely populated state in India having 904 persons per square Km.

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The famous book titled We the people was written by Nani Palhkivala. The book titled nineteen eighty four was written by Gorge Orwell. Gaban, Godan and Mansarovar were all written by Munshi Premchand. Forbidden Verses was written by Abu Nuwas. In the movie Bandit Queen, the lead role was played by Seema Biswas.

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Railway staff college is located at Vadodara in India. Dilwara Temples is situated in the state of Rajasthan. At Dehradun in India, the Himalayan Geoplogy institute is located. Gol Gumbaz is situated at Bijapur and that is the reason why that place is famous for. National Power Training has its headquarteds at Faridabad.

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Eulid is known as the father of Geometry. Kutty, Laxman, Shankar and Sudhir are all known for drawing cartoons. Sardar Vallabhbhai patel is also known as the Iron Man of India. Shakunthala Devi is known for the Indian who beated the computer in Maths Wizardry.

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Sahara desert is the biggest desert in terms of site on our planet along with the Pacific ocean which is the largest ocean on our planet earth.

As on May 2013, Tim Cook is the CEO of the great computer and electronics manufacturer, Apple Inc.The founder of Twitter, which is one of the great social networking website is Jack Dorsey. The Olympic games of the year 2012 were held in London. ThGeneral Knowledge: Eulid is known as the father of Geometry. Kutty, Laxman, Shankar and Sudhir are all known for drawing cartoons. Sardar Vallabhbhai patel is also known as the Iron Man of India. Shakunthala Devi is known for the Indian who beated the computer in Maths Wizardry.Olympic Games were held in Greece. The Grand Trunk Road is oldest and longest road in South Asia covering Chittagong, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan The Land of Rising Sun is the title given to Japan.

Books and Authors

A Suitable Boy was written by Vikram Seth. A thing of beauty is a joy forever was written by John Keats. Jagmohan wrote the book titled My frozen Turbulence in Kashmir. Nirad C. Chaudhuri wrote To Live or Not Live. Corazon Aquino wrote Nayantara Sahgal. Chaucher is known as the father of English Poetry. Neem Ka ped a popular TV serial was written by Rahi Masoom Raza. The Book titled War and Peace was written by Leo Tolstroy. The power and Glory was written by Graham Greene. Gorge Bernard Shaw as an Irishman and was a dramatist. Mirchchhakatika was written by Shudraka. Vidhu Vinod Chopra directed the movie 1942: A love Story. Henry David Thoreau said the famous statement That Government is the best which governs least. Alladin was the first English movie to be dubbed in Hindi language. Reminisences of the Nehru Age was written by O.P. Mathai. Aavitri was written by Aurobindo. Edwina Mountbatten A Life of Her Own. Is a bibliography of Lady Mountbatten. The famous movie Sardar was directed by Ketan Mehta. The most popular thouht God Help those who help themselves was said by Algernon Sidney. Salaam Bombay was directed by Mira nair. Alice in the wonderland , A popular TV serial is based on the book which was written by Lewis Caroll. Rupert Murdoch is the owner of Star TV. Wilston Churchill wrote the book The Gathering Storm. Gyan Vani, a famous tv channel is broadcast by Air, a TV channel. Mahatma Gandhi wrote the book, My Experiments with Truth. Swamy and Friends was written by R. K. Narayan. One of the popular book, The naked Face was written by Sidney Sheldon.

One of the controversial title Lajja was written by a person from Bangladesh. Herodotus wrote the first book on History. Arun Sourie wrote the book A Secular Agenda. Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar write in Kannada language. A. B. Vajpayee speeches are are written in a book Three Decades in parliament Aristotle said that man is a political animal. Charles dickens created the famous character, Pickwick. Kapil Dev launched a monthly video magazine Sports Channel. sharlok Homes was created by Artur Conan Doyle. Tandoori Nights, a famous TV serial was directed by jon Amiel. The book we Indians was authored by Khushwant Singh. M. V. Kamath wrote the book, India of our dreams. Preparing for the Twenty First century was written by Paul Kennedy. Mr. Buddhadeb Gupta movie was directed by Character.

Sport

Cups and Trophies Aga Khan Cup, Begam Rasul Trophy (womens), Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (womens), Gurunanak Championship (womens), Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold Cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc Beghum Hazarat Mahal Cup, BILT Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Colombo Cup, Confederation Cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, BC Rai Trophy (National Championship), FIFA World Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy (National Championship), IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Mukherjee Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, etc. Anthony D Mellow Trophy, Ashes, Asia Cup, Benson and Hedges Cup, Bose Trophy, Champions Trophy, Charminar Challenger Cup, CK Naidu Trophy, Cooch Behar Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar Border Trophy, GD Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, Ghulam Ahmand Trophy, Hakumat Rai Trophy, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy, Interface Cup, Jawaharlal Nehru Cup, Lomboard World Challenge Cup, Mc Dowells Challenge Cup, Merchant Cup, Moin-ud-Dowla Cup, Nat West Trophy, Prudential Cup (World Cup), Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Baria Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Sheesh Mahal Trophy, Sheffield Shield, Singer Cup, Sir Frank Worrel Trophy, Texaco Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Vizzy Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy, World Series Cup. Berna Bellack Cup (men), Corbillion Cup (women), Jai Laxmi Cup (women), Rajkumari Challenge Cup (women junior), Ramanuja Trophy (men junior), Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), etc

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Aggarwal Cup, Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Australasia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatollah Challenger Cup, Konica Badminton Cup, Narang Cup, SR Ruia Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Thomas Cup, Tunku Abdulrahman Cup, Uber Cup, World Cup, Yonex Cup etc

Basalat Jha Trophy, BC Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, SM Arjuna Trophy, Basketball Todd Memorial Trophy, William Jones Cup, Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup, Nehru Cup, Federation Cup etc. Bridge Polo Athletics Basalat Jha Trophy, Holkar Trophy, Ruia Gold Cup, Singhania Trophy, etc Ezra Cup, Gold Cup, Kings Cup, Prithi Cup, Schneider Cup etc. Charminar Trophy, Federation Cup etc

Air Racing Jawaharlal Challenge Trophy, Kings Cup, Schneider Cup etc Billiards Boxing Golf Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup etc Aspy Adjahia Trophy, Federation Cup, Val Baker Trophy etc. Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy, Presidents Trophy, Prince of Wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Topolino Trophy, Walker Cup, World Cup etc Naidu Trophy, Khaitan Trophy, Limca Trophy, Lin Arec City Trophy, World Cup, etc Beresford Cup, Blue Raiband Cup, Derby, Grand National Cup etc. Anantrao Pawar Trophy, etc Bledisloe Cup, Calcutta Cup, Webb Ellis Trophy, etc North Wales Cup, Welsh Grand Pix etc Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, etc America Cup, etc

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Famous Places in India

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar University is located at Aurangabad. The Indian Institute of Science is located at Bangalore. Bagh which is name of a village in Gwalior which is famous for Cave Painting. Bangalore is also called as Electronic City of India. At Dhanbad, the Indian School of Mines is located. At Bamiyan the famous statue made up of rock of Lord Buddha is situated. At Amritsar, the golden temple is situated. ONGC , the Oil and natural Gas Commission have its headquarters at Dehradun. Vijay Stambha is situated at Chittorgarh fort in Chittorgarh. Char Minar is located at Hyderabad. National Institute of Virology is situated at Pune.

Near Guragon, Satellite Freight city is being developed. At Rajasthan, The Central Arid Zone Research Institute is located. National Institute of Nutrition is located at Hyderabad. Khajuraho temples are located at Madhya Pradesh. Khandala is famous for its Export Processing Zone. At Hyderabad, the National Police Academy is located. All the national Archives are located at New Delhi. Bangalore is also known as Garden city of India. Central Rice Research Institute is located at Cuttack. At Shadnagar, the national Remote Sensing Agency is located. At the banks of Alaknanda river, Badrinath, A sacred Hindu temple is located. At Mumbai, the Indian Cancer Research Institute is located. Central Drug Research Institute is loacted at Lucknow. At Aurangabad, the famous caves of Ajanta and Ellora are situated. Sun temple is located at konark. In the state of Andhra Pradesh, the famous Golconda Fort is situated. Kanchipuram is in Tamil Nadu. In Madhurai, the Meenakshi Temple which is much famous is situated. At Thiruvanantpuram, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center is situated. The head office of director of Doordarshan , a TV channel is also called Mandi House. In Chandigarh, the Rock garden is situated which is much famous. Near Bhopal, the famous Sanchi Stupa is located. At Delhi, The national Science Center is located. Also the Central Road Research institute is located. In Maharashtra, the Ajanta caves are located. Chitrakut can be found in Utter Pradesh. Udaipur is called the White city of Rajasthan. In Kolkata, the first Indian university was opened in the year of 1857. In Marmugao, the largest dry rock in India is located. By area, Rajasthan is the largest state. The Ajanta caves are also the Oldest monuments in India. The first women to act as a pilot is Ms. Harita Kaur. At West Bengal the oldest and the largest museum of India is located. Aryabhatta was the first satellite which belong to India. Apsara is the first nuclear reactor in India.

Famous Personalities

Jude Felix is a hockey player from India. Sarder Ukil was a famous painter along with Jamini Roy. Amartya Sen is a Professor of Economics. Satyajit Ray is known for Classical Dance. Dr. Joon Lew won a prize for working against child Labor. Amjad Ali Khan is a name which clicks the mind when we talk about Sarod, a musical instrument. Katak is known no better by maestro Guru Gopi Krishna. A. Nageshwara Rao is known for Motion Pictures.

Aachan Maharaj is known for Dance. Pierre Cardin is a name known as Fashion Designing. Ms. Vijay Mahta was known for theater. Satyen Bose as a name associated with Motion Pictures. Charles Correa is known as a great Architect. Javaharlal Nehru has an aim to wipe every tear from eye of each human. Ashok pandit is associated with Shooting. Pandit K. G. Gindre is a famous name in Music industry.

Honours and Awards

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Kiran Bedi got Ramon Magsaysay Award for her work in the Government Service. Param Vir Chakra is the highest award one can be awarded with, in India. Rajasthan State Gives the Mewar Award. Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize. He is also known for receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature for the First time. Vishwanathan Anand was the first winner of the Rajiv Gandhis Khel Rathna award. For excellent work in the field of Literature and journalism, Pulitzer prize is awarded, also Saraswati Samman is awarded for the work in Literature. Winston Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year of 1953. In the year of 1961, the Arjun Award was instituted. To show extreme bravery and sacrifice in air, water or land , Ashoka Chakra is awarded, it have a condition as not in presence of enemy. Amitabh Bachchaan got the first Dayawati Modi Award for his work in the field of Education, Art and Culture. In the year of 1901 the first Nobel Prize was awarded. Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for his work in the field of Literature. Cannes Award is related to the field of Films. Khushwant Singh was the journalist who denied to take the Padma Bhusan award. The Nobel peace prize is given in the city of Oslo. For excellent performance in sports, Arjuna Award is awarded. Ashaparna Devi, Raghupathi Sahil and V.K. Gokak are the persons winning the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award. Ashok Kumar, V. Shantaram and Raj Kapoor are all the winners of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Madhya Pradesh government instituted the Samman Award. For Trade Union Activity, Sharad Joshi Samman award is awarded. In the year of 1901, Nobel prize was not given for Economics.

Rajasthan which is the largest state of India, also known as The Land of Kings. It is situated in the North-west part of India and is mostly the Desert , The Thar Desert also called

The Great Indian Desert.The surrounding States of Rajasthan are Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Utter Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.The State of Rajasthan covers 10.4% of the total Indian Land. Rajasthan capital: the Jaipur city also known as pink city. Rajasthan having a very diverse climatic conditions. In summers, it reaches 49 feels like steaming hot and in winters, at some places, it reaches below freezing temperature. Other thing about Rajasthan is it have one of the oldest mountain range known as Aravali range. Aravali range of Rajasthan also features a beautiful place Maunt Abu also famous for its Dilwada temples.
The thing about Rajasthan, that it also features two wildlife centuries specially for tigers known as Sariska Tiger Reserve and Ranthambore . Earlier Rajasthan was known as Rajputana which was later renamed as Rajasthan on 30 march 1949.The Aravali Range and the Thar desert constitutes the major portion about Rajasthans land. The Bikaner city is the biggest city in the Thar desert. The Desert national Park of Jaiselmer shows the extreme conditions in which an eco-system can operate in a maintained way.

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On eastern boundary, Uttar Pradesh is situated. Gujarat lies on the southern boundary of Rajasthan. On the west side of the state, Pakistan is situated. There is a boundary line of 1070 kilometers between Rajasthan and Pakistan. Barmer, Bikaner,Ganganagar,and Jaiselmer are the districts of Rajasthan attached to Pakistan border. The total land boundary of Rajasthan is around 5920 kilometers. Jaiselmer is the largest district in area having a total area of 38401 sq. km. Dholpur is the smallest district in terms of area in Rajasthan. A total of 33 districts are there in the state of Rajasthan. Total 200 assembly seats are there in Rajasthan along with 25 parliamentary seats and 10 Rajya Sabha seats. Rajasthan have a total number of 192 sub-divisions having 244 tehsils. Jaipur have the maximum number of tahsils in Rajasthan. Jaiselmer have only three tehsils. There are 249 Panchayat Samatis in Rajasthan along with 9177 gram panchayats and 5 municipal corporations, A total of 13 muncipal councils are there in Rajasthan. 166 municipalities operate in Rajasthan. Rajasthan have a total of 1,89,034 Km of road network having 5722 km as highways. 3885.47 Km of broad gauge rail network along with 1710.78 Km of meterguage network can be found in Rajasthan and make a total of 5683.01 km of total rail network. Rajasthan have the capital as Jaipur. The city of Jaipur was founded by Sawai Jaisingh in the year of 1727. As per census of 2011, the total population of Rajasthan is 6,86,21,012 people, having 3,56,20,086 males and 3,30,00,926 females. In respect to population, the state is ranked 8th in the country. The density is about 201 persons per sq. km. 1,05,04,916 people are the children below the age of 6.

Sex ratio of adult is 926 females per 1000 males and in child it is 883 females per 1000 males. Dungerpur is the region having highest ratio as 990 females per 1000 males and Dholpur having the minimum ratio as 845 females per 1000 males. A total of 24.89% of population is urban population which is about 170.81 Lakh people. 75.11% of population is rural population which in number is 515.40 Lakh. In the last decade, the population growth is about 21.44%.

Rajasthan statistics:Total area of the State: 342,269 Sq. Km. Poverty Rate : 34.4 % Population : Sixty eight Million Literacy Rate : 67% Sex Ratio : 926/1000 males

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Rajasthan, which has a very colorful and interesting history, which tells the great stories about Rajasthans Maharajas and their ruled time. In 1576, Maharana Pratap of Mewar defeated Mughal Emperor Akbar in the battle of Haldi Ghati. Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya won 22 battles against Afghans. He established Hindu Raj in north India. Rajasthan which has rich heritage, shining sand dunes, exciting desert safaris and varied wild life makes it a very popular tourist destination. History of Rajasthan tells the stories of great legends, their bravery, romance and adventures. Rajasthan is a part of the great Indus Valley Civilization which is among worlds oldest and first civilization. The provisional capital of this civilization was Kalibangan, which is in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. It is the birth place of many great people about whom we learn from text books during the school time like Samrat Prithvi Raj Chauhan, Krishna devotee Meera Bai, Rani Padmini, Baba Ramdeo ji, Maha Rana Pratap, Panna Dhai, Goga ji, Rao Shekha ji, Bappa Rawal. The tribes like Rajputs, Charans, Yadavs, Bhils, Bishnois, Jats, Gujars, Meenas ruled over various parts of Rajasthan. Many people from these tribes sacrificed their lives for protecting their culture and land.

Rajasthan Divisions
Rajasthan divisions :Rajasthan is divided mainly into 7 Divisions and 33 Districts

1. Ajmer Division 2. Jaipur Division

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Jodhpur Division Bharatpur Division Bikaner Division Udaipur Division Kota Division

1. Rajasthan Ajmer division Consist of the following districts: Nagor, Bhilwada, Ajmer and Tonk. 2. Rajasthan Jaipur Division consist of the following Districts: Alwar, Sikar, Dausa, jaipur, Jhunjhunu 3. Rajasthan Jodhpur Division: Jaselmer, Jodhpur, jalor, Sirohi,Pali, Barmer. 4. Rajasthan Bharatpur Division : , Dholpur, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Bharatpur. 5. Rajasthan Bikaner Division :Hanumangarh, Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar, Churu, 6. Rajasthan Udaipur Division: Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Banswara, Udaipur, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh.

Rajasthan Airports
Rajasthan connectivity through air : can be reached by air at Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner and have a road network of 8798 Km with connectivity of trains at all major stations.
Industries in Rajasthan

Most of the minerals in India are produced at Rajasthan. In Rajasthan minerals, the major includes Zinc, marble, limestone , lead, gypsum etc. Gold city of India- Jaiselmer, Pink city of India- Jaipur , City of lakes Udaipur are the major tourist places of Rajasthan. Rajasthan- Udaipur city, It is awarded as the most beautiful city of Asia and the top hotels of the world also lies here. Wildlife Sanctuaries in Rajasthan

Tal Chappar Sanctuary KumbhalGarh Sanctuary Darrah Sanctuary Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

Sitamata Sanctuary Maunt Abu Sanctuary Keoladeo Ghana National park

Desert National Park Sajjangarh Sanctuary Sariska Tiger Reserve

Rajasthan Climate
Rajasthan features a wide climatic conditions from arid to semi arid. In summer season, the temperature reaches 49 degrees and in summer, places like Maunt abu reaches below freezing point. The rainfall is also diverse in the state of Rajasthan and varies from 150 mm in dry places to 1000 mm in some places but the average stands at 200-400 mm. July to September are the month when the majority of mansoon time is expected in Rajasthan .

Rich Culture of Rajasthan

There is rich culture in Rajasthan which reflects the ancient Indian way of life. Rajasthan is also called as Rangila Rajasthan because it is very famous for its fairs, festivals, Rajasthani cuisines, folk music, colourful costumes and crafts. In Rajasthan there is celebration with every change in season and every harvest. There is a wide range of fairs and festivals which are celebrated in Rajasthan includes camel festival, mewar festival, mahavir ji fair, goga ji fair, pushkar fair, kolayat fair, chandrabhaga fair, kaliteej, gangaur festival, hariyali teez festival, maker sakranti, janmashtami, summer festival. Incredible Rajasthan includes the safaris on camels, horses or open jeeps, spectacular sand dunes, wild life, Aravalis mountain range which is among Indias oldest mountain range. Cooks of Rajasthan use more milk and butter instead of water, which shows the impact of scarcity of water in the state. Rajasthan is one of the richest states in concern of art and craft. Ghoomar and kalbeliya are the folk dances. Rajasthani dresses are designed in bright colours which includes lehenga and choli with dupatta for females.
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State Tree Khejari State Flower Rohida State Bird Godawan or Great Indian Bustard State Animal Chinakara (an antelope)