Rajasthan History Of Rajasthan Famous People Statistics

Rajasthan (राजस्‍थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. It borders Pakistan to the west, Gujarat to the southwest, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the northeast and PunjabThe Punjab (sometimes spelt Panjab is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. Once a single entity, it is now split between two nations: see Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan. Punjab, India covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (1 to the north. Rajasthan covers an area of 342,239 km² (132,139 sq mi; in India also expressed as 3.42 lakhA lakh (also spelled lac is a unit in a traditional number system, still widely used in India, equal to a hundred thousand. A hundred lakh makes a crore. This system of measurement also introduces separators into numbers in a different place than is commo sq km).

The state capital is Jaipur. Geographical features include the Thar DesertThe Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert is a desert located in the state of Rajasthan in northwest India. It continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert. It is a region of constantly shifting sand dunes, with sparse vegetation in some a and the termination of the Ghaggar RiverThe Ghaggar is a seasonal river in India, flowing when water is available from monsoon rains. It originates in the Shivalik mountain range of Himachal Pradesh and flows through Haryana and Punjab to Rajasthan, where it disappears into the Thar Desert.. Also one of the oldest mountain ranges, the Aravalli RangeThe Aravalli Range is a range of mountains in western India running approximately 300 miles northeast-southwest across Rajasthan state. The northern end of the range continues as isolated hills and rocky ridges into Haryana state, ending near Delhi. The h, which cradles the only hill station of Rajasthan, Mount AbuMount Abu is the highest peak in the Aravalli Range of Rajasthan state, in western India. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar, at 1722 meters above sea level. It is verily 'an oasis in the desert'. It is a nice place to break the sandy monoto and the world famous Dilwara TemplesThe Jain Dilwara temples of India are located about 2½ kilometers from Mount Abu, Rajasthan's only hill station. These temples dating back from the 11th to the 13th century AD are world famous for their stunning use of marble. The five legendary marble te. In contrast to the vast Thar DesertThe Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert is a desert located in the state of Rajasthan in northwest India. It continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert. It is a region of constantly shifting sand dunes, with sparse vegetation in some a it has two national tiger reserves, 'Ranthambhore' and 'Sariska' and 'Ghana Bird Sanctuary' at Bharatpur .

1 History of Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the only state of India which has never been really ruled by any foreign invader or power, like Mugals or British, they did made trities with rulers of different states of Rajasthan,as there was not much to win in this mainly dry and home of brave warrior state, but a lot to lose, as they always chose death over defeat.

Rajasthan was earlier called Rajputana (state of Rajputs) after the ruling cast of Rajputs which literally means 'son of rulers',and as there were always lots of small states having separate rulers, no invader of India was able to win Rajasthan, though many tried and failed and even lost their kingdom (Historian believe one reason of Aurengzeb, the famous mugal ruler of Delhi, losing Delhi was his getting involved in fight with Rajputs and Marathas). British watching history carefully never tried to concur Rajasthan. So this long freedom and rule by different rulers was good to perserve freedom, culture and society, but, it also kept the state illiterate, backward and old fashioned, so it's still legging behind in industrialisation, education, female rights, and equality.

It's ironic the state which used to lead India is the one which is being a burden for it, though it still has the same people who were and are brave, hardworking, intelligent and blessed with long and glorious history. It is a state where you can see history as present, in its forts and palaces, which are so grand that you wont like to see or even consider the forts in Europe forts anymore, they will seem like normal public's houses in comparison.

2 Famous people

The history of Rajasthan is very long and dramatic filled with lots of brave stories and instances where people have put their life and families at risk and kept the pride and values like loyalty, freedom, truth, shelter etc intact. This is list of famous people in history of Rajasthan:

Maharana Pratap
Meera Bai
Jaimal Rathore
Veer Durgadas
Panna Dhai
Veer Teja
Shekha Ji

3 Statistics

Population: 56.47 million (2001 Census, estimated at more than 58 million now)
Cities and Towns: 222
Major cities: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota, Ajmer, Bikaner, Bhilwara , Alwar
Roads: 61,520 km. ( 2,846 km National Highway)
National highways crossing Rajasthan: Delhi-Ahmedabad, Agra-Bikaner, Jaipur-Bhopal and Bhatinda-Kandla
Climate: Generally dry with monsoon during July-August
Districts: 33
Languages: English and Hindi commonly used, as well as indigenous Rajasthani languages
Literacy: 61.03 %

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Date of formation	1948
Capital	Jaipur
Governor	Pratibha Patil
Chief Minister	Vasundhara Raje Scindia
Area	342,239 km²

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