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Kankwadi

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Kankwadi
village
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictAlwar
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30)

Kankwadi or Kankwari is the site of Kankwadi fort and village, located in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar district.

The fort was founded by Jai Singh II as a famine work.[1] In the 17th century, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb briefly imprisoned his brother Dara Shikoh in the struggle for the succession of the Mughal throne.

The village was evicted in 2009,[2] but renovation works in the fort are going on to promote tourism.[3]

References[]

  1. ↑ http://www.archive.org/details/gazetteerofulwur00powliala
  2. ↑ http://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/Downloads/download_pdf.php?titleid=id_097_10_1399_1400_0
  3. ↑ http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/now-who-s-crouching
Forts in Rajasthan
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