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2 unusual facts about Bikaner


Allah Jilai Bai

Born in Bikaner to a family of singers, by the age of 10 she was singing in the Durbar of Maharaja Ganga Singh.

Bikanervala

The company was founded in 1950, as a sweets and namkeen shop in Bikaner, Rajasthan.


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All of the Sikh families are land owners, who migrated to this region from the Punjab around 1928, when the canal was built by Maharaja Ganga Singh of the former Bikaner state.

Ahmad Bakhsh Sindhi

Sindhi’s first political achievement was being appointed to the position of Cabinet Minister for the independent state of Bikaner by its Maharaja, Sir Sadul Singh, in 1948.

Caledon Egerton

Four of their sons were knighted, including Field Marshal Sir Charles Egerton, Sir Reginald Egerton (Private Secretary to the Postmaster-General), Admiral Sir George Egerton, and Sir Brian Egerton (tutor to Ganga Singh, the Maharaja of Bikaner).

Chahar clan

Sometime in the 15th century, Maldev was the Chaudhary (village headman) of Sidhmukh village in Jangladesh (the area around Bikaner).

Chengannur

By rail, Chengannur is well connected to major cities in India like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bikaner, Mangalore, Bhopal, Guwahati, Nagpur, Jammu and other major cities of the country.

Dhetarwal

Dhatterwal, (also Dhatrawal, Dhatarwal or Dhetarwal), is gotra of Jats found in Districts Hanumangarh, Ganganagar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Barmer, Bikaner in Rajasthan state and Haryana in India.

Dungar Singh

Sri Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraja Narendra Maharaja Shiromani Sri Dungar Singh Bahadur (22 August 1854 – 19 August 1887) was a Maharaja of the princely state of Bikaner from 1872 to 1887.

Karoli, India

Karoli is just 9 km from near by Railway station Kanina on Rewari-Luharu-Sadulpur-Bikaner Railway line and 13 KM from the Railway Station Kosli on Rewari-Bhiwani-Hissar-Sirsa railway line.

Kathia

Originally they resided in Bikaner, whence they migrated and founded the state of Kathiawar, which takes its name from the Kathia tribe, and is in modern day Gujerat State of India.

Lalgarh Palace

In 1972, Karni Singh, M.P., the Maharaja of Bikaner, established the Ganga Singhji Charitable Trust.

Nindar

It is situated about 10 Kilometers in direct line towards west of Amber and two KM away from NH 11 (Bikaner to Agra via Jaipur) in Jaipur district of Rajasthan India.The village was included in Jaipur Municipal Corporation prior to 1995.The village has a panoramic layout between Arawali hills.

Padharo Mhare Des

Padharo Mhare Des Padharo Mhare Des- A Road Trip Through Rajasthan, is the outcome of an amazing road trip of 10 days traveling 2000 kilometres from Udaipur to Jodhpur, Jaisalmer to Bikaner and Jaipur.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer

Diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur comprised twenty four districts, namely Ajmer, Alwar, Baran, Barmer, Bikaner, Bundi, Churu, Dausa, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Tonk in the state of Rajasthan.

Sadul Singh of Bikaner

On 30 March 1949, Sir Sadul merged Bikaner into the United State of Greater Rajasthan, and died in London a year later, aged 48.


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