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3 unusual facts about Dungarpur


Kallaji Rathore

Kallaji Rathore is revered as an incarnation of Sheshnag and the Adivasis of Dungarpur, Banswara and M.P. consider him as living god.

Muhammad Ali Khan of Rampur

Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur (1750 – 20 September 1794) was the eldest son of Faizullah Khan and briefly Nawab of Rampur between 24 July and 11 August 1793 when he was deposed by his younger brother Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur and exiled to Dungarpur.

Second Rohilla War

Overbearing and bad-tempered, Muhammad Ali Khan was deposed by his younger brother, Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur, and exiled to Dungarpur, where he was later shot in his sleep.


Laxman Singh

He succeeded to the throne in 1918 at the age of 10 following the death of his father, ruling under the regency of the Dungarpur political agent until he came of age in 1928.

Social audit

Civil society organisations (CSOs), nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), political representatives, civil servants and workers of Dungarpur district of Rajasthan and Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh collectively organise such social audits to prevent mass corruption under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).


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