Jaipur District is a district in the state of Rajasthan in Northern India. The city of Jaipur, which is Rajasthan's capital and the largest city, is the district headquarters. It is the tenth most populous district in India.
The Bagri is a language that forms a dialect bridge between Haryanvi, Rajasthani, and Punjabi and takes its name from the Bagar tract region of Northwestern India. The speakers are mostly in India, in the Nohar-Bhadra,Anupgarh, Hanumagarh, Northern tehsils of Bikaner and Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan, Sirsa and Fatehabad district Hisar,Bhiwani,Charkhi dadridistrict of Haryana, Fazilka district of Punjab in India.
Jagannath Pahadia was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress party. He was the former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of Haryana, and Governor of Bihar. He died on 19 May 2021 from COVID-19.
Behror is a city in the Kotpulti-Behror district of Rajasthan of the Jaipur division. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Behror Tehsil and shares headquarters for Kotputli-Behror district with Kotputli. It is equidistant from both sate capital Jaipur and national capital New Delhi. Located 120 km south-west of New Delhi and as a part of National Capital Region, it is regulated under National Capital Region Planning Board which is a federal authority for urban planning purposes in NCR. Along with Shahjahanpur and Neemrana it is grouped as SNB Complex (Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror) of NCR- which includes 137 revenue villages, in which Behror municipality is the largest urban conglomeration. This region is also known as 'Ahirwal region' or simply as Raath and is an important industrial hub for the state of Rajasthan. Behror municipality spreads out in an area of 15 km2 is divided into four revenue villages namely Behror tarf Gangabishan, Behror tarf Doongrasi, Behror tarf Nainsukh, Behror tarf Balram.
Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath was an Indian revolutionary leader, freedom fighter, and educator from the state of Rajasthan. He was the patriarch of the Barhath family, members of which participated in anti-British activities Barhath was also known as Rajasthan Kesari.
Reetika Khera is an Indian development economist. Khera is Professor (Economics) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. She was Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad from 2018-20.
The Rajasthan Film Festival Award ceremony is a set of awards presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of artistes in Rajasthani cinema as well as in other Regional Cinema of India. The awards were instituted in 2013. The 11th award ceremony was held on 30th September 2023 at Deep Smriti Auditorium. Aftab Shivdasani and Neha Dhupia did the hosting at the award night and Lifetime Achievement Awardwas given to the Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover. Bollywood Actor Govinda attended the festival as the chief guest.
Ashok Manda Bishnoi, better known by his stage name Rapperiya Baalam, is a rapper, songwriter, music composer, and producer based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He rose to fame in 2014 with his song "Mharo Rajasthan", a folk–hip hop fusion song featuring Swaroop Khan.
Amra Ram is an Indian politician and peasant leader, who was the President of All India Kishan Sabha from July 2013 to October 2017. Currently he is the vice-president of All India Kishan Sabha since October 2017. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2013. Amra Ram is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Since 2014, he has been the State Secretary of CPI(M) Rajasthan unit and CEC member of CPI(M).
Jitendra Kumar Soni is an Indian civil servant, and a Rajasthani and Hindi writer and translator.
Munaganahalli Narayanaswamy Dinesh is an Indian Police Service officer from Karnataka who currently serving as Additional Director General of Police - Crime .
Himmat Ram Bhambhu is a nature activist, wildlife conservationist and environmental activist. He has received Padma Shri from Indian Government.
Shyam Sunder Jyani is an Indian environmentalist and academic, best known for afforestation efforts in the Indian state of Rajasthan. He is presently an associate professor of sociology at Dungar College, Bikaner.
Dr. Abhimanyu Singh Arha is an environmental historian, writer and academic from India. Abhimanyu Singh serves as the deputy director of the University of Rajasthan's Centre for Museology and Conservation. He also serves as an advisor to the Government of Rajasthan on Tourism and Heritage Protection. Arha also writes in Rajasthani, his mother tongue, in both verse and prose.
Suryamal Mishran Shikhar Award is a literary honour granted by the Rajasthani Bhasha Sahitya and Sanskriti Akademi for special contribution to Rajasthani literature. It was established in the memory of the 19th century poet-historian Suryamal Misran.
Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath was an Indian revolutionary and independence activist. He is known for the assassination attempt on the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, by throwing a bomb at him during a procession in New Delhi.
Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya was an Indian author and freedom fighter. He founded All World Gayatri Pariwar and Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya. He wrote over 3000 booklets.
Kotputli-Behror is a district in the state of Rajasthan. This district was carved out from erstwhile Jaipur district and Alwar district and was formally established on 7 August 2023. It is located in north-eastern part of Rajasthan. The districts is surrounded on three sides with Aravali Ranges with Sabi river flowing through it. It comprises Tehsils of Kotpulti, Behror, Neemrana, Bansur, Mandhan, Paota, Viratnagar and Narayanpur. District headquarters are jointly located at Behror and Kotputli. Piyadasi as name of Emperor Ashoka was found out form the Bhabru rock edicts found in the district. A major part of the district comprising Tehsils of Behror, Neemrana, Bansur, Mandhan and is referred to as Rath Region though Mundawar tehsil of Rath region was made part of separate district of Khairthal.
Narayan Bareth is an veteran Indian journalist, political analyist and the former State Information Commissioner of Rajasthan. As a journalist, he has been associated with various news groups including BBC, The Asian Age, and The Pioneer. He has served as Professor of Journalism at both the University of Rajasthan's Centre for Mass Communication and Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Cheetah Mehrat is an ethnic group in the state of Rajasthan, India. They are spread across Ajmer, Bhilwara, Pali, and Rajsamand districts of Rajasthan. The estimated population of Cheetah Mehrat is approximately one million people. The community is known for its harmonious coexistence between Hindus and Muslims. They practise both religions. Cheetah Mehrat is classified as an Other Backward Class.
