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Rajasthan

[ rah-juh-stahn ]

noun

  1. a state in NW India; formerly Rajputana and a group of small states. 132,078 sq. mi. (342,056 sq. km). : Jaipur.


Rajasthan

/ ˌrɑːdʒəˈstɑːn /

noun

  1. a state of NW India, bordering on Pakistan: formed in 1958; contains the Thar Desert in the west; now the largest state in India. Capital: Jaipur. Pop: 56 473 122 (2001). Area: 342 239 sq km (132 111 sq miles)


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Several, including a future chief minister of the state of Rajasthan, Vijayaraje Scindia, “were laughing in great delight.”

In 1957, Rambagh Palace was the first of the royal residences in Rajasthan to become a hotel.

The original architect in the 1830s was Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, who was a British army officer and state engineer for Rajasthan.

Only, in fact, in two Rajasthan States and then for only brief periods was there any major celebration of the Krishna theme.

The thumping ceased exactly underneath us, and a man began singing in the time-hallowed language of Rajasthan.

For two centuries, saith Tod, Mewar flourished exceedingly and was the paramount kingdom of all Rajasthan.

I cannot do better than give the following quotation from Tod's Annals of Rajasthan.

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