Mandawa
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Mandawa मन्डावा |
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A haveli in Mandawa
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 Mandawa
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| Coordinates: 28°03′N 75°09′E / 28.05°N 75.15°ECoordinates: 28°03′N 75°09′E / 28.05°N 75.15°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Jhunjhunun |
| Elevation | 316 m (1,037 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 20,717 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | shekhawati and Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 333704 |
| Vehicle registration | RJ-18 |
Mandawa is a town in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India. It is part of Shekhawati region. Mandawa is situated 190 km off Jaipur in the north. The town lies between latitude 28° 06’ in the north and longitude 75° 20’ in the east. Mandawa is known for its fort and havelis. The fort town of Mandawa is well connected with the other places in region through a good network of roads.
The City of Mandawa was made a thikana in the mid of 18th century by the Bhojraj Ji Kasubsub clan of Shekhawat Rajputs. About the origin of this town there have been earlier references to Mandu Jat as founder of the Mandawa village. He first established a dhani (hamlet) and dug a well here, which was completed on savan badi 5 samvat 1797 (1740 AD) (source – Shekhawati Bodh, Mandawa special issue, July 2005). Initially this place was known as ‘Mandu ki dhani’, ‘Mandu ka bas’ or ‘Manduwas’ which changed to ‘Manduwa’, ‘Mandwa’ and finally ‘Mandawa’.
A remote feudal principality in the centre of the Shekhawati region, Mandawa was a trading outpost for the ancient caravan routes that stopped here from China and the Middle East. Thakur Nawal Singh, the Rajput ruler of Nawalgarh and Mandawa, built a fort in 1755 to protect this outpost. The township that grew around the fort soon attracted a large community of traders, who settled here.
The reign of Mandawa was granted to Kunwar Akhayraj Singh by his brother Maharaja Suraj Singh of Shekhawati in year 1640 AD.
1. Kunwar Akhayraj Singh (1640-1676)
2. Kunwar Himmat Singh (1676-1698)
3. Kunwar Himeshraj Singh (1698-1710)
4. Kunwar Jindal Deo (1710-1728)
5. Kunwar Aryapratap Singh (1728-1746)
Mandawa is located at 28°03′N 75°09′E / 28.05°N 75.15°E. It has an average elevation of 316 metres (1036 ft). In the north side it has four villages named Bazisar, Kamalsar, Kuharu, and Godu ka bas and east side three villages named Tetara(Chandrpura), Syopura, and Hanumanpura (Dular ka bas), south sides villages names are Mithwas, Dinwa Ladhkhani and west side are Khalasi, Sadinsar, Tihawali, and Dabari.
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