Kishangarh

India
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Also known as: Kishengarh
Also spelled:
Kishengarh

Kishangarh, city, central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It is situated in an upland region about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Jaipur on the banks of Lake Gundalao. Pop. (2001) 116,222; (2011) 154,886. The city, with its fort and palace, was founded in 1611 by Kishan Singh, a Rajput (one of the warrior rulers of the historical region of Rajputana). It subsequently served as the capital of the princely state of Kishangarh. The princely state came under British dominance by a treaty concluded in 1818 and became part of the state of Rajasthan in 1948. The Kishangarh school of the ...(100 of 182 words)