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Kishangarh is a city and a
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Maharaja Madan Singh ascended the throne in 1900 at the age of sixteen, at a time when the state was reeling from the impact of a devastating drought. The administration under him and his diwan was widely deemed worthy of approbation; irrigation from tanks and wells was extended and factories for ginning and pressing cotton were started. A social reform movement for discouraging excessive expenditure on marriages made remarkable impact during his reign.
INTACH Nepheline syenite here is an intrusion pluton emplaced along the core of an
Municipal Council
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in Ajmer district in the India
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of Rajasthan
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History
Kishangarh State was founded by theJodhpur
Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the ...
prince Kishan Singh in 1609. Prior to the rule of Kishan Singh this area was ruled by Raja Samokhan Singh.
Kishangarh was the capital of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj
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, which was located in the Rajputana Agency
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. It had an area of 2210 km2 (858 miles²) and a population in 1901 of 90,970. This figure for population represented a decrease of 27% over the census figure of 1891, something presumably attributable to the famine of 1899-1900. The state enjoyed an estimated revenue of £.34,000/- and paid no tribute to the British Raj
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. In 1840, ''Prithvi Singh'', became the 15th Maharaja of Kishangarh, and reigned till his death in 1879, after which he was succeeded by his son, ''Sardul Singh''.KishangarhBritish Library.
Maharaja Madan Singh ascended the throne in 1900 at the age of sixteen, at a time when the state was reeling from the impact of a devastating drought. The administration under him and his diwan was widely deemed worthy of approbation; irrigation from tanks and wells was extended and factories for ginning and pressing cotton were started. A social reform movement for discouraging excessive expenditure on marriages made remarkable impact during his reign.
Demographics
Indiacensus
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, Kishangarh had a population of 154,886. Males constitute about 51% of the population and females 49%. Kishangarh has an average literacy rate of 68%, slightly lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 60%. In Kishangarh, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Nepheline Syenite
Kishangarh Nepheline Syenite is among the 32National Geological Monuments in India
National Geological Monuments are geographical areas of national importance and Geoheritage, heritage, as notified by the Government of India's Geological Survey of India (GSI), for their maintenance, protection, promotion and enhancement of geo ...
notified by Geological Survey of India
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(GSI), for their protection, maintenance, promotion and enhancement of geotourism.national geo-heritage of IndiaINTACH Nepheline syenite here is an intrusion pluton emplaced along the core of an
antiform
In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline. A typical anticline is convex up in which the hinge or crest is the ...
of metamorphites in Aravalli craton which has been dated 1590 million years to 1910 million years old.
See also
* Central University of RajasthanReferences
Further reading
* (see index: p. 148-152, for more information about Kishangarh painting) {{Authority control Princely states of Rajasthan Cities and towns in Ajmer district Schools of Indian painting