Laxmangarh Fort () is a ruined old fort on a hill in the town of

Laxmangarh Laxmangarh is a town in the Sikar district of Rajasthan states of India, state in India. History Laxmangarh was founded by Rao Raja Lachhman Singh of Sikar, Laxman Singh of Sikar (Rajasthan), Sikar Laxmangarh in 1862, from whom it derives it ...

Sikar district Sikar district is a district of the Indian state Rajasthan in northern India. It is a part of the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. Rao Daulat Singh laid down the foundation stone of Thikana Sikar in 1687. District Collector of Sikar is Shri Mu ...

in the

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n state of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

. Situated from Sikar, it was built by Rao Raja Lakshman Singh of

Sikar Sikar is a city and municipal council in the Sikar district of the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Sikar district. It is largest city of the Shekhawati region, which consists of Sikar, Churu and Jhu ...

in 1805, who also founded a village in his own name as

in 1807. The most imposing building in this

town is its small fortress (owned by the Jhunjhunwala Family) which looms over the well laid out township on its west side. Laxman Singh, the Raja of Sikar, built the fort in the early 19th century after Kan Singh Saledhi besieged the prosperous town. The fort of Laxmangarh is a unique piece of fort

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in the whole world because the structure is built upon scattered pieces of huge rocks. The nearest thikana is Hamirpura and it is name on his son Yuvraj Hamir Singh .

In popular culture

* The Laxmangarh Fort is a prominent symbol in Aravind Adiga's debut novel '' The White Tiger'', which won the

Man Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, wh ...

in 2008.

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