Rajasthan Mukundra Hill Tiger Reserve in Kota. The state was formed on 30 March 1949 when Rajputanathe name adopted by the British Raj for its dependencies in the regionwas merged into the Dominion of India. Its capital and largest city is Jaipur. Other important cities are Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Ajmer and Udaipur. Rajasthan literally means "Land of Kings" or "King's Abode" (from "raja" "king" and "-sthan" "land, abode" from Sanskrit "sthā́na"). The first mention of the name "Rajasthan" appears in the 1829 publication "Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India", while the earliest known
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