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
Kalwar, Rajasthan present Thakur, Mandhata Singh, has served in the Indian Army for four decades, rising to the three star rank of Lieutenant General. Kalwar, Rajasthan Kalwar (Post Office Kaalwaad) (कालवाड in Hindi) is a village in Jhotwara Mandal in Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India. Kalwar is 18 km distance from its Mandal Main Town Jhotwara, and 22.8 km distance from its District Main City Jaipur. And 24 km distance from its State Main City Jaipur. Surrounded with the hills in Kalwar stands a small heritage castle known as Castle Kalwar which had been carved out of a fort originally belonging to the