Patan, Rajasthan Patan, Rajasthan Patan is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. In the 12th century, it became the centre of a minor state called Tanwarawati or Torawati, ruled by a Tomar family. Anangpall II, who established the city of Patan and ruled present day Delhi , is from the family which are regarded to be the direct descendants of the Pandavas. In the eighteenth century the great Maratha warrior Alijah Shrinath Mahdhojirao (alias Mahadji Shinde) won the battle against the Rajput armies of Jaipur. Today's Jaipur and Jodhpur were on one side and on the other side was the
Jaipur–Ahmedabad line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line The Jaipur–Ahmedabad line connects Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan to Ahmedabad, the largest city of Gujarat in India. Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express is the fastest train in this route. Rajputana State Railway opened the Delhi-Bandikui wide metre gauge line in 1874, extended it to Ajmer in 1875 and to Ahmedabad in 1881. The Delhi-Ajmer metre gauge line was converted to wide broad gauge in 1994. The Ahmedabad-Ajmer sector was fully converted to broad gauge in 1997. Railway electrification work is in the process in the Rewari-Alwar-Bandikui-Jaipur-Palanpur-Ahmedabad sector. Jaipur and Ahmedabad on this line, are amongst the top hundred