Changes: Kankwadi

Kankwadi
Kankwadi
	village
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Revision as of 15:34, 9 November 2014

Kankwadi or Kankwari is the site of Kankwadi fort and village, located in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar district.

The fort was founded by Jai Singh II as a famine work.^[1] In the 17th century, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb briefly imprisoned his brother Dara Shikoh in the struggle for the succession of the Mughal throne.

The village was evicted in 2009,^[2] but renovation works in the fort are going on to promote tourism.^[3]

References

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[1] ttp://www.archive.org/details/gazetteerofulwur00powliala

[2] ttp://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/Downloads/download_pdf.php?titleid=id_097_10_1399_1400_0

[3] ttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/now-who-s-crouching

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 '''Kankwadi''' or Kankwari is the site of Kankwadi fort and village, located in the [[Sariska Tiger Reserve]] in [[Alwar district]].
-The fort was founded by [[Jai Singh II]] as a famine work.<ref>http://www.archive.org/details/gazetteerofulwur00powliala</ref> In the 17th century, [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] [[Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]] briefly imprisoned his brother [[Dara Shikoh]] in the struggle for the succession of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] throne.
+The fort was founded by [[Jai Singh II]] as a famine work.<ref>http://www.archive.org/details/gazetteerofulwur00powliala</ref> In the 17th century, Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] briefly imprisoned his brother [[Dara Shikoh]] in the struggle for the succession of the Mughal throne.
 The village was evicted in 2009,<ref>http://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/Downloads/download_pdf.php?titleid=id_097_10_1399_1400_0</ref> but renovation works in the fort are going on to promote tourism.<ref>http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/now-who-s-crouching</ref>