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Marwar & the Thar · Arid Northwest

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नामवर्षक्षेत्रकिसलिए मशहूर
Prithviraj Chauhanc. 1166–1192RulerThe last Chauhan king of Ajmer and Delhi, whose defeat at the second battle of Tarain in 1192 opened north India to the Delhi Sultanate. His court poet Chand Bardai's Prithviraj Raso made him a legend.
Rana Kumbha1433–1468Ruler and builderRuler of Mewar credited with a very large building programme, including Kumbhalgarh and the Vijay Stambh at Chittorgarh, and a scholar of music who wrote on the subject.
Meera Baic. 1498–1547Poetry and devotionA Rathore princess who refused the role marriage assigned her and composed bhajans to Krishna in Braj and Rajasthani that are still sung across north India.
Maharana Pratap1540–1597RulerHeld out against Akbar's expansion from the Aravalli hills after the battle of Haldighati in 1576, becoming the region's enduring symbol of resistance.
Panna Dhai16th centuryHistoryThe nurse who, by the Mewar chronicles, substituted her own son to save the infant heir Udai Singh II — the founding story of Udaipur's dynasty.
Amrita Devi Bishnoid. 1730ConservationLed villagers at Khejarli who clasped khejri trees to stop them being felled for a royal palace; 363 are recorded as having been killed. The event is the ancestor of the Chipko movement.
Sawai Jai Singh II1688–1743Ruler, astronomer, plannerFounded Jaipur in 1727 on a planned grid derived from the shilpa shastra, and built five masonry observatories across north India.
Jamnalal Bajaj1889–1942Business and freedom movementIndustrialist from the Sikar region, treasurer of the Congress and a close associate of Gandhi, who funded and organised much of the movement's infrastructure.
Vijaydan Detha1926–2013LiteratureCollected and rewrote Rajasthani oral tales into literature over decades; his stories became the films Duvidha, Paheli and the play Charandas Chor.
Komal Kothari1929–2004FolkloreEthnomusicologist who documented and then created a livelihood for the Langa and Manganiyar musicians internationally, effectively saving both traditions.
Allah Jilai Bai1902–1992MusicMaand singer of Bikaner whose recording of "Kesariya Balam" became the definitive version.
Irrfan Khan1967–2020CinemaBorn in Jaipur; an actor who moved between Hindi and international cinema without adjusting his register for either.

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