Facts about Rajasthan

Rajasthan was founded on November 1, 1956, is India's largest state by area It is located on the north-western side of the country.

Capital: Jaipur

Chief Minister:  Vasundhara Raje

Governor: Kalyan Singh

Rajasthan Day: 30th March

Mountain Range: Aravali Range

Desert: Thar Desert also known as the Great Indian Desert. It is the world's 17th largest desert

Folk dance of Rajasthan: Ghoomar

Rajasthan High Court Principal Seat Jodhpur and High Court Bench Jaipur are the High Court of the state of Rajasthan

The Chief Justice - Mr. Justice Navin Sinha

Total Number of districts: 33

International Border: Pakistan

The list of important Rivers and Dams of Rajasthan:

S.No	Rivers	Important Dams
1	Chambal River	Kota Barrage (Kota) Ranapratap Sagar Dam (Rawatbhata)
2	Banas River	Bisalpur Dam near (Deoli in Tonk district)
3	Luni River
4	Berach River
5	Sabarmati River
6	Narmada Canal

The list of important Lakes of Rajasthan:

S.No	Lakes	City	Remark
1	Ana Sagar Lake	Ajmer	Artificial lake
2	Dhebar Lake	Udaipur District	also known as Jaisamand Lake is Asia's second-largest artificial lake
3	Fateh Sagar Lake	Udaipur	Artificial lake
4	Man Sagar Lake	Jaipur	Artificial lake
5	Nakki Lake	Mount Abu in Aravalli range
6	Sambhar Salt Lake	Sambhar Lake Town	India's largest inland Salt Lake
7	Pushkar Lake	Pushkar in Ajmer district

Major Airports in Rajasthan:

S.No	Name of Airports	City
1	Jaipur International Airport.	Jaipur
2	Jaisalmer Airport.	Jaisalmer
3	Jodhpur Airport.	Jodhpur
4	Maharana Pratap international Airport or Udaipur Airport	Udaipur

Important Thermal, Nuclear and Hydroelectricity Power Plants:

S.No.	Name of Power Plant	Type	Location	Remark
1	Suratgarrh Thermal Power Station	Thermal	Suratgarh	1st Super Thermal plant of Rajasthan
2	Chhabra Thermal Power Plant	Thermal	Baran district	coal fired power plants
3	Rajasthan Solar Project	Solar	Phalodhi village of Jodhpur district
4	Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Plant	Solar	Pokahran in the Jaisalmer district	build by Reliance Power
5	Rajasthan Atomic Power Station	Nuclear	Rawatbhata	also Rajasthan Atomic Power Project - RAPP
6	Jawahar Sagar Hydroelectric Power Station India	Hydroelectric	Kota	Located on the Chambal River
7	Mahi Bajaj Sagar Hydro Power Plant India	Hydroelectric	Banswara district	Located on Mahi River

Important National Parks, Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary:

S.No	Name	Location
1	The Ranthambore National Park-	Sawai Madhopur district in Rajasthan.
2	The Sariska Tiger Reserve	Alwar district
3	The Keoladeo Ghana National Park was formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary	Bharatpur, Alwar
4	The Desert National Park	Jaisalmer
5	The Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary	Rajsamand district
6	The Darrah National Park	Kota

Important Stadiums in Rajasthan:

Stadium	City
Sawai Mansingh Stadium (cricket stadium)	Jaipur
Barkatullah Khan Stadium (cricket stadium)	Jodhpur

Nicknames/Special titles of cities:

S. No	City	Special names
1	Jaipur	Pink City
2	Jaisalmer	Golden City of India
3	Udaipur	White City City of Lakes Venice of the East
4	Jodhpur	Blue City Sun City

The list of important Festivals of Rajasthan:

S.No.	Festivals	City
1	Teej Festival	Jaipur
2	Gangaur Festival	Jaipur
3	Desert Festival	Jaisalmer
4	Nagaur Fair	Nagaur
5	Pushkar Fair	Pushkar
6	Marwar Festival	Jodhpur
7	Camel Festival	Bikaner
8	Mewar Festival	Udaipur
9	Elephant Festival	Jaipur

The list of important Monument, Palace and Forts:

S.No.	Monuments
1	Jyotish Yantralaya, also known as Jantar Mantar	Jaipur
2	Hawa Mahal	Jaipur
3	Temples of Galta	Jaipur
4	Sun Temple Galta Hill	Jaipur
5	Amber Palace or Amber Fort	Jaipur
6	Lake Palace	Udaipur
7	Umaid Bhawan	Jodhpur
8	Manak Chowk	Jaisalmer
9	Jagatpita Brahma Mandir	Pushkar, Ajmer

Constituency of Cabinet Minister:

S. No.	Name of Minister	Constituency	Ministry
1	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Jaipur Rural	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoS)
2	Vijay Goel	Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan	Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoS, Independent Charge) Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
3	Shri C.R. Chaudhary	Nagaur-Lok sabha	Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (MoS)
4	Shri P.P. choudhary	Pali-Lok Sabha	Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology (MoS)
5	Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Bikaner-Lok Sabha	Finance Corporate Affairs (MoS)

Important Tribes of Rajasthan:

·         Minas

·         Bhils

·         Sahariyas

·         Gadiya Lohars

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