Coordinates: 27.34° N 76.38° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Alwar
Alwar
State  - District(s)	Rajasthan  - Alwar
Coordinates	27.34° N 76.38° E
Area	- km²
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2005)  - Density	-  - -/km²
Codes  - Postal  - Telephone  - Vehicle	- 3010 01  - ++0144  - RJ-02

Alwar is famous for its scenic landscape

Alwar is a city in the Rajasthan state of western India. It is the administrative headquarters of Alwar District, and was formerly the capital of the princely state of Alwar or Ulwar in British India. The city is located around 160 km south of Delhi, and around 150 km north of Jaipur (Capital of Rajasthan). Image File history File links India-locator-map-blank. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... The divisions of a district. ... Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... Alwar is a district in Rajasthan, India. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time zone for India. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... The Indian Postal services employ a 6 digit postal code known as a Postal Index Number (similar to the 5 digit ZIP Codes in USA) that is spanned and geopolitically ordered across the nation. ... Licence plates on the back of a taxi in Kolkata. ... Image File history File links Alwar. ... Image File history File links Alwar. ... Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... Alwar is a district in Rajasthan, India. ... A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince and is thus a principality taken in the broad sense. ... British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ... Delhi   (Hindi: , Urdu: ‎, Punjabi: ) is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai with a population of 13 million. ... Also known as the Pink City, Jaipur has a long, rich and colorful history. ...

Geography

Alwar is located at 27.57° N 76.6° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 271 metres (889 feet). The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^GRIndia Alwar had a population of 260,245. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Alwar has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Local attractions

Alwar contains many interesting and historical monuments. The city has a beautiful lake and a picturesque valley. The Sariska National Sanctuary is located in the Aravalli hills only a few kilometres away from Alwar. The sanctuary, which is a Project Tiger reserve, also boasts of many other species, including rare birds and plants. The military cantonment of Itarana lies on the outskirts of Alwar. Milkcake (a kind of sweet) made in Alwar is not only very famous in India but is also exported out of country. The Sariska Tiger Reserve is an Indian National Park located in the Alwar District of the state of Rajasthan. ... The Aravalli Range is a range of mountains in western India running approximately 300 miles northeast-southwest across Rajasthan state. ... The Royal Bengal Tiger. ...

Places to see

• The Alwar fort or Bala Quila
• Sariska Tiger Resort
• Haldia Bhawan - About 250 year old Haveli
• Silliserh Lake
• Jaisamand Lake
• Pandupol Hanuman Temple
• City Palace
• Government Museum
• Moosi MaharaniChhatri
• Purjan Vihar or company garden
• Tomb of Fateh Jang
• Nehru garden
• Hope Circus
• Moti Doongri Park
• Bharthari
• Naldeshwar
• Neel Kanth
• Ada Pada
• Andheri
• Taalvriksh
• Saagar
• Ajabgharh
• Bhangharh

Meo

Meo, Indian Cultural Touch In Pakistan Meo (Hindi: मेव, Urdu: میو) is a prominent Muslim Rajput tribe from Northern India and Pakistan.Meos inhabit a territorial region that falls between the important urban centers of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Mewat, consisting of some adjoining parts of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, where the Meos have lived for a millennium, was a terrain of peasant radicalism in the pre-independence period. It saw intensive work by the communist leaders such as the historian-activist Kunwar Mohammad Ashraf and others then working with the Indian National Congress. There was a close inter community relationship between the Meos and other peasant-pastoral castes such as the Jats, the Ahirs and the Gujars. In Haryana the Mewat region falls in the districts of Gurgaon and Faridabad.

Meo men are tall and dark, with ponderous turbans woven around their heads, dressed in long flowing robes. The Meos are about a million-strong tribe, a Muslim Rajput community living in southern Haryana and north eastern Rajasthan known for its admixture of Hindu and Islamic customs, practices and beliefs. Only one in ten Meos is able to properly read and write. The Meos have two identities, both of which they are equally proud of. On the one hand, they claim to be Muslims, tracing their conversion to various Sufi saints who began settling in their territory from the eleventh century onwards, and whose shrines or 'dargahs' today dot the entire Mewati countryside. On the other hand, they also claim to be Rajputs, and believe that they are direct descendants of Krishna and Rama. These Hindu deities are respectfully referred to by the Meos as 'dada' or grandfather'.

Almost every Meo village has a mosque, but in many places Meos also worship at Hindu temples. Many Rajasthani Meos still retain mixed Hindu-Muslim names. Names such as Ram Khan or Shankar Khan are not unusual in the Meo tracts in Alwar. The Muslim community of Meos is highly Hinduised. They celebrate Diwali and Holi as they celebrate Ids. They do not marry within ones Gotras like Hindus of the North though Islam permits marriage with cousins. Solemnization of marriage among Meos is not complete without both nikah as in Islam and circling of fire as among Hindus. People with double identities, Meos believe that they are direct descendants of Krishna and Rama even as they claim to be among the unnamed prophets of God referred to in the Holy Quran.

Who is a Meo? Try and insult the Pandun Ka Kara before the Meos, see the angry result and you will get the answer. The Meo version of the Mahabharat called the Pandun Ka Kara, is performed by Mirasis or Jogis to an audience comprised of Meo Muslims, as also non-Meos. The authors, performers and audience are, thus, all Muslim. The Meos regard the Mahabharata clans as the ancestors of their own lineage. The folk epic then is far more than mere "myth" and is central to the cultural identity of the Meo Muslims. It is important to understand what the great epic means to them, how they remake, modify and recreate it and also how in the process they both draw upon, modify and critique the so-called "great tradition" of Vedic and Puranic Hinduism.

Muslim musicians, called Mirasis, dressed in flowing white Kurtas and dhotis and bright crimson turbans. They play a musical rendering of the 'Pandun Ke Kara', the Meo Muslim version of the famous Hindu epic, the Mahabharat, after a brief ode in praise of the Prophet Muhammad and the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer. The entire epic in its Meo form, rendered in the Mewati dialect, consists of some 800 verses or 'dohas', and takes more than three hours to recite. It relates the story of the five Pandava brothers, whom it describes as ancestors of the Meos. Finally, it ends with verses in praise of its composer, an early eighteenth century Meo Muslim called Sadullah Khan. 'Pandun Ke Kada' is the only Muslim form of the Mahabharat that exists. Sadullah Khan is regarded by the Meos as their 'national poet' ('qaumi shair'). Today, barring a few Mirasis, no one else can recite the Pandun Ke Kada.

Excursions

• Vijay Mandir Palace (10km)
• Jaisamand Lake (6Km)
• Siliserh Lake and palace( 13km)
• Viratnagar (66km)
• Sariska(42km)
• Sariska Palace
• Hope Circus (Middle place of the old city)

Princely History

It is said that "Alwar" was formerly known as "Ulwar". As it was at last position in chronozical order then a king renamed it to "Alwar" to bring it at the top in chronozical order. The princely state of Alwar was founded by Pratap Singh, a Rajput of the Kachwaha lineage, in the second half of the 18th century. His adopted son, Bakhtawar Singh, aided the British against the Marathas. After the battle of Laswari (1803), Alwar became the first state of Rajputana to sign a treaty of 'Offensive and Defensive Alliance' with the British East India Company[1]. A few years later, Bakhtawar Singh ventured an armed incursion into neighbouring Jaipur, the senior Kachwaha state, and the erstwhile overlord of his predecessor. Bakhtawar Singh was defeated; a fresh engagement was made with him by the HEIC, prohibiting him from political intercourse with other states without British consent. During the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, Raoraja Bane Singh sent a force comprising mainly of Muslims and Rajputs, to relieve the British garrison in Agra. The Muslims deserted and the rest were defeated by the rebels.Pran Sukh Yadav ,who fought besides Rao Tula Ram of Rewari in 1857,settled along with the kins of dead soldiers at Village Nihalpura,Behror Tehsil,of Alwar District. A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince and is thus a principality taken in the broad sense. ... His Highness Rao Raja Shri Pratap Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur (1740 - November 1791) was the first ruler of the princely state of Alwar. ... Rajput (from the Sanskrit tatpurusha compound , son of a king) is a Caste among Hindus in India, Pakistan and Nepal. ... The Kachwaha (also spelled as Kacchavahas, Kachhawa, Kuchhwaha , Kushwaha, and includes Kacchapghata, Kakutstha, and Kurma) are a Suryavanshi Rajput clan which was ruling a number of kingdoms and princely states, including Jaipur, Alwar, Jammu and Kashmir, Amethi and Maihar, before Indias independence in 1947. ... The Marāthās (Marathi: मराठा)is a collective term referring to an Indo Aryan group of Hindu warriors and peasants hailing mostly from the present-day state of Maharashtra, who created a substantial empire, covering a major part of India, in the late 17th and 18th centuries AD. The Marathas... The Battle of Laswari took place on November 1, 1803 and was part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was one of the first joint-stock companies. ... Also known as the Pink City, Jaipur has a long, rich and colorful history. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company of investors, which was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intent to favour trade privileges in India. ... An engraving titled Sepoy Indian troops dividing the spoils after their mutiny against British rule gives a contemporary view of events from the British perspective. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... Rajput (from the Sanskrit tatpurusha compound , son of a king) is a Caste among Hindus in India, Pakistan and Nepal. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Following the independence of India in 1947, Alwar acceded unto the dominion of India. On March 18, 1948, the state merged with three neighbouring princely states (Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli) to form the Matsya Union. This union in turn merged unto the Union of India. On May 15, 1949, it was united with certain other princely states and the territory of Ajmer to form the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan.Jai Dayal Yadav and Prime Minister of Matsya Union Shobha Ram Kumawat played a vital role in spreading education in the rural areas of Alwar after independence. The Indian independence movement was a series of steps taken in the Indian subcontinent for independence from British colonial rule, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857. ... The Dominion of India was a political entity that existed between August 15, 1947 and January 26, 1950. ... Bharatpur is a city in Rajasthan state of India. ... Dholpur (also Dhaulpur) is a city in eastern Rajasthan state of India. ... Karauli (also Karoli or Kerowlee) is a town in Rajasthan state of India. ... The Matsya Union was a province of India which was formed in 1948 by the accession of four princely states, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli. ... ... A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince and is thus a principality taken in the broad sense. ... Ajmer   , or Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Indias Rajasthan state. ... Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ...

Rulers of Alwar state

• Pratap Singh Prabhakar Bahadur (1775 - 1791) Rao Raja of Alwar
• Bakhtawar Singh Prabhakar Bahadur (1791- 1815) Rao Raja of Alwar
• Bane Singh Prabhakar Bahadur (1815 - 1857) Maharao Raja of Alwar
• Sheodan Singh Prabhakar Bahadur (1857 - 1874) Maharao Raja of Alwar
• Mangal Singh Prabhakar Bahadur (1874 - 1892) Maharaja of Alwar
• Jai Singh Prabhakar Bahadur (1892 - 1937) Maharaja of Alwar
• Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur (1937-1971) Maharaja of Alwar

His Highness Rao Raja Shri Pratap Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur (1740 - November 1791) was the first ruler of the princely state of Alwar. ...

See also

Alwar (Lok Sabha constituency) Meo Alwar is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Rajasthan. ... Meo (Hindi: मेव, Urdu: میو) is a prominent Muslim Rajput tribe from Northern India and Pakistan. ...

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Alwar

• Brief history of princely Alwar
• History of District Alwar
• Alwar Information