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Siwana is a Municipality & Tehsil in Balotra district in Indian state of Rajasthan, located 151 km from Barmer. The place is known for its fort which is locally known as Gadh Siwana, Gadh means Fort. Siwana contains 130 villages and has a total population of 213,648, 111,155 male and 102,493 female.
The closest large city to Siwana is Balotra, 35 km from Siwana.
Fort
The ruined Siwana fort (Gadh Siwana) is situated on a hilltop. According to bardic tradition, Siwana was established by Vira-narayana, a son of the 11th century Paramara king Bhoja.
In 1308, Alauddin Khalji of Delhi Sultanate defeated Sitala Deva, the local ruler. To commemorate Sitala Deva's heroic defence of the fort, an annual fair called the Kalyan Singh Ka Mela is still held within the precincts of the fort in the month of Shraavana (July-Aug). Later, in 1318–20, Luntiga Chauhan stormed the fort of Siwana and slaughtered its Muslim garrison. It was later captured by the Rathors of Marwar and remained a part of Marwar until the independence of India. Siwana was the capital of Rao Chandrasen Rathore when he had opposed the Mughal emperor. Siwana was captured by Akbar in 1576, but was later restored to Raja Udai Singh of Marwar.
Temple
Haldeshwar Mahadev Temple, popularly known as Mini Mount, is situated in Siwana amidst the Aravali mountain ranges.
Notable people
The present MLA of Siwana is Hameer Singh Bhayal from BJP who defeated Sunil parihar from indefedent.. Motilal Oswal, an entrepreneur in the financial services space, was born in the small village of Padru in the Siwana tehsil.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sungai Jojari
- Daftar fam Papua
- Alauddin Khalji
- Daftar kota sensus di India tahun 2001
- Daftar kota sensus di India tahun 2011
- Siwana
- Siege of Siwana
- Kanhadadeva
- Siwana Assembly constituency
- Paramara
- Paramaras of Siwana
- Alauddin Khalji
- Jodha of Mandore
- Kumbha of Mewar
- Jagat Gosain
