Jaswantpura is a village in the Jahlore district of

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. It is the headquarters of Panchayat Samiti (block) and a part of the Jaswantpura subdivision; before 1947, it was the headquarters of the

Pargana Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...

. The village was declared a

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in the Rajasthan budget 2012–13, and is named after the ruler of

Marwar Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of western Rajasthan state in North Western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. The word 'maru' is Sanskrit for desert. In Rajasthani languages, "wad" means a particular area. English tran ...

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Maharaja Jaswant Singh Jaswant Singh Rathore (26 December 1626 – 28 December 1678) was a Maharaja of Marwar in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan. He was a distinguished man of letters and author of "Siddhant-bodh", "Anand Vilas" and "Bhasa-bhusan". Early l ...

History

Raja Mansingh Pratihara was ruling the

Bhinmal Bhinmal (previously Shrimal Nagar) is an ancient town in the Jalore District of Rajasthan, India. It is south of Jalore. Bhinmal was the capital of the Bhil king, then the capital of Gurjaradesa, comprising modern-day southern Rajasthan and nor ...

, Jalore when the

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emperor

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invaded it after defeating ManSingh he divided conquered territories equally among his four sons- this event ended almost 250year old

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rule over bhinmal Deval Singh Pratihara, son of Raja Man Pratihar, was a contemporary of King Mahipala Parmar of Abu (1000–1014 AD). King Devalsinh made several attempts to free his country or to reestablish the Pratihara hold on Bhinmal, but in vain. He settled for territories in the southwest of Bhinmal, consisting of four hills - Dodasa, Nadavana, Kala-Pahad and Sundha. He made Lohiana (present Jaswantpura) his capital. His descendants came to be known as Dewal Rajputs Gradually, his jagir consisted of 52 villages in and around the modern Jalore district.today these villages are populated by his descendants.The Loyana Garh is the capital of a thikana of 52 villages (Kalapura to Karada) of Deval Rajputs. Legends in

Padmanābha Padmanābha was a 15th-century Indian poet and historian. He has been hailed as the Yug Charan (Charan of the Era) for commemorating Kanhadade's struggle in his famous treatise "Kanhadade Prabandha", written in 1455. This work has been praised a ...

's ''

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'' (15th century) and ''

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'' (17th century) claim that a daughter of the Delhi Sultan

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fell in love with

Viramadeva Viramadeva (died c. 1311) was the son of the Jalore Chahamana king Kanhadadeva. He was crowned during Alauddin Khalji's invasion of Jalore, and was killed in the conflict 2½ days later. Legend Legends in Padmanābha's ''Kanhadade Praban ...

("Viramade"). The ''Kanhadade Prabandha'' names the Delhi princess as Piroja, and mentions that Alauddin offered to marry her to the Viramadeva, stating the couple had also been married in several previous births.He even visited Jalor, where he was treated well because he behaved like a Hindu. However, the Chahamana prince Viramadeva rejected the offer as an insult. leading to Alauddin's invasion of Jalore.The Deval Pratihara Rajputs of jaswantpura participated in the resistance along with Chauhan emperor

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and his son

of Jalore against

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.The prince was later killed in a battle. During his struggle against the Mughal emperor

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stayed in Loyana Garh for some time and married the daughter of Loyana Garh Thakur Rai Dhaval Singh Dewal. Later, Maharana Pratap gave the title of

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to Rai Dhaval. There was a misunderstanding between the Maharajas of

and Loyana Garh. The Sardars of Loyana Garh rebelled against the then

of Jodhpur, who quelled the rebellion after two failed attempts. After he conquered Loyana Garh, he changed its name to Jaswantpura.

Geography

Jaswantpura is located at . The total geographical area of the village is 334.3 hectares.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of Jaswantpura was 4,399 with a male population of 2,235 and a female population of 2,164.Jaswantpura VILLAGE population

Transportation

The Sagi River flows through the town. The nearest airport to Jaswantpura is in

Udaipur Udaipur () (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic capit ...

Raniwara Raniwara is a town in Jalore District of Rajasthan state in India. Situated 35 km south of the Bhinmal on Jalore-Sanchore road, it is headquarters of the tehsil by Raniwala Kallan. Raniwara is 109 km from Mount Abu and 20 km from ...

is the nearest railway station. Most of the commuting is done via buses and

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