Kankwadi or Kankwari is the site of Kankwadi fort and village, located in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in

Alwar district Alwar is a district in the state of Rajasthan in northern India, whose district headquarters is Alwar city. The district covers 8,380 km2. It is bound on the north by Rewari district of Haryana, on the east by Bharatpur district of Rajas ...

. The fort was founded by Jai Singh II as a famine work. A palace was built by

Pratap Singh Prabhakar Rao Raja Sri Sawai Pratap Singh Naruka was the founder king of Alwar State. He belonged to the Naruka clan of Kachhwaha dynasty. Henry Miers ElliotSupplemental Glossary of Terms Used in the North Western Provinces/ref>Henry Miers ElliotSupplemen ...

The village was evicted in 2009, but renovation works in the fort are going on to promote tourism. As of August 2016, only three families reside in the village below the fort, but their migration is in progress by the government. The fort remains open from October to July end throughout the year and anyone can visit it after renting a Safari Jeep from the Forest Office.

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Forts in Rajasthan Villages in Alwar district {{Rajasthan-geo-stub