Laxmangarh Fort ( hi, लक्ष्मणगढ़ किला) is a ruined old fort on a hill in the town

Laxmangarh Laxmangarh is a town in Sikar district of Rajasthan state in India. History Laxmangarh was founded by Rao Raja Lakshman Singh of Sikar Sikar is a city and municipal council in the Sikar district of the state of Rajasthan in India. It ...

of Sikar district of

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n state

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. Situated from Sikar, it was built by Rao Raja Lakshman Singh of

Sikar Sikar is a city and municipal council in the Sikar district of the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Sikar district. It is part of the Shekhawati region, which consists of Sikar, Churu and Jhunjhunu.Si ...

in 1805, who also founded a village in his own name as Laxmangarh in 1805. The most imposing building in this

town is its small fortress (owned by the Jhunjhunwala Family) which looms over the well laid out township on its west side. Laxman Singh, the Raja of Sikar, built the fort in the early 19th century after Kan Singh Saledhi besieged the prosperous town. The fort of Laxmangarh is a unique piece of fort

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in the whole world because the structure is built upon scattered pieces of huge rocks. The nearest thikana is Hameerpura and thakur sahab of Hameerpura was Late Thakur Pal Singh Shekhawat .

In popular culture

* The Laxmangarh Fort is a prominent symbol in Aravind Adiga's debut novel ''

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'', which won the

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in 2008.

References

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