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Rajasthan Current Affairs September 2017: P3

Rajasthan Current Affairs September 2017: See Part II Rajasthan Current Affairs Summary September 2017:Part III Dungarpur Joins ODF district list Dungarpur became the seventh Open Defecation Free (ODF) district of Rajasthan. It is also the first tribal district to achieve this status. Before Dungarpur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Churu, Chittorgarh, Jhunjhunu & Pali have been declared as Open Defecation […]

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Rajasthan Current Affairs Summary September 2017:Part 2

Rajasthan Current Affairs September 2017: See Part I Rajasthan Current Affairs Summary September 2017:Part II Rajasthan State Cooperative Awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded Rajasthan State Cooperative Bank (APEX Bank) for their excellent cooperative banking service in the programme organised to celebrate the birth centenary celebration of Laxmanrao Inamdar, leader of Cooperative Movement and founder of Sehakar

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Rajasthan Current Affairs Summary September 2017: P1

Tiger reintroduction in Mukundra Hills Reserve National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) gave in principle approval that tigers could be reintroduced to Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve by December 2017. Hence, in first phase, three tigers, two female and one male are proposed to be shifted most probably from Ranthanmbore National Park (RNP) to Mukundra Hills. Mukundra Hills

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1680: Battle of Udaipur and Aravalli Hills

In 1680, Mughal ruler Aurangzeb attacked Mewar, result of which, multiple battles took place in Aravalli region, major being battle of Udaipur. While Aurangzeb plundered the city of Udaipur destroying temples & forts, eventually, Rana Raj Singh of Mewar and Durga Das Rathore were able to defeat the enemy. Background of the Battles of Aravalli

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Maratha in Rajasthan

The Rajput were first exposed to Maratha’s during the time when Aurangzeb sent Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur & Jai Singh of Amer were sent to Deccan to subdue Shivaji. They failed in the process but admired Shivaji’s spirit for independence, his concern for preserving Hindu culture and his fight against all odds with Aurangzeb. However,

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