Historical facts about Marwar
- Historical facts about Marwar
* The Rathores of Jodhpur originally came from Ujjain.
* Rao Sinha was the founder of the Rathore dynasty of Jodhpur. He was the great grandson of Jaichand Garhwal of Kannauj.
* Rao Chunda was the first important rathore ruler of Marwar. A princess of the Parihar rulers of Mandore named Mohil married Chunda. This was during the era of rapid ascendency of the Rathod clan, and Chunda received Mandore in dowry. The town remained the seat of the Rathore clan until 1459 AD. He made mandore the capital of Marwar. He married his daughter Hansa Bai to the ruler of Mewar named Rana Lakha.
* On May 12, 1459 Rao Jodha founded Jodhpur city. His son Rao Bika founded Bikaner in 1486.
* The Battle of Sammel was fought between Sher Shah Suri and the commanders (Jaita and Kumpa) of Rao Maldeo in 1544.
* Muhnot Nansi is known as the 'Abul Fazl of Marwar'. He famous work include 'marwar ri pargana ri vigat' and 'nainsi ri khyat'.
* One of the most important ruler of Marwar was Maharaja Jaswant Singh. He fought the Battle of Dharmat against the combined forces of Aurangzeb and Murad in 1657. Durga Das was his famous courtier and his commander in chief too.
* Ajit Singh married his daughter Indrakuwari to the mughal ruler Farrukhsiyar.
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