Chittorgarh district

district of Rajasthan, India

thumb|The Rajput ceremony of Jauhar, 1567, as depicted by Ambrose Dudley in Hutchinsons History of the Nations, Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, was a practice of mass self-immolation by Rajput kshatriya women and girls in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, sex slavery, enslavement, and rape when facing certain defeat during a war. Some reports of jauhar mention women committing self-immolation along with their children, Jauhar performed to avoid rape and necrophilia by the invading armies. This practice was historically observed in the northwest regions of India, with the mo

siege by the Mughal forces of Akbar of the Mewari Rajput fort of Chittorgarh.

Lok Sabha Constituency in Rajasthan

constituency of the Rajasthan legislative assembly in India

constituency of the Rajasthan legislative assembly in India

constituency of the Rajasthan legislative assembly in India

constituency of the Rajasthan legislative assembly in India

constituency of the Rajasthan legislative assembly in India