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Kishangarh
Kishangarh is a city and a Municipal Council located in the Ajmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the historic capital of the Kishangarh State, founded in 1611 AD by Kishan Singh of the Rathore clan of Rajputs. It is served by Kishangarh Airport.
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- Locality
- Rari
- Region
- Rajasthan
- Country
- India
- Population
- 154,886
- Timezone
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Kishangarh is a city and a Municipal Council located in the Ajmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the historic capital of the Kishangarh State, founded in 1611 AD by Kishan Singh of the Rathore clan of Rajputs. It is served by Kishangarh Airport.
==Etymology== Kishangarh was founded in 1611 AD by Raja Kishan Singh Rathore, the eighth son of Raja Udai Singh of Jodhpur, on the banks of Gundaloo lake. The city is named after its founder, with "Kishan" representing the king's name and "garh," derived from Sanskrit, meaning "fort".