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Nomads of Rajasthan, Pushkar Fair. Nomads are known as a group of communities who travel from place to place for their livelihood. Some are salt traders, fortune-tellers, conjurers, ayurvedic healers, jugglers, acrobats, actors, storytellers, snake charmers, animal doctors, tattooists, grindstone makers, or basketmakers.
The Indira Gandhi Canal irrigates northwestern Rajasthan. Rajasthan is the largest producer of rapeseed, bajra, mustard and wool in India and the second largest producer of oilseeds and spices and milk. Rajasthan is third largest producer of soya bean and coarse cereals in India. [11] Rajasthan is also the leading producer of milk in North India.
Rajasthan had a massive movement to unite the Hindus and Muslims to worship God together. Saint Baba Ramdevji was adored by Muslims, equally as he was by Hindus. Mostly Rajasthani people speak the Marwari language. [15] Saint Dadu Dayal was a popular figure who came from Gujarat to Rajasthan to preach the unity of Ram and Allah. Sant Rajjab was ...
The first mention of the word Rajasthan comes from the works of George Thomas (Military Memories) and James Tod (Annals). Rajasthan literally means the Land of Kingdoms. However, western Rajasthan and eastern Gujarat were part of "Gurjaratra". [3] The local dialects of the time use the expression Rājwār, the place or land of kings, later ...
Rural Non Farm Development Agency (RUDA) is an agency of the Government of Rajasthan established in 1995 to promote the Rural Non-Farm Sector (RNFS) in Rajasthan state. It promotes sustainable rural livelihoods in the rural non farm sector. [1]
The major livelihood of the district is farming; major crops include rice, millet, cotton, sonamukhi , wheat, and vegetables. It is called the food basket of Rajasthan along with Sri Ganganagar. It is the 31st district of Rajasthan. It was made as district on 12 July 1994 from Ganganagar district.
The history of human settlement in the western Indian state of Rajasthan dates back to about 100,000 years ago. Around 5000 to 2000 BCE many regions of Rajasthan belonged as the site of the Indus Valley Civilization. Kalibangan is the main Indus site of Rajasthan, here fire altars have been discovered, similar to those found at Lothal. [1]
A piece of Gau-char bhoomi called bani measuring about 18,000 bighas under gram panchayat Buhana is a place for wildlife preservation that provides a livelihood to all communities of cattle breeders and a pollution-free environment to its surroundings.