Jodhpur (ind)

Jodhpur

Jodhpur ranks 2,321st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Alton, Illinois, Rockville, Maryland, and Uherské Hradiště. Memorable people born in Jodhpur include Jagat Gosain, Ashok Gehlot, and Mani Kaul. Jodhpur has been the birth place of many actors, and companions. Jodhpur is located in India.

Jodhpur is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan after its capital Jaipur. As of 2011, the city has a population of 1.03 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and Jodhpur division. It is historic capital of the Kingdom of Marwar, founded in 1459 by Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief of the Rathore clan. On 11 Aug, 1947 four days prior to the Indian independence, Maharaja Hanwant Singh, the last ruler of Jodhpur state signed the Instrument of Accession and merged his state in Union of India. On March 30, 1949, it became part of the newly formed state of Rajasthan, which was created after merging the states of the erstwhile Rajputana Agency. Read more on Wikipedia