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'''Bhainsrorgarh''' Fort or '''Bhainsror''' Fort is an ancient fort that has become a major tourist spot in the state of [[Rajasthan]], [[India]].<br />
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The nearest City is [[Rawatbhata]], 7&nbsp;km from Bhainsror. Distances from other major places are:<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! City<br />
! km<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]]<br />
| 50<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bundi]]<br />
| 90<br />
|-<br />
| [[Chittor]]<br />
| 125<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bhilwara]]<br />
| 150<br />
|-<br />
| [[Jaipur]]<br />
| 300<br />
|-<br />
| [[Jodhpur]]<br />
| 425<br />
|-<br />
| [[Indore]]<br />
| 370<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ujjain]]<br />
| 320<br />
|-<br />
| [[New Delhi]]<br />
| 550<br />
|}<br />
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==History==<br />
Bhainsrorgarh is an impregnable fort, the surrounding region being inhabited from at least the 2nd century BC.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515153|title=Rajputana Gazetteers The Mewar Residency Text Vol Ii-a|date=13 February 1908|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> The fort was originally built by a [[Bania (caste)|Baniya]] merchant named ''Bhainsa Sah'' and a [[Charan]] trader called ''Rora Charan'' who built it in order to protect their caravans from bandits. The fort owes its name to the conjunction of Bhansa and Rora.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jafa|first=Jyoti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18guEAAAQBAJ|title=Meera, Sanga and Mewar: The Remarkable Story of A Brave Rajput Princess and Her Legendary Devotion|date=2021-04-10|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=978-81-86939-85-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tod|first=Mookerji|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57704|title=Annals And Antiquities Of Rajasthan Vol.3|date=1920}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=SINGH|first=AMIT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0lmxDwAAQBAJ|title=RAJASTHAN POLICE CONSTABLE BHARTI PARIKSHA-2019-Competitive Exam Book 2021|date=2018-08-19|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5322-612-1|language=hi}}</ref> It is dramatically positioned between two rivers, the [[Chambal River|Chambal]] and Bamani. It had passed through the hands of several clans before becoming the seat of a premier noble of [[Mewar]], the large region around [[Udaipur]] and Princely State of the [[Sisodia]] clan. It contains five tanks, temples to Devi Bhim Chauri, [[Shiva]], and [[Ganesh]] and a palace that is for rent.<br />
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A fortified outpost of the kingdom of Mewar that included Chittorgarh and Udaipur, Bhainsrorgarh is located 235 kilometers northeast of Udaipur and 50 kilometers south of Kota and has a remarkable history. Built by Rawat Lal Singh (second son of Rawat Kesri Singh of Salumber), Bhainsrorgarh was granted as a jagir ( fiefdom ) by Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar in 1741 A.D.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bhainsrorgarh.com/theme_18/lib.plugins/the_fort.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141204115327/http://www.bhainsrorgarh.com/theme_18/lib.plugins/the_fort.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 December 2014|title=Bhainsrorgarh Fort hotels near Kota, Rajasthan, India|access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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Bhainsrorgarh held great importance to the Chundawat clan of Sisodia Rajputs, as it was granted to Rao Chunda after he renounced the Mewar throne for his yet to be born younger brother. As the eldest son of Rana Lakha, then ruler of Mewar, Chunda Ji was the heir apparent to the throne of Chittor.<br />
The Chief of Bhainsrorgarh was counted among the 16 first class nobles of Mewar and was conferred the title of ''Rawat'' by Maharana of Mewar.<br />
After the great Mughals kings into medieval [[India]], the Turks held it briefly but Banbir, son of Maldeo re-captured it from them in the time of [[Rana Hamir]] around AD 1330. When [[Kunwar Shakti Singh]] saved his brother [[Pratap Singh of Mewar#Shakti Singh Rescues the Rana Pratap|Shakti Singh rescues the Rana Pratap]] from the chasing Mughals in the [[Battle of Haldighati]], the Maharana awarded Bhainsror to Shakta's sons and it became a headquarters of the [[Shaktawat]] clan. Around 1741, Bhainsror was awarded to Rawat Lal Singh for killing an enemy of the Maharana Jagat Singh II of [[Udaipur]].<br />
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The present fort is around 260 years old and was built in the 1740s. Bhainsrorgarh fort has now been converted into a luxury heritage hotel run by the erstwhile royal family and is a very popular tourist spot for tourists from all around the world.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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==Architecture==<br />
Several excellent idols (sculptures) are mentioned in old architectural texts as being here but they may have been sent to museums. One, a sleeping [[Vishnu]], was considered by an early British archaeologist to be the most beautiful of all [[Hindu]] sculptures.<ref>Page 134, Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography, Volume 1 By Subodh Kapoor, Publisher Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd, 2002, {{ISBN|8177552988}}, 9788177552980</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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