Dewair
Village
Dewair is located in Rajasthan
Dewair
Dewair
Dewair is located in India
Dewair
Dewair
Dewair is located in Asia
Dewair
Dewair
Coordinates: 25°24′59″N 73°48′15″E / 25.416357372377686°N 73.80411989036456°E / 25.416357372377686; 73.80411989036456
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictRajsamand district
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Dewair or Dawer is a village in Rajsamand district, Rajasthan, India.[1] It has a population of 4480.[2] It is located on National Highway 48 (India) (earlier designated National Highway 8), 40 km from Kumbhalgarh and 22 km from Deogarh.[3]

This is the site of the Battle of Dewair (1582) in which Maharana Pratap defeated Mughal forces of Akbar and reclaimed the land that he had lost in the Battle of Haldighati, and the Battle of Dewair (1606) in which Amar Singh I fought Mughal forces of Jahangir.[4]

On 10 January 2012, a victory memorial commemorating the victory of Maharana Pratap at Dewair[5] was inaugurated by the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.[6]

References

  1. ^ India. Office of the Registrar General. (1953). "Census Reports – 1951". JSTOR saoa.crl.25804813. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ "Rural Development Department" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. ^ Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Rajsamand. Government Central Press. 2001. p. 296.
  4. ^ Saraswat, Akshay (9 May 2020). "Maharana Pratap – The Rajput Warrior who single-handedly fought Akbar's might". www.ibtimes.co.in. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Battle of Diwer: Another prominence of Dussehra from the history of Mewar". udaipurtimes.com. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ "जिला पोर्टल, राजस्थान सरकार।". Rajsamand.rajasthan.gov.in. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2022.


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