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'''Laxmangarh Fort''' ({{lang-hi|लक्ष्मणगढ़ किला}}) is a ruined old fort on a hill in the town [[Laxmangarh]] of [[Sikar district]] of [[India]]n state [[Rajasthan]]. Situated {{convert|30|km}} from Sikar, it was built by Rao Raja of [[Sikar]], Laxman Singh in 1862, who also founded a village in his own name as Laxmangarh in 1864.<ref>{{cite web |title=Laxmangarh |url=http://sikar.nic.in/laxmangarh.htm |publisher=[[Sikar district]] Official website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201031557/http://www.sikar.nic.in/laxmangarh.htm |archivedate=2011-02-01 }}</ref><br />
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The most imposing building in this [[Laxmangarh]] town is its small fortress (owned by the Jhunjhunwala Family) which looms over the well laid out township on its west side. Laxman Singh, the Raja of Sikar, built the fort in the early 19th century after Kan Singh Saledhi besieged the prosperous town. The fort of Laxmangarh is a unique piece of fort [[architecture]] in the whole world because the structure is built upon scattered pieces of huge rocks. The nearest thikana is Hameerpura and thakur sahab of Hameerpura was Late Thakur Pal Singh Shekhawat .<ref>http://laxmangarh.in/</ref><br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
* The Laxmangarh Fort is a prominent symbol in [[Aravind Adiga|Aravind Adiga's]] debut novel ''[[The White Tiger (Adiga novel)|The White Tiger]]'', which won the [[Man Booker Prize]] in 2008.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://wikimapia.org/4376340/laxmangarh-fort Laxmangarh Fort] at [[wikimapia]]<br />
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