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'''Dhebar Lake''' (also known as '''Jaisamand Lake''') is [[India]]'s first and world's second oldest historical and largest artificial sweet water lake. <Ref>{https://www.gktoday.in/quiz-questions/jaisamand-lake-is-considered-as-the-second-largest-artificial-lake-in-the-world-and-first-in-asia-in-which-district-of-rajasthan-is-it-situated/}</ref> It is located in the [[Udaipur District]] of [[Rajasthan]] State in [[western India]]. It has an area of {{convert|87|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} when full, and was created at Namla Thikana (rathore-patvi)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Not Available|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36062|title=Rajputana Agency Political Branch|date=1907}}</ref>in the 17th century, when Rana Jai Singh of [[Udaipur]] built a marble dam across the [[Gomati River (Rajasthan)|Gomati River]]. It is about {{convert|45.0|km|mile|abbr=on}} from the district headquarters of Udaipur. When first built, it was the largest artificial lake in the world. The surrounding Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary around Dhebar Lake can be reached by the state highway to [[Banswara]] from Udaipur. It is about {{convert|17.0|km|mile|abbr=on}} from Salumbar (A sub-district headquarter on state Highway No. 32). Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary protects about {{convert|162.0|km2|ha|lk=in}}, mostly [[teak]] forest, on the shores of Dhebar Lake. The lake has three islands measuring from {{convert|10|to|40|acre|m2}} each. The Dhebar Lake Marble Dam is {{convert|300.0|m|ft|abbr=on}} long and is a part of the "Heritage Monuments of India". The dam also has the Hawa Mahal Palace, winter Capital of the erstwhile [[Maharana of Mewar|Maharanas of Mewar]]. 1687 to 1691 . The special thanks from [[Jai Singh of Mewar|Mharana of mewar]] to Thakur of [http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/namla]  Namla thikana for their support & kindness to [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Mewar&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=1&ns0=1] Mewar.

Dhebar Lake, built by Maharana Jai Singh in 1685, covers area of {{convert|36|sqmi|km2}}. The lake remained the largest artificial lake in the world till the building of the [[Aswan dam]] in [[Egypt]] by the British in 1902, that was reconstructed between 1960-1970.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} During the reign of Maharana Jai Singh (1680–1698), there was a great need for water for cultivation in Mewar's southeastern corner.The Land petan of [http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/namla Namla thikana (Rathore-patvi)] who were thakur of thikana gave to make special wonder of mewar .The Maharana emulated his father (Maharana Raj Singh I who built Rajsamand Lake) by damming a small river, the Gomati, and building a massive embankment; the height of the dam is 36.6&nbsp;meters. Jai Singh named the resultant lake Jaisamand after himself - its often-used nickname is 'Ocean of Victory' ('mand' meaning 'ocean'). On the day of its inauguration,  2 June 1691, Maharana Jai Singh walked around the dam charitably distributing gold equal to his own weight. The statistics of the lake is really amazing – {{convert|9|mi|km}} in breadth, {{convert|102|ft|m}} deep at its deepest end, a circumference of {{convert|30|mi|km}}, with marble staircases leading into the water. The summer palaces of the Queens of Udaipur surround Dhebar Lake on all sides.Maharna given special thanks to Namla thikana for their special land contribution . <ref>{{Cite book|last=Not Available|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36062|title=Rajputana Agency Political Branch|date=1907}}</ref>