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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 conjuction 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.

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|archiveurl=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>