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'''Kankwadi''' or Kankwari is the site of Kankwadi fort and village, located in the [[Sariska Tiger Reserve]] in [[Alwar district]]. | '''Kankwadi''' or Kankwari is the site of Kankwadi fort and village, located in the [[Sariska Tiger Reserve]] in [[Alwar district]]. | ||
The fort was founded by [[Jai Singh | The fort was founded by [[Jai Singh II]] as a famine work. A palace was built by [[Pratap Singh Prabhakar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/gazetteerofulwur00powliala|title=Gazetteer of Ulwur|first=P. W. (Percy William)|last=Powlett|date=28 September 1878|publisher=London : Trübner & co.|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> | ||
The village was evicted in 2009,<ref>http://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/Downloads/download_pdf.php?titleid=id_097_10_1399_1400_0</ref> but renovation works in the fort are going on to promote tourism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/now-who-s-crouching|title=Now, Who's Crouching? - OPEN Magazine|website=OPEN Magazine}}</ref> As of August 2016, only three families reside in the village below the fort, but their migration is in progress by the government. | The village was evicted in 2009,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/Downloads/download_pdf.php?titleid=id_097_10_1399_1400_0 |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-date=28 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928193552/http://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/Downloads/download_pdf.php?titleid=id_097_10_1399_1400_0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but renovation works in the fort are going on to promote tourism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/now-who-s-crouching|title=Now, Who's Crouching? - OPEN Magazine|website=OPEN Magazine}}</ref> As of August 2016, only three families reside in the village below the fort, but their migration is in progress by the government. | ||
The fort remains open from October to July end throughout the year and anyone can visit it after renting a Safari Jeep from the Forest Office. | The fort remains open from October to July end throughout the year and anyone can visit it after renting a Safari Jeep from the Forest Office. | ||
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[[Category:Forts in Rajasthan]] | [[Category:Forts in Rajasthan]] | ||
[[Category:Villages in Alwar district]] | [[Category:Villages in Alwar district]] | ||
{{Rajasthan-geo-stub}} | {{Rajasthan-geo-stub}} | ||