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  Bharatpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The town was named Bharatpur after Bharata, a brother of Lord Rama, whose other brother Laxman is the family deity of the erstwhile royal family of Bharatpur.
The city and the fort of Bharatpur have been believed to be founded by Rustam, a Jat chieftain belonging to the Sogariya clan.
With the decline of the mughal empire in the early 17th century, the Jats established a state in the Mewat region south of Delhi, with its capital at Deeg.
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 Info and facts on 'Bharatpur'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Bharatpur is a district pace in Rajasthan (additional info and facts about Rajasthan) in India (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947).
Bharatpur was once an impregnable well fortified city, carved out of the region formerly known as Mewat.
The interesting aspect of the Bharatpur history is the domination of Jats (A member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs) in the region since 17th century.
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Bharatpur district lies in the most eastern part of the the State.
Bharatpur Feeder and Gurgaon Canal are also extending the irrigation facilities in the district.
Bharatpur, Bayana and Nadbai the important business centres of the district are well connected by railways.
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 Bharatpur Wildlife Sanctuary,Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary,Bharatpur National Park
Bharatpur is well connected by road from Agra (56-kms, 5 hours), Delhi (176-kms, 5 hours) and Jaipur (176-kms, 6 hours), all of which have airport facilities too.
Bharatpur Govenment Museum : One of the major attention grabber after the Bharatpur sanctuary is Government Museum of Bharatpur, which provides a glimpse of the past royal splendour of Bharatpur.
Bharatpur Palace : Not far from the museum is the Bharatpur Palace, an marvellous structural blend of Mughal and Rajput architecture.
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 BHARATPUR Rajasthan
Bharatpur is considered as the Eastern Gateway to Rajasthan.
Of the remnants of the royal past remains the marvellous Bharatpur Palace housing a rich repository of a large number of ancient exhibit that date back to the early 15th century.
Bharatpur Palace - This royal monument is a brilliant blend of Mughal and a Rajput architecture.
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 Bharatpur Tours,Bharatpur India Tours,Bharatpur Wildlife Tours in Bharatpur
Bharatpur is today known as the country's finest bird sanctuary, but before independence its fame was more generic.
In a sense Bharatpur is the legacy of Churaman, a Jat overlord whose forces were a source of constant irritation to the Mughals in the late 17th century.
North of Bharatpur is this beautiful garden town, the gardens have been laid with great care and precision, the sparkling fountains and meticulous palaces add to he beauty of this idyllic retreat of the princes of Bharatpur.
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 Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary,Bharatpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Bharatpur,Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in India
Bharatpur wildlife reserve is truly a fantasy of feathers kingdom, where time take wings.
The Bharatpur coat of arms is understandably a deviation from the usual Rajput ensigns which feature either the sun or the moon.
Bharatpur’s emblem has neither of these, for the Jats descended neither from the sun nor the moon.
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The airport at Agra is the nearest to Bharatpur.
Bharatpur is a wonderful wintering haunt of the likes of the Siberian Crane till the month of March.
The other must visit of the town is the Bharatpur fort or the Lohagarh the royal residence of the Jat chieftain, Raja Surajmal, the one who had attacked the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort too.
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 Bird watching Trip Report from RAJASTHAN,INDIA
Good numbers of this species at Bharatpur, with juveniles, immatures and adults all present.  It is estimated that Bharatpur is holding up to 60 of this species this winter.  Some of the "white tear-drop" plumaged juveniles were seen well, perched in jheel-side trees.
Noted in large numbers at Bharatpur on the 20th, 21st and 24th, around Bund Baretta on the 22nd and in swampy/marshy areas along the east-bank of the Yamuna River at Noida on the 26th.
Three at the Jal Mahal tank, Jaipur on the 14th, one at Bharatpur on the 20th and a minimum of 2 on the east-bank of the Yamuna River on the 26th.
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 Bharatpur Travel Guide, Bharatpur City Guide, Bharatpur Places of Interest
Lohagarh (Iron Fort): Underrated by most visitors to Bharatpur who head for its National Park and Bird Sanctuary, the fort held by the Jat rulers of this state has bastions of sand that were strong enough to absorb the impact of canonshells that simply embedded themselves within it.
The huge palatial building Kachahari Kalan, once the administrative block of the rulers of Bharatpur State, was converted into a museum in 1944 AD later on, Kamra Khas (personal chamber) building on the first floor was added to the museum.
The Jat rulers of Deef and Bharatpur were influenced by the grandeur of the Mughal courts of Agra and Delhi.
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 Bharatpur
Bharatpur occupies an area of Rajasthan that is adjacent to Madya Pradesh.
The manager of the showroom was summoned by the Maharaja and he bought several cars and he insisted that the young salesman accompany them to India.
Bharatpur joined the Indian union in 1947 and was guaranteed an annual privy purse of 37,500 pounds (GB).
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 .:: Bharatpur Height ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Bharatpur Height is situated in a prime location in Bharatpur, Chitwan.
It is few minutes away from the Bharatpur Airport and close to the town of Narayanghat, which lies along the bank of river Narayani.
Bharatpur Heights is also an ideal place for those who want to break their timing journey while coming from east to west or any part of Nepal.
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Bharatpur is popular for its bird sanctuary near the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, which is the finest in Asia with a rich avian variety.
The coronation ceremony of the Jat rulers of Bharatpur was also held at the Jawahar Burj.
Keoladeo National Park: Once the royal hunting reserve of the princes of Bharatpur, it is one of the finest bird sanctuaries in the world, inundated with over 400 species of water birds.
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 Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India , birds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Unfortunately, the pair did not winter in Bharatpur for two years in succession (2003 and 2004) and it is likely that this species is now extinct in India.
How to reach: Bharatpur in Rajasthan is south west of New Delhi on National Highway 11 and is connected by road to Agra (60km), Jaipur (180 km) and New Delhi (175 km via Fatehpur Sikri and Agra).
Bharatpur is easily reached by train or bus, although private taxis from New Delhi or Agra are most often used.
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 Bharatpur Travel,India Bharatpur Travel,Bharatpur Travel Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
On the Agra-Jaipur highway, Bharatpur was a Royal hunting retreat.
Bharatpur, however is more famous for its proximity to Kaladeo Ghana National Park which has the largest concentration and variety of birdlife in all of Asia.
By Road Bharatpur is located 56 kms from Agra and 200 kms from Jaipur on the Jaipur-Agra highway.
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 "Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary",Bharatpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan
Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary at Bharatpur is one of the most important breeding and feeding grounds for migratory birds in the world.
Bharatpur was given National Park status in 1982 to control visitors, and offer protection from illegal grazing.
Bharatpur is the Siberian Crane's only known wintering ground in India; at last count, only 2 cranes nested at the park, definitely a cause for worry.
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 bharatpur bird sanctuary, Keoladeo Ghana National Park
While many of India's parks have been developed from the hunting preserves of princely India, Keoladeo Ghana is perhaps the only case where the habitat has been created by a maharaja.
A third of them are migrants, many of whom spend their winters in Bharatpur, before returning to their breeding grounds, as far away as Siberia and Central Asia.
Migratory birds at Keoladeo include, as large a bird as Dalmatian pelican, which is slightly less than two meters, and as small a bird as Siberian disky leaf warbler, which is the size of a finger.
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Bharatpur is popular for its bird sanctuary-the Keoladeo Ghana National Park – finest in Asia with a rich avian variety.
The coronation ceremony of the Jat rulers of Bharatpur was also held at the Jawhar Burj.
Deeg (32 km) Once the summer resort of the rulers of Bharatpur, it served as the second capital of the region.
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 Bharatpur - Haryana Online - Kingdom of Jats - Suraj Mal - India - Birding - Birder
Of the two gates in the fort, one in the north is known as Ashtdhaatu (eight metalled) gate while the one facing the south is called Chowburja (four-pillared) gate.
A visit to Bharatpur would undoubtedly be incomplete without a visit to the world famous Keoladeo National Park, also known as Ghana Bird Sanctuary.
Among the royal guests of the Bharatpur ruler were visitors from Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia and few other countries who entertained themselves with the royal game of duck shooting at the sanctuary.
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 InfoHub Forums - Bharatpur - Keoladeo Ghana National Park in India?
Bharatpur is the real kingdom of Avian fauna in India with not less than 377 bird species already spotted.
According to tradition the name of Bharatpur is traced to Bharat, the brother of lord Rama of Ayodhya whose other brother Laxman was given the high place of family deity of the ruling family of Bharatpur.
Bharatpur, which is also called the Eastern gateway of Rajasthan, was found by Maharaja Suraj mal in 1733 AD.
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 Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary,Bharatpur Bird Watching in Bharatpur National Park
Keoladeo Ghana or Bharatpur Bird Santuary is situated just two km from the town of Bharatpur and 176 km away from Delhi by train or road and 50 km away from Agra.
Bharatpur was a small princely state, with no forests worth the name.
Bharatpur Palace : Not far from the museum is the marvellous structural of Bharatpur Palace, which exhibit the blend of Mughal and Rajput architecture.
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 Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary,Travel to Bharatpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Bharatpur
The Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is 57 km from Agra on Delhi-jaipur highway.
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary or Keoladeo Ghana Natiuonal Park is one of the finest bird sanctuaries in the world.
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary was brought to public notice by ornithologist Salim Ali.
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 Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary,Bird Sanctuary Bharatpur,Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur,Bharatpur Wildlife Sanctuary ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
There are only two wintering places for this rare species -one in Iran and the other Bharatpur and these beautiful birds with their distinctive red beaks and facial patches, fly over 6400 km from their summer retreats in Siberia, to get to them.
In 1996, there was great jubilation as a couple of Siberian cranes with a young one made an appearance in Bharatpur after a lapse of three years.
The forests around the lake at Bharatpur harbor the sambar, chital, nilgai, jackal, hyena, fox, mongoose and porcupine.
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 Indbazaar - Travel Now :: Bharatpur Keoladeo Ghana National Park - Rajasthan
Situated 55 kms by road from Agra, Bharatpur is on the confluence of the Ruparel and Bharatganga rivers and the eastern gateway to Rajasthan.
Once the hunting estates of the Maharajas of Bharatpur, it was converted into a bird sanctuary in 1956 by the late Maharaja Brijendra Singh who devoted many of his retired years establishing it.
Deeg, 32 kms from Bharatpur was once a summer retreat of the rulers of Bharatpur and is an interesting town with magnificent palaces.
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 Bharatpur & Tigers with extension for Bustards & Cranes Bird Watching Report
Only 2 or 3 at Bharatpur this winter but this was compensated for at a carcass dump near Jodhpur on 13th by a gathering of some 50 birds (nearly all first-years).
A variety of races are found in India in winter, most that we had were probably of the ssp dukhunensis but 2 at the tea stop on the first day and one at Khichan on 10th were of the distinctive form personata which has been suggested to be specifically distinct as Masked Wagtail.
This cat was sunning itself on a low branch near the barrier at Bharatpur in the late afternoon of 2nd; although pointed out as "Jungle Cat" examination of Dave’s photos show it to be a Wild Cat, southern forms of which are often separated as Desert Cat F.
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 Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary India,Bharatpur Wildlife Bird Sanctuary,Indian Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur
The Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is situated between Agra and Jaipur and is home to a variety of bird species from across the globe.
The major attractions of tourists visiting the park are the numerous migratory birds, who come from as far away as Siberia and Central Asia and spend their winters in Bharatpur, before returning to their breeding grounds.
Bharatpur Wildlife Sanctuary is open throughout the year, still the ideal visiting months are from August-November for resident breeding birds and October- February for migrant birds.
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 Cities of India,Bharatpur India,Bharatpur Tours,Bharatpur Travel,Bharatpur Tour Packages
Bharatpur was the capital of a princely state merged with several neighboring princely states to form Rajasthan Union, now Rajasthan State.
All visitors are required to obtain a permit from the Warden or Ranger at the entrance of the parl.
Bharatpur Fort-This magnificient 18th century fort built by Raja Suraj Mal was also known as Loha Gadh and proved to be impregnable.
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 Bharatpur Travel, Travel to Bharatpur Rajasthan, Bharatpur Sanctuary Travel
The history of Bharatpur goes back to the epic age of Mahabharta when the Matsya kingdom flourished in the 5th century BC.
Bharatpur was the stronghold of the Jats in the 17th and 18th century.
Their fort in Bharatpur even withstood attacks from the British in 1805 and 1825 but later they signed a treaty of friendship with the East India Company.
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