Daspan
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Daspan is a village in the Bhinmal
tehsil of Jalore district of Rajasthan
state in India
. It is 25 km west of Bhinmal
. The place is known for the heritage hotel Castle Durjan Niwas .
Castle Durjan Niwas is a small but beautiful fortress palace built in the early 19th century by the Rathore
Champawat clan of Marwar
. Many changes and additions were made into the old fortress and present structure is just a shadow of the original. The building was originally built in the Indo - European style of architecture with separate parts for ladies and gents.
Daspan thikana was founded in 1713 AD by grant of a jagir of two villages by then ruler of Marwar.
Most of the Jain people from village now reside in South India's cities and some of them in Mumbai.
Late Th Surajpal singhji son of late th Major Sambhu singhji Grandson of Lt Th Sagat singhji was thrice (1977 ,1980 and 1985) elected MLA of Bhinmal constituency and also became minister in Shivcharan mathur congress govt in 1989.
Smt Jaswant Kanwar wife of Lt Surajpal Singhji is Jilla Pramukh of Jalore District. Elected from 10 February 2010 onwards.
Dr Samarjit Singh son of Lt Surajpal Singhji remained MLA from 1998 to 2008 from bhinmal constituency of Jalore district , constituency from earlier his father Surajpal singhji was also MLA.At present he is President Congress party in Jalore.He is Vice President Chopasani education
executive of jodhpur.
At present Jaideep Singh younger son of Lt Th Surajpal Singhji is Sarpanch of Daspan Panchayat.
Rajasthan°N date=December 2010°W
Bhinmal
Bhinmal is a town in the Jalore District of Rajasthan, India. It is 72 km south of Jalore town. The name Bhinmal is derived from the word Shrimal.Bhinmal was old capital of the kingdom of the Gurjars during medieval period....
tehsil of Jalore district of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
state in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is 25 km west of Bhinmal
Bhinmal
Bhinmal is a town in the Jalore District of Rajasthan, India. It is 72 km south of Jalore town. The name Bhinmal is derived from the word Shrimal.Bhinmal was old capital of the kingdom of the Gurjars during medieval period....
. The place is known for the heritage hotel Castle Durjan Niwas .
Castle Durjan Niwas is a small but beautiful fortress palace built in the early 19th century by the Rathore
Rathore
The Rathore is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan same caste as Lohana. Their Kuldevi is Nagnechiya Mata and "Karani Mata". Rathores are originally from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh. Rathores are historically considered the samurais of India...
Champawat clan of Marwar
Marwar
Marwar is a region of southwestern Rajasthan state in western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. In Rajasthani dialect "wad" means a particular area. The word Marwar is derived from Sanskrit word 'Maruwat'. English translation of the word is 'The region of desert'., The Imperial Gazetteer...
. Many changes and additions were made into the old fortress and present structure is just a shadow of the original. The building was originally built in the Indo - European style of architecture with separate parts for ladies and gents.
Daspan thikana was founded in 1713 AD by grant of a jagir of two villages by then ruler of Marwar.
Most of the Jain people from village now reside in South India's cities and some of them in Mumbai.
Late Th Surajpal singhji son of late th Major Sambhu singhji Grandson of Lt Th Sagat singhji was thrice (1977 ,1980 and 1985) elected MLA of Bhinmal constituency and also became minister in Shivcharan mathur congress govt in 1989.
Smt Jaswant Kanwar wife of Lt Surajpal Singhji is Jilla Pramukh of Jalore District. Elected from 10 February 2010 onwards.
Dr Samarjit Singh son of Lt Surajpal Singhji remained MLA from 1998 to 2008 from bhinmal constituency of Jalore district , constituency from earlier his father Surajpal singhji was also MLA.At present he is President Congress party in Jalore.He is Vice President Chopasani education
executive of jodhpur.
At present Jaideep Singh younger son of Lt Th Surajpal Singhji is Sarpanch of Daspan Panchayat.
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Rajasthan°N date=December 2010°W