Thakur Nahar Singh Jasol (born 12 October 1936) is a 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...

n author of Hindi, English and 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...

 language works on subjects such as folk tales, history, and rajasthani literature. He is also a translator of Gujarati

Gujarati language

Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...

 books to Rajasthani and Hindi.

Career

Jasol completed his Matric from Chopasani School in Jodhpur in 1953, and received his Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 from SMK College in Jodhpur

Jodhpur

Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...

 in 1959. He was appointed as Naib-Tehsildar Pachpadra in 1960 however, he left the position to work in agriculture from 1960 to 1980.
In 1980 Jasol became Assistant Director of Mehrangarh Fort

Mehrangarh Fort

Mehrangarh Fort, located in Jodhpur city in Rajasthan state, is one of the largest forts in India.The fort is situated 400 feet above the city and is enclosed by imposing thick walls. Inside its boundaries there are several palaces known for their intricate carvings and expansive courtyards. A...

. He was elevated to the post of Director of Mehrangarh Fort and worked in the same position from 1982 to 1999. During this period he also served as the Sarpanch

Sarpanch

A sarpanch is a democratically elected head of a village level statutory institution of local self-government called the gram panchayat in India and Pakistan. He, together with other elected Panchas , constitute the Gram Panchayat. The Sarpanch is the focal point of contact between government...

 of Jasol from 1980 to 1990.
He was elected as Pradhan

Pradhan

Pradhan is a high, generally ministerial, title of Sanskrit origin in cultures of Hindu tradition, mainly in and around the Indian subcontinent. Pradhan literally means "Prime"...

 of Panchayat Samiti

Panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti is a local government body at the tehsil or Taluka level in India. It works for the villages of the Tehsil or Taluka that together are called a Development Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat and the district administration. There are a number of...

, Balotra

Balotra

Balotra is a city in Barmer District of Rajasthan state in India. It is about 100 km from Jodhpur. The town is famous for hand block printing and textile industry and for an annual desert and tribal fair at Tilwara. The town is well connected with Jodhpur by rail and buses at frequent...

 in 1995 as an independent candidate and served as the Chief Administrator of the City Palace in Udaipur from 1999 to 2003.