Rani, Rajasthan
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RaniRani (Rajasthani
: राणी) is a city and a municipality
in Pali district
in the India
n state
of Rajasthan
. It lies on the Sukari River, a tributary of the Luni. It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad
-Delhi
railway line.
Rani-Station is the nearest railhead to famous Shri Parswanath Jain Nadol
. Some Jain temples are thousand year old. The temples are at distance of 7 km from Rani. In Rani itself the Sai Dham Temple, Shri Astapadh Jain Tirth are visitor attraction. Rani-Station has many small scale industries & Late Shri Nathraj Hingarh was pioneer in progress of small scale industries in Rani-Station.
Around 1940 Rani initially have only Railway station on Bombay Baroda Central Indian Railway (BB&CI).
Village & had its presence felt in Nadol
too & said to be originally descendants of Chauhan Dynasty and they migrated to Rani Station almost 150 years ago. Royal Hingarh family in Rani-station were more famous in Gorwar region (area comprising 102 villages, from southwest to northeast Rajasthan
) and were close to Jodhpur Naresh , Udaipur Naresh , Ghanerao Thacker and other thackers . Today products sold in Rani-station are from Jodhpur & other cities but in those days Hingarhs had monopoly and sold to Jodhpur, Sirohi, Bhinmal and other districts. They used to export in those days to Japan and other countries, and were the only civilians to supply parachute ribs to the Navy. Today the majority of the land called Hingarh Mohalla at Rani-Station proves history of Hingarh Royal Family which is spread across nearly 8 lakh square feet. Hingarh's HUF firm M/s Rikhabdas Sardarmal was top most firm in Godwad. And their Firm M/s Kesrimal Kundanmal was first to establish Umbrella industry in India. Today all descendants of Hingarh's in Rani-Station and Nadol are descendants of Nagar Sheth Shri Chandanbhanji Hingarh.
Sarkar : Sarkar word used for King.
Jodhpur Dynasty's kingdom was Vast & area being so big it used to be not possible for king to control full area & collect Taxes. So in turn King of Jodhpur used to screen charismatic personalities from his kingdom, who also should possess money power, muscle power & that areas basic lay man should treat that personality like King / God & then used to declare them as Thackers or Sarkar & allot them villages from 23 villages to 150, & powers equivalent to king. These Thackers or Sarkar used to solve Basic Laymans problem, contribute in developments in their area, Levy & collect taxes and partly pass some % from same to Jodhpur Naresh. As today a basic layman has to pay Income Tax & sales Tax to Government, similar those days a basic lay man had to pay taxes to King or alike.
Sarkar Laxmichandji had magnetic personality, worshipped as god by people in Gorwar region & was wealthiest in Gorwar region. All 8 Hingarh HUF firms flourished because of Sarkar Laxmichandji & as Bhamashah used to be ever ready for Maharana Pratap, Sarkar Laxmichandji used to be ever ready for Jodhpur Naresh. Sarkar Laxmichandji was bestowed few villages kingdom and had special place in darbar of Jodhpur Naresh and Udaipur Naresh. Sarkar Laxmichandji was close friend of Ghanerao Thacker and most often Ganerao Thacker and other thackers of godwad used to come to Haveli of Sarkar Laxmichandji Hingarh for Shahi lunch and Shahi Dinner in nadol, near Talao.
Today, Hingarh's have migrated to Calcutta, Mumbai, Vijaywada, Pune, Hubli, USA and Japan in search of business prospects. Kuldevi of Hingarhs is Shri Jogmaya Chaumundaji Mata is at Nadol
& this beautiful temple was built 150 years back by Hingarhs on Mountain & its Hingarh's private temple, though a basic layman of any caste is allowed to visit & do Darshan.
Royal RAJPUROHIT familys also lived at Rani-station. They are coming from Thikana's Pilowani, Vandar , Narwa , Punadia , etc.
The first rajpurohit family had came in rani station They were honored by MAHARAJA'S as RAJPUROHITin there Darbars.
The First Family Was come in the Rani "Mohan singh's They Are Belong From Narwa Rajpurohitan (sevad)in Nagor Dist.
They came in 1961 & Till Now living here. he had work in Sha .Prithviraj Nawlaji Jain's Firm . he was on the accountant post he was the head of the account department. This was the first firm in pali Dist. He Had dey in 1979 & now his family are living here THOSE ARE (1)SATYA SINGH his son
(2)Jitendra singh, Hanuman singh, Kamal kishor singh, & Kamlesh singh They are Grand son of MOHAN SINGH
natu bhai ka wada
Besides these there are many Jain Temples and Hindu Temples. The names of the Jain Temples in Rani is given below in "Jainism" sub-section. There is one mosque also near the police station.
, Dadai, Ghuralas etc. Basa Naiti Nora, for marriage functions with latest amenities is good stay.
, Rani had a population of 13,891. Males constitute 51.2% (7,117) of the population and females 48.8% (6,768). Rani has an average literacy rate of 71.13%. Male literacy is 80.6%, and female literacy is 61.19%. In Rani, 12.35% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The popular private schools of the city are : Mahaveer Sr. Sec School (Science Faculty), Sanatan Dharma sec. school, Ox-ford, Adarsh vidhya mandir, Tiny Totas, Deo pablic school, Emmanual schools etc.
Rani village is about 3 km. far from Rani station. It is a small village having beautiful fort.
Rani station is also divided into two parts by railway line- eastern area is called “main market or mahaveer bazaar” is famous for shopping- like saris & dress materials, jewellery shop, kirana shop etc. and western area is called “pratap bazaar” is always busy for busses, taxi, transport, trade and industrial work etc. Rani station has a large industrial area. It is famous for its marbles-stones and agriculture industry in pali district. The iron industry is widespread in this area, and is involved in making construction steel and agricultural implements like powrahs/spades. Rani-stations Sweets, Kachoris, Stones, Sarees are famous.
Rajasthani language
Rajasthani Rajasthani Rajasthani (Devanagari: , Perso-Arabic: is a language of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 50 million people in Rajasthan and other states of India and in some areas of Pakistan. The number of speakers may be up to 80 million worldwide...
: राणी) is a city and a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Pali district
Pali district
Pali District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Pali is the district headquarters.-History:...
in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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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...
. It lies on the Sukari River, a tributary of the Luni. It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
-Delhi
Delhi
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railway line.
Rani-Station is the nearest railhead to famous Shri Parswanath Jain Nadol
Nadol
Nadol is a census town in Desuri tehsil of Pali district, India. Ashapura Mataji temple and Shri Nadol Tirth are big attractions for pilgrims.-Demographics:According to Census 2001, Nadol has a population of 9,020, where male are 4,437 and female are 4,583....
. Some Jain temples are thousand year old. The temples are at distance of 7 km from Rani. In Rani itself the Sai Dham Temple, Shri Astapadh Jain Tirth are visitor attraction. Rani-Station has many small scale industries & Late Shri Nathraj Hingarh was pioneer in progress of small scale industries in Rani-Station.
Around 1940 Rani initially have only Railway station on Bombay Baroda Central Indian Railway (BB&CI).
First Royal Oswal Jain Family of Rani Station
Hingarh's's were first oswal's to migrate to Rani station for selling their goods in Rani mandi. They were originally from NadolNadol
Nadol is a census town in Desuri tehsil of Pali district, India. Ashapura Mataji temple and Shri Nadol Tirth are big attractions for pilgrims.-Demographics:According to Census 2001, Nadol has a population of 9,020, where male are 4,437 and female are 4,583....
Village & had its presence felt in Nadol
Nadol
Nadol is a census town in Desuri tehsil of Pali district, India. Ashapura Mataji temple and Shri Nadol Tirth are big attractions for pilgrims.-Demographics:According to Census 2001, Nadol has a population of 9,020, where male are 4,437 and female are 4,583....
too & said to be originally descendants of Chauhan Dynasty and they migrated to Rani Station almost 150 years ago. Royal Hingarh family in Rani-station were more famous in Gorwar region (area comprising 102 villages, from southwest to northeast 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...
) and were close to Jodhpur Naresh , Udaipur Naresh , Ghanerao Thacker and other thackers . Today products sold in Rani-station are from Jodhpur & other cities but in those days Hingarhs had monopoly and sold to Jodhpur, Sirohi, Bhinmal and other districts. They used to export in those days to Japan and other countries, and were the only civilians to supply parachute ribs to the Navy. Today the majority of the land called Hingarh Mohalla at Rani-Station proves history of Hingarh Royal Family which is spread across nearly 8 lakh square feet. Hingarh's HUF firm M/s Rikhabdas Sardarmal was top most firm in Godwad. And their Firm M/s Kesrimal Kundanmal was first to establish Umbrella industry in India. Today all descendants of Hingarh's in Rani-Station and Nadol are descendants of Nagar Sheth Shri Chandanbhanji Hingarh.
Sarkar : Sarkar word used for King.
Jodhpur Dynasty's kingdom was Vast & area being so big it used to be not possible for king to control full area & collect Taxes. So in turn King of Jodhpur used to screen charismatic personalities from his kingdom, who also should possess money power, muscle power & that areas basic lay man should treat that personality like King / God & then used to declare them as Thackers or Sarkar & allot them villages from 23 villages to 150, & powers equivalent to king. These Thackers or Sarkar used to solve Basic Laymans problem, contribute in developments in their area, Levy & collect taxes and partly pass some % from same to Jodhpur Naresh. As today a basic layman has to pay Income Tax & sales Tax to Government, similar those days a basic lay man had to pay taxes to King or alike.
Sarkar Laxmichandji had magnetic personality, worshipped as god by people in Gorwar region & was wealthiest in Gorwar region. All 8 Hingarh HUF firms flourished because of Sarkar Laxmichandji & as Bhamashah used to be ever ready for Maharana Pratap, Sarkar Laxmichandji used to be ever ready for Jodhpur Naresh. Sarkar Laxmichandji was bestowed few villages kingdom and had special place in darbar of Jodhpur Naresh and Udaipur Naresh. Sarkar Laxmichandji was close friend of Ghanerao Thacker and most often Ganerao Thacker and other thackers of godwad used to come to Haveli of Sarkar Laxmichandji Hingarh for Shahi lunch and Shahi Dinner in nadol, near Talao.
Today, Hingarh's have migrated to Calcutta, Mumbai, Vijaywada, Pune, Hubli, USA and Japan in search of business prospects. Kuldevi of Hingarhs is Shri Jogmaya Chaumundaji Mata is at Nadol
Nadol
Nadol is a census town in Desuri tehsil of Pali district, India. Ashapura Mataji temple and Shri Nadol Tirth are big attractions for pilgrims.-Demographics:According to Census 2001, Nadol has a population of 9,020, where male are 4,437 and female are 4,583....
& this beautiful temple was built 150 years back by Hingarhs on Mountain & its Hingarh's private temple, though a basic layman of any caste is allowed to visit & do Darshan.
Royal RAJPUROHIT familys also lived at Rani-station. They are coming from Thikana's Pilowani, Vandar , Narwa , Punadia , etc.
The first rajpurohit family had came in rani station They were honored by MAHARAJA'S as RAJPUROHITin there Darbars.
The First Family Was come in the Rani "Mohan singh's They Are Belong From Narwa Rajpurohitan (sevad)in Nagor Dist.
They came in 1961 & Till Now living here. he had work in Sha .Prithviraj Nawlaji Jain's Firm . he was on the accountant post he was the head of the account department. This was the first firm in pali Dist. He Had dey in 1979 & now his family are living here THOSE ARE (1)SATYA SINGH his son
(2)Jitendra singh, Hanuman singh, Kamal kishor singh, & Kamlesh singh They are Grand son of MOHAN SINGH
Hingarh Hospital
Hingarhs built Hingarh Hospital to provide for the health needs of the ordinary people of Rani-station & donated same to Government & currently also hospital is famous by Hingarh Rajkiya Hospital. Land where Hingarh Hospital is built was also donated solely by Hingarh's to government i.e. approx. 25000 sq ft (2,322.6 m²). This hospital was by Hingarhs & later as years passed local Jains contributed in expanding & renovating hospital by increasing facilities .rani patap bazar name and birth by kalluram sen first time start by hotel near railway station in 1943 that time no have any shop and house in partap bazar.Other Original families
Migration of Hingarhs was followed, in descending order, by the following families Dhokas, Rathores, Punmiyas, Semlanis, Parmaars, the Rankas from Sadri, Palrechas, and Baldotas. Of late, Chunnilalji Mehta migrated from Khimel and other recent migrants are not more than 40 years old. After Hingarh's giant presence, Dhoka's own good property in Rani-Station at Dhoka Gali & majority of dhokas are today in south India.Today some Khatik family lived in rani village. in the khatik family some chandel brothers are good post of rani and ahmedabad. some educated person in chandel in rani village. the Chandel family is great, big and royal family.The Seervi are also a big part of rani.They are staying since 1940.Places of worship
- Shri Ganpati Ashram - Holy pilgrimage for Hindu
- Shri Hanuman Temple
natu bhai ka wada
- Shri Sheetla Mata Temple (Pratap Bazar & Main Bazar)
- Shanishwar Temple Main Bazar
- Shri Charbhuja Temple
- Shri Ramdeo Temple
- Shri Gauri-Shankar Temple - Railway Colony
- Sai Dham Temple - Rani Station
- Shri Ashtapad Jain Thirth, Desuri Road
- Shri Kunthunath Jain Temple
- Shri Parshwa Nath Jain Temple
- Shri Jain Dadawadi Temple, Falna Road
- Mosque, Near Police Station
- Guru Dwara, Desuri Road
- chouhan builders near ganpati mandir
Besides these there are many Jain Temples and Hindu Temples. The names of the Jain Temples in Rani is given below in "Jainism" sub-section. There is one mosque also near the police station.
Visitor attractions around Rani
There are many temples around Rani and these are : Magnificent Shri Shantinath Jain temple, Astapadh Tirth Replica which was originally at Kailash Mountain, Shantinath Tirth, Simandharswami Tirth, Suparshwanath Tirth, Ganpati Aurvedic Ashram, Radhe-krishan Mandir, Hanuman Mandir, Sanwariya Temple, Sai baba, Ambaji Mandir, Shitla Mata Mandir, Mahadev Mandir, Shani Maharaj Mandir, Siya-ram Temple, Baba Ramdev Mandir, Bhairav ji Mandir etc. There are also a few picnic points, such as Sai Dham and Gori-shankar, around Rani. There is a mosque also situated there. There are large green grounds and high mountains like Rani village, KhimelKhimel
khimel is a village in Pali district, near Rani, Rajasthan, India.khimel is divided into two parts first is village and second is dhani most of people from there are shifted to Mumbai for their business...
, Dadai, Ghuralas etc. Basa Naiti Nora, for marriage functions with latest amenities is good stay.
Geography
Rani is located at 25.37°N 73.3°E. It has an average elevation of 273 metres (895 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
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, Rani had a population of 13,891. Males constitute 51.2% (7,117) of the population and females 48.8% (6,768). Rani has an average literacy rate of 71.13%. Male literacy is 80.6%, and female literacy is 61.19%. In Rani, 12.35% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education in Rani
Rani is an education centre of surrounding area. Rani has about many primary schools, 4 higher secondary schools and a college . Rani college (named L.P.S. girls college, Vidhyawadi) is one of the well known girls colleges in Gorwar. There is a most popular education centre of Gorwar circuit is "Marudhar Shishan Sanshthan, Vidhyawadi" at Rani. Vidhyawari is situated on Khimawat road and about 3 km. far from Rani station. It is a girls education centre having school, college, labs, library, hostels and school bus facilities. This centre has produced excellent results. Every year, the students from this school & college top in the District. It has separate departments for girls under graduate and post graduate students. These include Arts, Commerce, Home science and Computer science. Admission to Home Science is most sought after as this is the only college for girls in gorwar that offer studies in Home Science subjects. The Centre is well known for high results, healthy traditions, good discipline, experiments and projects. It enjoys very high reputation in the state and is a distinguished institution. Hingarh's played pioneer role at Shri Parswanath Jain Vidyalay, Varkana (Education Organisation) with other Royal Personalities & they had jajam in Varkana,Prerna vidhya mandir upper primary school, chanchori.The popular private schools of the city are : Mahaveer Sr. Sec School (Science Faculty), Sanatan Dharma sec. school, Ox-ford, Adarsh vidhya mandir, Tiny Totas, Deo pablic school, Emmanual schools etc.
Rani station and Rani village
Rani is divided into two parts- Rani station and Rani village.Rani village is about 3 km. far from Rani station. It is a small village having beautiful fort.
Rani station is also divided into two parts by railway line- eastern area is called “main market or mahaveer bazaar” is famous for shopping- like saris & dress materials, jewellery shop, kirana shop etc. and western area is called “pratap bazaar” is always busy for busses, taxi, transport, trade and industrial work etc. Rani station has a large industrial area. It is famous for its marbles-stones and agriculture industry in pali district. The iron industry is widespread in this area, and is involved in making construction steel and agricultural implements like powrahs/spades. Rani-stations Sweets, Kachoris, Stones, Sarees are famous.