Rajasthan

[ rah-juh-stahn ]

noun

1. a state in NW India; formerly Rajputana and a group of small states. 132,078 sq. mi. (342,056 sq. km). : Jaipur.

Rajasthan

/ ˌrɑːdʒəˈstɑːn /

noun

1. a state of NW India, bordering on Pakistan: formed in 1958; contains the Thar Desert in the west; now the largest state in India. Capital: Jaipur. Pop: 56 473 122 (2001). Area: 342 239 sq km (132 111 sq miles)

Example Sentences

In 2012, the government of Rajasthan state sought the arrest of four Indian authors - Hari Kunzru, Ruchir Joshi, Amitava Kumar and Jeet Thayil - after they downloaded a few passages from the Satanic Verses and read them out at a literary festival in the city.

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Wildlife officials in the western state of Rajasthan have performed the first successful hatching of a chick through artificial insemination.

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To boost the bird's population, the government of Rajasthan collaborated with the federal government and the Wildlife Institute of India to launch a conservation breeding centre at Sam city in 2018.

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The court overturned an earlier interim order, which had instructed Rajasthan and Gujarat to prioritise moving power cables underground in great Indian bustard habitats.

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Mr Dookia says that one of the reasons renewable energy companies are flocking to Rajasthan is because of the low cost of land.

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