Dausa

This article is about the municipality in Rajasthan, India. For its namesake district, see Dausa district.
Dausa
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city
Dausa

Location in Rajasthan, India

Coordinates: 26°53′N 76°20′E / 26.88°N 76.33°E / 26.88; 76.33Coordinates: 26°53′N 76°20′E / 26.88°N 76.33°E / 26.88; 76.33
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Dausa
Elevation 327 m (1,073 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 61,589
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Website www.dausa.rajasthan.gov.in

Dausa (Devanagari: दौसा) is a city and administrative headquarters of Dausa district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is 55 km from Jaipur, 100 km from Hindaun City, 240 km from Delhi and situated at NH-11. It is also known as "Dev Nagari."

In April 2015, Dausa reached infamy due to the death of a well off [1][2] resident farmer Gajender Singh, of Jhamarwada village, during a political rally in Delhi. [3][4] [5]The resultant national furore on the media brought attention to the larger issue of farmer suicides during the last decade in India, the current agrarian crisis, the issue of seed monopolies by companies like Monsanto and the apathy of the central and state governments to this issue.[6] [7] [8] [9]

History

The city of Dausa is situated in the north-eastern region of Rajasthan, a region widely known as Dhundhar it was ruled by Gurjars. Dausa was an important political place for Dhundhar region. The Gurjar ruler Manthan Dev ruled this region during the 9th century AD is evident from Rajor inscription.

As Dausa city is surrounded by Mahadev in five directions (Nilkanth, Gupteshwer,Sahajnath, Somnath and Baijnath),so it was named from Sanskrit word "Dhau and Sa". 'Dhau' means Swarg sa (Like Heaven) and 'Sa' means Sundar ( Beautiful). Means Swarg sa Sundar ( Beautiful like Heaven).

Dausa has given prominent freedom fighters to the nation. Late Shri Tikaram Paliwal & Late Shri Ram Karan Joshi were amongst the freedom fighters who gave their valuable contribution for fight for independence and for amalgamation of the Princely States to form Rajasthan State. Late Shri Tikaram Paliwal was the first elected Chief Minister of Rajasthan in 1952 after independence. Also, Late Shri Ram Karan Joshi was the First Panchayati Raj Minister of the Rajasthan state who submitted the First Panchayati Raj Bill in the Vidhansabha in 1952.

The famous poet of the traditional worship by poetry, Sant Sunderdas was born on Chaitra Shukla Navami in Vikram Samvat 1653 in Dausa. He was a renowned Nirgun Panthi Sant and wrote 42 famous Grantha, out of which Gyan Sundaram & Sunder Vilas are famous.

Geography

Dausa is located at 26°53′N 76°20′E / 26.88°N 76.33°E / 26.88; 76.33.[10] It has an average elevation of 333 metres (1072 feet). It is one of the 7 Districts of Jaipur division and is surrounded by Jaipur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Bharatpur and Tonk. The total area is 3404.78 km2 in roughly C shape tampering towards east and west at corners. The soil of the district is yellowish to dark brown dominantly fine textured, generally suitable for all type of crops. The mountain ranges in Dausa are part of North Aravalli Range. Banganga and Morel are the major rivers in the area, these rivers have dried now and there are 36 dams.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[11] Dausa had total population of 1,637,226. Males constitute 8,59,821 of the population and females 7,77,405. Dausa has an average literacy rate of 69.17%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 84.54% and, female literacy is 52.33%. In Dausa, 15.68% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Travel and transportation

Culture

Folk Music and Dance

The folk art of Hela-Khayal is a unique singing style of this region. Its uniqueness lies in its traditional singing which is highly stylized yet it has now been skillfully employed to comment on the current socio-economic-political scenario in a satirical manner. Extremely popular among the village folk of Dausa, Hela singers demonstrate and typify the undying spirit and zest for life of its people. In dausa district MEENA songs is very famous. Mr. Visnu meena from Patlas is very famous singer. At the marriage time ladies songs is very popular. Dr. Vinayak sharma is very famous cultural activist in city. he organised various program in city every year.

Stone Carving

Sikandra is situated at 25 km on NH-11 towards Agra. This place has made its mark in the domestic as well as international market for its sandstone carvings from districts adjoining Dausa.

Local Festivals

Basant Panchmi Mela

At district headquarters, Basant Panchmi Mela (During February every year) is organised with the worship of idols of Raghunathji, Narshingji and god Surya. The festival is celebrated for three days with a large local market for villagers to procure essential requirements for the entire year. Besides this, it has all arrangements for rural entertainment. Therefore, it has very much attention and importance for rural population scattered in the district.

Dolchi Holi

In Pavta village, the young men of Gurjar caste, celebrates the traditional Holi with a difference. On the next day of Dhulandi, those young men throw a jet of water on each other using a small pot made up of leather from the four adjacent ponds prepared for this purpose. It goes on for one hour and they face it with brevity and enthusiasm.[12]

Tourism

Chand Baori(Abhaneri) (step-well)

Dausa has many places to visit like as Abhaneri and Mehandipur Balaji Temple . In Abhaneri many movies have been shot including Paheli starring Shahrukh Khan.[13]Mehandipur Balaji Temple is a divine places for devotees specially from nearby states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi

Temples and Religious Spots

Neelkanth temple, Alwar district, Rajasthan

References

  1. ↑ "Gajendra Singh, a reluctant farmer who wanted to be in politics". Hindustan Times. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Sarma, Sandipan (24 April 2015). "In Gajendra Singh's village there are more questions than answers: Suicide or accident?". First Post. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Biswas, Soutik (23 April 2015). "Delhi farmer death highlights countryside crisis". BBC. BBS News Asia. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Sriram, Jayant; Anand, Jatin (24 April 2015). "Horror of farm suicide visits Delhi". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Suicide at AAP rally: Exclusive report from farmer Gajender Singh's village". Zee News. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Dutta, Sweta (23 April 2015). "Suicide at AAP rally: Working on father’s 25 bighas, he would tie turbans for a living". Indian Express. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Last rites of Gajendra in Nangal, Jhamarwada Dausa, Rajasthan". Amarjula. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  8. ↑ News Network, Times (24 April 2015). "Gajendra Singh Rathore". Times of India. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Farmer's death at AAP rally: Suicide or accident? Cops probe mystery". Times of India. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dausa
  11. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  12. ↑ jitendra (dharam singh)PAVTA. "Culture Of Dausa".
  13. ↑ Times of India Publications
  14. ↑ "Tourism in dausa". Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  15. ↑ "Temples at Dausa". Retrieved 23 May 2011.

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