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Congress Candidate Ratan Singh to Fight against Padam Singh, Mohar Singh and Khemchand Koli from Bharatpur

May 4

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Congress Candidate Ratan Singh for Bharatpur Lok Sabha seat

Congress Candidate Ratan Singh for Bharatpur Lok Sabha seat

Congress candidate Ratan Singh will contest the  2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Bharatpur Parliamentary Constituency.

Ratan Singh (Born in village Sundrawali, Bharatpur) has done B.E. in Mechanical from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur. He worked as Additional Chief Engineer in the PHED in water works. After retirement, he has recently plunged into politics.

He will be contesting against BSP’s Mohar Singh, a former central government officer, Dr Padam Singh of the SP who has served as an additional director of the Indian Council for Medical Research and BJP’s Khemchand Koli.

Bharatpur Parliamentary Constituency

Bharatpur has always bucked the general trend.  There is a Congress government in the state  but there are six BJP MLAs from here.

Of the previous four Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had won here thrice and the Congress once. In the Bayana seat, however, the BJP has been winning continuously from 1989.

In the last Legislative Assembly, the BJP has seven of the eight segments, and the Congress has one. The BJP vote is comfortably above the Congress vote.

There are about 23% SC voters, 10,000 ST votes, a sizable Meo populace in constituencies like Meev, Nagar and about half of Deeg, about 50,000 Kolis and some Gujjars.

There is also a likely possibility of BSP upsetting all possible equations as Bharatpur shares a border with Uttar Pradesh.

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Deeg Palace – Bharatpur Rajasthan

Oct 23

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Deeg Palace, Bharatpur, Rajasthan

Deeg Palace, Bharatpur, Rajasthan

Deeg is a palace that may force you to change your image of Rajasthen as an arid state with a perennial shortage of water.  It will also explain the term “land of contrasts” like nothing else will.

The road north of Bharatpur goes via Kumher to Deeg ( 34 km). Kumher was founded by Kumbi Jat of Sinsini and was at one time the second capital of Bharatput State.

Badansingh in 1722 built the palaces and many of the fortification which are now impressive ruins to the east of the road.

The important palaces here are Nand Bhawan, Gopal Bhawan, and Krishna Bhawan. The Palaces are still in very good condition and it is possible to see the kind of meticulous planning that has gone into their construction.

Deeg Palace Attractions

Deeg is justly known for its palaces and gardens begun by Badan Singh and laid out by Suraj Mal following the tradition brought to India by the early Mughals. The Palace pavilions and gardens are laid out with an excellent sense of balance.

The present area is probably only half what was originally planned with two complementary gardens to be linked by a broad terrace. However, what was built is exciting and well preserved, with the buildings forming a large rectangle enclosing the gardens and two large tanks at the eastern and western ends.

The largest and most impressive building, Gopal Bhawan, was built around 1763 and overlooks the Gopal Sagar (tank) to the west. It is flabked by two smaller pavilionswhich purport, in their curved roofs and pillers, to simulate  a large pleasure barge, and is fronted by an arch for a swing and two marble thrones with the gardens beyond.

On the northen side of the garden is a large audience hall known as Nand Bhawan. The focal point of the garden is the pillered summer pavilion with its ingeniouslydesigned waterworks overlooking Roopsagar to the east.

At the southwestern corner is Suraj Bhawan, completed by Jawahar Singh. Suraj Bhawan is built of white marble, decorated with a mosaic and inlay of semiprecious stones. Puran Mahal, at the southeastern corner, has a display of Rajput wall paintings, many influnced by the Mughal schools.

This palace is an attraction spot for each and every tourist who visits Rajasthan. Bharatpur Bird Sanctury makes Bharatpur well known all over the world but Deeg Palace makes it well known into the hearts of tourists who visit it even once.

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Keoladeo Ghana National Park – A Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan

Oct 21

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Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan

Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan

History

In the middle of the 18th century a small reservoir was created three miles to the southeast of the Bharatpur fort. The building of the Ajan Bund and the subsequent flooding of this natural depression has created during the subsequent 250 years one of the world’s most facinating and spectacular bird reserves. It is commonly referred to as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary

The range of flora in the park is extraordinary for such a small area. Dozens of grasses provide cover, nest material and food to a range of birds and mammals. Trees range from the throny acacia or babul which dominates much of the park to ber, khajur and khejari.

The lakes with their rich range of floating plants algae, reeds, flowering plants to millions of crustaceans, insects and fish in such enormous quantities that thousand of bird can depend on the area for raising their young and as a winter home.

Famous Bird and Animal Species in the Park

From August through November, thousand of indigenous water birds breed and raise their young here. Painted strocks, spoonbills, cormorants, three kinds of egret, open billed strocks, purple herons, night herons and sarus cranes are some of the famous species that can be found here. In early October , the first migrants arrive from the high plateaus of central Asia, Mongolia, and Siberia. The ducks, geese and waders arrive first. Raptors, including the steppe eagle, golden eagle, osprey and harrier follow.

Some 35-40 beautiful species feed on sedge tubers till early March when they return to Central Siberia. The forest also supports animals as nilgai, sambar, wild boar, feral cattle, civet, jacket and the rhesus macaque.

How to Reach Keoladeo Ghana National Park

A metaled road runs through the park from the north gate near the main Agra- jai[pur road. Vehicles are now allowed only as far as the tourist and forest lodges. A good network of raised paths along tree-lined bunds give good cover for bird watching and the visitor can walk through much of the park along the bunds. Visiting the park at any time of the year is a rewarding experience especially betwen October and March.

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