Question

name the state where Bikaner is located

Answer 1

State, where Bikaner is located :

• Bikaner is a city situated in the north-central part of Rajasthan state, northwestern part of India.
• It lies in the Thar (Great Indian) Desert, which is about 240 miles (385 km) and west of Delhi.
• This city has its own history. The city was the capital of the former princely state of Bikaner.
• In 1465 Rao Bika, a Rajput chieftain of the Rathor clan began to conquer the area from other Rajput clans and In 1488 he began building the city of Bikaner (“the settlement of Bika”).
• Bikaner is now a trade center for wool, hides, building stone, salt, and grain.
• Bikaneri woolen shawls, blankets, carpets, and candy are famous worldwide, and there are also ivory and lacquerware handicrafts.
• The city has its own identity in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering works, railway workshops, and factories that manufacture glass, pottery, felts, chemicals, shoes, and cigarettes.
• The city’s colleges (including a medical school and a teachers’ training institute) are affiliated with the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur.
• The city - Bikaner is situated in an arid region of undulating sandhills where the breeding of camels, horses, and sheep is the principal occupation for people living there.
• Because there are no rivers, irrigation is by means of deep tube wells, but rainwater harvesting has become common. Bajra (pearl millet), jowar, and pulses are the chief crops grown in the locality