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

During that period, Rajasthan’s annual energy consumption rose fivefold, and it is expected to double again by 2030, according to state energy officials.

From Washington Post

Even in Rajasthan, a forerunner in India’s renewables deployment, energy officials have continued to commission new coal power projects.

From Washington Post

Hot, and getting hotterBetween 2000 and 2020, as India’s economy liberalized, Rajasthan’s economic output grew nearly 10 times.

From Washington Post

Some states, like Rajasthan have scheduled power cuts and several thermal power stations across the country have shut due to shortages.

From Time

Only Rajasthan, among the largest states in India, reported that no child went without a digital device.

From Quartz

Several, including a future chief minister of the state of Rajasthan, Vijayaraje Scindia, “were laughing in great delight.”

From The Daily Beast

In 1957, Rambagh Palace was the first of the royal residences in Rajasthan to become a hotel.

From The Daily Beast

The original architect in the 1830s was Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, who was a British army officer and state engineer for Rajasthan.

From The Daily Beast

Only, in fact, in two Rajasthan States and then for only brief periods was there any major celebration of the Krishna theme.

From Project Gutenberg

The thumping ceased exactly underneath us, and a man began singing in the time-hallowed language of Rajasthan.

From Project Gutenberg

For two centuries, saith Tod, Mewar flourished exceedingly and was the paramount kingdom of all Rajasthan.

From Project Gutenberg

I cannot do better than give the following quotation from Tod's Annals of Rajasthan.

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