Tijara Jain temple left gate · Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tijara Jain temple right gate · Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tijara Jain temple painting 02 · Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tijara Jain temple · Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tijara Jain temple painting 32 · Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tijara Jain temple painting 34 · Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tijāra, India

Tijāra is a town of 24,747 people in Rajasthan, India.

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Population24,747 GeoNames

RegionRajasthan

Elevation290 m 951 ft

Time zoneAsia/Kolkata

Nearest airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) 73 km

About Tijāra

Tijara is a city and a municipality in Khairthal-Tijara district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara comes under the NCR area and is situated 55 km to the northeast of Alwar. The nearest railway station to Tijara is Khairthal. Bhiwadi is a census town in Tijara.

From the Wikipedia article Tijara (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Churches and places of worship1

Chandaprabhu Digamber Jain Mandir

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Healthcare1

Vardan Eye Care

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History

Tijara Fort was established by Maharaja of Parmar Rajputs, after which Rao Tej Pal, Raja of Sarahata as a scion of the Ahir family, repaired palaces at Tijara.

The city was largely inhabited by Ahirs or Muslim Meos since ancient times. The Ahir's from Tijara are settled in villages of Delhi. In 850 Vikram Samvat, Ahir King Charu Rao was the king of Tijara. His 9 descendants up to Rao Chandrabhanu Singh ruled tijara till 1040s. In around 1043 A.D, the family of Rao Harpal of tijara, son of chandrabhanu, settled his family in the Dabur area of modern Delhi, with its headquarters at Surhera.

Rao Inderjit Singh is a descendant of Charu Rao. Ahirs from Tijara participated in Battle of Nasibpur under the leadership of Raja Rao Tula Ram and Pran Sukh Yadav.

Rao Ruda Singh, an Ahir ruler of Tijara with his Ahir khap fought on the side of Humayun in battle against Sher Shah Suri. After the victory Humayun granted Jagirdari of Pargana to Ruda Singh( Prakrit word for Rudra) which later came to be known as Rewari. He cleared the jungle in Ahirwal in 1555 and founded new villages.

From the History section of Tijara on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 73 km away.

Bādshāhpur 54 km north, about 54 min by car
Gurugram 61 km north, about 1 h by car
Faridabad 69 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Chhatarpur 70 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Najafgarh 76 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
Delhi Cantonment 79 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
New Delhi 84 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Noida 86 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Bahadurgarh 85 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
Delhi 88 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car

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Photo credits

Tijara Jain temple left gate, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple right gate, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 02, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 32, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 34, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 33, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 37, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 35, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 36, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 18, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 20, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 12, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 10, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 22, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 14, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 17, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 23, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 16, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 11, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 21, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 13, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 15, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 19, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 26, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 31, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 25, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 27, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 30, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 28, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 29, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 24, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kshullak Prarabghsagar 03, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 05, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 08, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 07, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 03, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 04, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 09, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tijara Jain temple painting 06, Capankajsmilyo, CC BY-SA 4.0

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