Rani, Rajasthan
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| ?Rani Rajasthan • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 273 m (896 ft) |
| District(s) | Pali |
| Population | 12,376 (2001) |
Coordinates: Rani is a city and a municipality in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It lies on the Sukari River, a tributary of the Luni. It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad-Delhi railway line.
Rani-Station is the nearest railhead to famous Shri Parswanath jain varkana temples (thousand year old ancient Temples. The temples are at distance of 7 km from Rani. In Rani itself the Sai Dham Temple , Shri Astapadh Jain Tirth are visitor attraction. Rani-Station has many small scale industries & Late Shri Nathraj Hingarh was pioneer in progress of Small scale industries in Rani-Station .
Around 1940 Rani initially have only Railway station on Bombay Baroda Central Indian Railway (BB&CI).
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[edit] First Royal Family of Rani-Station
Chandanbhanji Himmatmalji Hingarh , Oswal Jains were first to migrate to Rani-station. Hingarh's played main role in putting Rani-station on the world map. They were originally from Nadol Village & had its presence felt in Nadol too & said to be originally descendants of Chauhan Dynasty and they migrated almost 150 years ago. Royal Hingarh family in Rani-station were more famous in Gorwar region (Area Comprising of 102 Villages ,from southwest to northeast Rajasthan ) and lived in a Joint HUF Family. Chandanbhanji Hingarh HUF were Umbrella Market & Food Grain kings and owned 8 prestigious Joint Family Firms & M/s Rikhabdas Sadarmal (150 years old firm) , more popular as RS was leading followed by Hingarhs HUF other Popular Firms i.e. Kundanmal Keshrimal, Faujmal Ranjitmal , N P Metal, AC , Hingarh HUF Main Head office was at Rani-Station & branches were at Kolkatta , Jodhpur , Mumbai , Bihar- Bethiya . Among Oswal Jains there existed only 10-12 big gigantic successful firms & Rikhabdas Sardarmal Firm was top of them. Today products sold in Rani-station are from jodhpur & other cities but in Those days Hingarhs had monopoly & used to sell to Jodhpur ,Sirohi , Bhinmal , etc. They used to export in those days to Japan and other countries, and were only civilians to supply parachute ribs to the Navy. Today majority land called Hingarh Mohalla at Rani-Station proves history of Hingarh Royal Family which is spread across approx. near 8 lakh sq.ft. Success of Hingarh HUF is credited to Founder Father Business Tycoon & great Social worker Chandanbhanji Himmatmalji Hingarh & Sarkar Laxmichandji Hingarh . Initially Chandanbhanji Family used to Stay at Nadol & only for business used to travel rani-station mandi.
The eldest son of Chandanbhanji was Charismatic Sarkar Laxmichandji Hingarh, who was honoured with title of Sarkar of Gorwar region ( All villages of Gorwar ,i.e from southwest to northeast Rajasthan ) by Jodhpur Naresh & extended Sarkar Laxmichandji powers & rights equivalent to king for Gorwar region . He had powers equivalent to a king and was a great business tycoon. He had cordial relations with Jodhpur Rathore Dynasty & was Kings Family Friend. Sarkar used to operate from Nadol & ancestral Palace of Sarkar ( haveli ) was in Nadol . Under his control there was great law & order & HUF firms extablished by his father Flourished at its peak because of Sarkar Laxmichandji Hingarh. They had their own Helicopter those days.
Sarkar : Sarkar word used for King. Jodhpur Dynasty's kingdom was Vast & area being so big it used to be not possible for king to control full area & collect Taxes. So in Turn King of Jodhpur used to screen charismatic personalities from his kingdom, who also should possess money power , muscle power & that areas basic lay man should treat that personality like King / God & then used to declare them as Thackers or Sarkar & allot them villages from 23 villages to 150, & powers equivalent to king. These Thackers or Sarkar used to solve Basic Laymans problem , contribute in developments in their area ,Levy & collect taxes and partly pass some % from same to Jodhpur Naresh. As today a basic layman has to pay Income Tax & sales Tax to Government , similar those days a basic lay man had to pay taxes to King or alike.
Sarkar Laxmichandji had magnetic personality , worshipped as god by people in Gorwar region & was wealthiest in Gorwar region. All 8 Hingarh HUF firms flourished because of Sarkar Laxmichandji & as Bhamashah used to be ever ready for Maharana Pratap , Sarkar Laxmichandji used to be ever ready for Jodhpur Naresh .
Today, Hingarh's have migrated to Calcutta, Mumbai, Vijaywada, Pune , Hubli , USA and Japan in search of business prospects. Kuldevi of Hingarhs is Shri Jogmaya Chaumundaji Mata is at Nadol & this beautiful temple was built 150 years back by Chandanbhanji Hingarh on Mountain & its hingarhs private temple, though a basic layman of any caste is allowed to visit & do Darshan.
[edit] Hingarh Hospital
Hingarh's built Hingarh Hospital to provide for the health needs of the ordinary people of Rani-station & donated same to Government.
[edit] Other Original families
Migration of Hingarh's was followed in descending order by following families Dhokas, Punmiyas, Semlanis, Parmaars, the Rankas from Sadri, Palrechas, and Baldotas. Of late, Chunnilalji Mehta migrated from Khimel and other recent migrants are not more than 40 years old. After Hingarh's giant presence, Dhoka's own good property in Rani-Station at Dhoka Gali & majority of dhokas are today in south India.
[edit] Visitor attractions around Rani
There are many temples around Rani and these are : Magnificient Astapadh Tirth Replica which was originally at Kailash Mountain, Shantinath Tirth , Simandharswami Tirth , Suparshwanath Tirth ,Ganpati Aurvedic Ashram, Radhe-krishan Mandir, Hanuman Mandir, Sanwariya Temple, Sai baba, Ambaji Mandir, Shitla Mata Mandir, Mahadev Mandir, Shani Maharaj Mandir, Siya-ram Temple, Baba Ramdev Mandir, Bhairav ji Mandir etc. There are also few picnic points Sai Dham and Gori-shankar around Rani is truly beautiful. There is a mosque also situated there. There are large green grounds and high mountains like Rani village, Khimel, Dadai, Ghuralas etc. Basa Naiti Nora , for marriage functions with latest amenities is good stay.
[edit] Geography
Rani is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 273 metres (895 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census[2], Rani had a population of 12,376. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rani has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 49%. In Rani, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Education in Rani
Rani is an education centre of surrounding area. Rani has about many primary schools, 3 higher secondary schools and a college . Rani college (named L.P.S. girls college, vidhyawadi) is one of the well known girls colleges in Gorwar. There is a most popular education centre of gorwar circuit is "Marudhar Shishan Sanshthan, Vidhyawadi" at Rani. vidhyawari is situated on khimawat road and about 3 km. far from Rani station. It is a girls education centre having school, college, labs, library, hostels and school bus facilities. This centre has produced excellent results. And every year, the students from this school & college top in the District. It has separate departments for girls under graduate and post graduate students. These include Arts, Commerce, Home science and Computer science. Admission to Home Science is most sought after as this is the only college for girls in gorwar that offer studies in Home Science subjects. The Centre is well known for high results, healthy traditions, good discipline, experiments and projects. It enjoys very high reputation in the state and is a distinguished institution. Hingarh's played pioneer role at Shri Parswanath Jain Vidyalay, Varkana (Education Organisation) with other Royal Personalities & they had jajam in Varkana .
The popular private schools of the city are : Mahaveer bal vidhyalay, Sanatan school, Ox-ford, Adarsh vidhya mandir, Indo-American, Tiny Totas, Deo pablic school, Emmanual schools etc.
[edit] Rani station and Rani village
Rani is divided into two parts- Rani station and Rani village. Rani village is about 3 km. far from Rani station. It is a small village having beautiful fort.
Rani station is also divided into two parts by railway line- eastern area is called “main market or mahaveer bazaar” is famous for shopping- like saris & dress materials, jewellary shop, kirana shop etc. and western area is called “pratap bazaar” is always busy for busses, taxi, transport, trade and industrial work etc. Rani station has a large industrial area. It is famous for its marbles-stones and agricultures industry in pali district. Rani-stations Sweets , Kachoris , Stones , Sarees are famous.
[edit] Others
It has theatre named 'Lal mandir' is situated on Kenpura-highway road.
[edit] Editor
myself ram suthar from rani station. i am doing b.sc.(info. tech.).
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rani
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
