Jalore Lok Sabha constituency

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Jalore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in India. It is spread over Jalore and Sirohi districts. Jalore Lok Sabha constituency Lok Sabha constituency Interactive Map Outlining Jalore Lok Sabha Constituency Constituency details Country India Region North India State Rajasthan Assembly constituencies Ahore Jalore Bhinmal Sanchore Raniwara Sirohi Pindwara-Abu Reodar Established 1952 Reservation None Member of

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Jawai Dam

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Jawai Bandh is a dam built across the Jawai River, a tributary of Luni River, in Rajasthan. Jawai dam Jawai dam Country India Location Pali district, Rajasthan Coordinates 25.090569°N 73.149381°E Purpose Irrigation and water supply Opening date 1956–57 Owner(s) Rajasthan Water Resources Department Operator(s) Rajasthan Water Resources Department Dam and spillways Type of dam Earthen and masonry Impounds Jawai River Height (foundation) 51 m Spillway capacity 150,000

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Kingdom of Marwar

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Kingdom of Marwar, also known as the Jodhpur State under the British, was a kingdom in the Marwar region from 1243 to 1818 and a princely state under British rule from 1818 to 1947. It was established in Pali by Rao Siha, possibly a migrant Gahadavala noble, in 1243. His successors continued to struggle against regional powers for domination and 9 out

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North Western Railway zone

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The North Western Railway (abbreviated NWR) is one of 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan and has 59,075+ employees, 658+ stations and a route length of more than 5,761 kilometres (3,580 mi) across the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana. NWR operates international rail service Thar Express from Jodhpur to Karachi. This zone is the key enabler of the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial

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Overexploitation

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Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to replenish. The term applies to natural resources such as water aquifers, grazing pastures and forests, wild medicinal plants, fish stocks and other wildlife. In ecology, overexploitation describes one of the five main activities threatening global biodiversity. Ecologists use the term to

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Bathinda

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Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda district. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, 227 km (141 mi) west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth largest city of Punjab. It is the second cleanest city in Punjab after Mohali. Bathinda City Top: Qila Mubarak, Hockey Stadium Bathinda, Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, Guru

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Indian wild ass

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The Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), also called the Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia. It is currently listed as Near Threatened by IUCN. The previous census in 2009 estimated a population of 4,038 Indian wild asses. However, the population was still growing. In December 2014, the population was estimated at 4,451 individuals. As of 2015, the

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Shiv Sena (UBT)

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Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (IAST: Śhiva Sēnā (Ud’dhava bāḷāsāhēba ṭhākarē); lit. ‘Army of Shivaji, led by Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray‘; abbr. SS (UBT)) is a Hindutva-based, Marathi regionalist, nationalist political party formed in 2022 under the leadership of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray. It was allotted a new symbol by the Election Commission, separate from the main Shiv Sena. It was one of two separate factions, the other being the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, led by Eknath Shinde,

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Saif Tyabji

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Saif Faiz Badruddin Tyabji (1904–1957) was a solicitor, mathematician, an educationist passionately devoted to the cause of female education, and a nationalist committed to the idea of India. He was closely associated with the Anjuman-i Islam of Bombay from the 1930s till his death in November 1957. He was a Congress Member of Parliament in 1957 from Jalna in Maharashtra. Saif

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Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

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Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, commonly known as Bandu Jadhav, is a politician with Shiv Sena from Parbhani in the Maharashtra state of India. He was elected twice, in 2004 and 2009, as MLA from Parbhani Vidhan Sabha constituency. And he was elected twice, in 2014 and 2019, as MP from Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency. Sanjay Jadhav Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Incumbent Assumed office 16 May 2014 Preceded by Ganeshrao

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