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Bharatpur , city (1991 pop. 156,880), Rajasthan state, N central India. It is a district administrative center and agricultural market. The city is noted for products fashioned from ivory and sandalwood. Important industries include railway workshops, metalworks, automobile factories, and oil mills. The city is thought to have been founded in 1733 and named after Bharat, a figure in Hindu mythology. The British captured Bharatpur in 1826.

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Bharatpur, Rājasthān/India Founded in c.1733 and also known as Bhurtpore. It was the capital of the former princely state of the same name. ‘Bharata's Town’, it is named after Bhārata, although which one is disputed. It could refer to the legendary ruler mentioned in the Mahābhārata ‘Great Epic of the the Bharata Dynasty’.

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