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Bikaner

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Bikaner , former native state, NW India. The state is now part of Rajasthan state. The region, almost entirely in the Thar desert, raises sheep and camels, spins and weaves wool, and mines coal. The city of Bikaner (1991 pop. 416,289), the capital of the former state, was founded in 1488. Manufactures include glass, pottery, shoes, chemicals, and electrical products. There are several beautiful 16th-century Rajput palaces and five colleges affiliated with the Univ. of Rajasthan.

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Bīkaner

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Bīkaner, Rājasthān/India ‘Settlement of Bika’. Founded in 1488 and named after Rao Bīka (or Bīkaji), a Rājput chieftain and one of the fourteen sons of Rao Jodha, and a shepherd called Ner. According to legend, he boasted of the courage of one of his sheep in fighting off wolves to two surveyors sent off to find the site for a new capital. The present Bīkaner district was the former princely state of Bīkaner.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	NCDEX signs MoU with Bikaner Oil Mills Association. News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 6/18/2008
	NCDEX signs MoU with Bikaner Anaj Committee. News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 5/6/2009
	Outbreak of cholera in arid zone of Bikaner Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Medical Research; 10/1/1999