About Laxmangarh

Laxmangarh or Lachhmangarh or Lakshmangarh (Hindi: ) is a town in Sikar District of Rajasthan State in India. It is sub divisional Headquarter of the Laxmangarh sub division in Sikar District. It is also Tehsil Headquarter of the Laxmangarh Tehsil in Sikar District. Laxmangarh is also Panchayat samiti Headquarter of the Laxmangarh Panchayat samiti in Sikar District. It is situated on National Highway-11 at a distance of 24 km from Sikar in north. Rao Raja Laxman Singh of Sikar constructed the Laxmangarh Fort in 1862 AD, and around it he established the present Laxmangarh town was founded in 1864 AD. Rao Raja Laxman Singh of Sikar Thikana planned it nearly 200 years ago under the Shekhawati region of erstwhile Rajputana. The reigning kingdom of jaipur had many thikanas and Shekhwati was one of them. The jagirdars of these thikanas were called Rao Rajas and Laxman Singh happened to be the Rao Raja of Sikar and founder of Laxmangarh. Most recently, Laxmangarh has been of public...