Bikaner State

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Bikaner State was the Princely State in the north-western most part of the Rajputana province of imperial British India from 1818 to 1947. The founder of the state Rao Bika was a younger son of Rao Jodha ruler of and founder of the city of Jodhpur in Marwar. Rao Bika chose to establish his own kingdom instead of inheriting his father's. Bika defeated the Jat clans of Jangladesh which today refers to the north and north-western Rajasthan along with his uncle Rao Kandhal and his adviser Vikramji Rajpurohit and founded his own kingdom. Its capital was the city of Bikaner.

1465 — 1947  WikimediaWikidata



Raja Karan Singh of Bikaner, Auranzeb`s ally and enemyRaja Karan Singh of Bikaner, Auranzeb's ally and enemy
COL H. H. MAHARAJA SIR GANGA SINGH BAHADUR, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., A.D.C.; Maharaja of Bikaner. (page 60 crop)COL H. H. MAHARAJA SIR GANGA SINGH BAHADUR, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., A.D.C.; Maharaja of Bikaner. (page 60 crop)
Youngkarnisingh-BikanerYoungkarnisingh-Bikaner
Chāran Gordhan Laxmidasot of Bikaner on a Terrace at Night ca. 1725Chāran Gordhan Laxmidasot of Bikaner on a Terrace at Night ca. 1725
Bikaner-Jaisalmer mapBikaner-Jaisalmer map
A view inside the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles as Dr. Johannes Bell signs the Treaty of Versailles for Germany, with Hermann Müller standing beside him—marking the end of World War I in 1919.A view inside the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles as Dr. Johannes Bell signs the Treaty of Versailles for Germany, with Hermann Müller standing beside him—marking the end of World War I in 1919.
Bikaner coat of armsBikaner coat of arms
Col Rao Bahadur Balu Singh Inderpura OBI IDSMCol Rao Bahadur Balu Singh Inderpura OBI IDSM