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Kankwadi | |
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village | |
.jpg) Kankwari Fort in the middle of Sariska Tiger Reserve. | |
  Kankwadi Location in Rajasthan, India | |
| Coordinates:27°14′24″N76°24′29″E / 27.24000°N 76.40806°E /27.24000; 76.40806 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Alwar |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Kankwadi or Kankwari is the site of Kankwadi fort and village, located in theSariska Tiger Reserve inAlwar district.
The fort was founded byJai Singh II as a famine work. A palace was built byPratap Singh Prabhakar[1]
The village was evicted in 2009,[2] but renovation works in the fort are going on to promote tourism.[3] As of August 2016, only three families reside in the village below the fort, but their migration is in progress by the government.
The fort remains open from October to July end throughout the year and anyone can visit it after renting a Safari Jeep from the Forest Office.
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