Rajasthan
State in northwestern India
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Rajasthan is a state in northwestern India. It covers 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23°.3' to 30°.12' North latitude and 69°.30' to 78°.17' East longitude, with the Tropic of Cancer passing through its southernmost tip.
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Rajasthan tanker explosion: Toll hits 13 as 2 more die during treatmentA deadly LPG tanker explosion in Jaipur, India, following a collision with a truck, claimed 13 lives, including two more on Saturday. Eleven people died on Friday, with four initially unidentified...IndiaTimes - Published | |
Jaipur: Death toll in LPG tanker collision rises to 14, more than 30 people undergoing treatmentRajasthan Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar said on Friday that the condition of about half of the injured was "very critical". Most of the people injured in the accident are admitted to the..DNA - Published | |
Jaipur highway tanker collision death toll reaches 14, over 28 injuredA tanker truck carrying LPG collided with another truck on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway in Rajasthan, India, resulting in a massive fire that killed 14 people and injured 28 others. The ensuing blaze..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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