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Chauhan of Dadrewa, who converted from Hinduism to Islam in the 14th century during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq. Jhunjhunu and Fatehpur were under Nawab rule until Thakur Shardul Singh Shekhawat of Parasrampura-Udaipurwati and Thakur Shiv Singh Shekhawat of Sikar came together to overthrow the Nawabi from this region and expand the territory of Shekhawati further up north. They fought and captured the parganas of Fatehpur and Jhunjhunu from the Nawabs, ending the Nawabi in this region, and inducted them into the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan and established their rule there until Indian independence.
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Mohammad Khan, who was converted to Islam from Hindu Chauhan Rajputs and belonged to Mota Rai Chauhan of Dadrewa's lineage, was ruling over this region with his son Nawab Samas Khan, who established the city of Jhunjhunu. The Kayamkhanis/Qaimkhanis are
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Shardul Singh Shekhawat's elder son, Thakur Zorawar Singh Shekhawat, built the fort of Zorawargarh in the old Jhunjhunu town and ruled over Jhunjhunu until his death. Other Panchpana Sirdars were ruling in adjacent territories and parganas of Jhunjhunu until India's independence.
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Jhunjhunu. To commemorate Thakur Shardul Singh Ji's death, one of his wives, Rani Mertani Ji, constructed a baori (stepwell) in Jhunjhunu city, which today is called Rani Mertaniji ki Baori.
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122 km line was converted to broad gauge track within the budget of 260 core in 2015–16. Most known trains through
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