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Alwar city is the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is a part of National Capital Region (NCR) and is located around 160 km south of Delhi, and about 150 km north of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Alwar was formerly the capital of the princely state of Alwar in British India.
People of this region were daring adventurers. They did not submit to alien rule; they rebelled. In 1771 A.D, Pratap Singh, a Kachhawaha Rajput belonging to the same clan as the one which ruled Jaipur won Alwar from Mughals and founded a principality of his own. A historic and eminent fort guards its highest hill and is reminiscent of a regal way of life. Alwar is surrounded by the Aravali Hills and has a unique recognition because of Sariska Van Abhyaranya, Bala-Quila and Silished Etc. India's highest ever recorded temperature of 50.6 °C (123.1 °F) was measured at Alwar on 10th May 1956.