Jodhpur is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2025, the city has a population of 1.6 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and Jodhpur division. It is the historic capital of the Kingdom of Marwar, founded in 1459 by Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief of the Rathore clan. On 11 August 1947, 4 days prior to the Indian independence, Maharaja Hanwant Singh the last ruler of Jodhpur state signed the Instrument of Accession and merged his state in Union of India.
Jodhpur, Sun City, founded by Rao Jodhpur in India
Jodhpur is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2025, the city has a population of 1.6 million.
Historical Significance
Jodhpur is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur.
Events Before
BC Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. First
BC Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account.
Matthias I Corvinus chosen King of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus (Hungarian: Hunyadi Mátyás; Romanian: Matia Matijaš Korvin; Slovak: Matej Korvín; Czech: Matyáš Korvín; 23 February 1443 – 6 April 1490) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to...
Hussite George of Poděbrady chosen as the 16th King of Bohemia
Hussite George of Poděbrady chosen as the 16th King of Bohemia
Magdalen College, Oxford founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester
Magdalen College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete.
Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen as Pope Pius II
Pope Pius II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and...
Events After
Battle of Wakefield: Duke of York is killed and his forces are soundly defeated by those of King Henry VI in northern En
Battle of Wakefield: Duke of York is killed and his forces are soundly defeated by those of King Henry VI in northern England during the Wars of the Roses
University of Basel is founded in the Swiss Confederacy
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Courtyard of the episcopal palace in Atrecht (akak Arras) has witch burnings
Courtyard of the episcopal palace in Atrecht (akak Arras) has witch burnings
Juan Ponce de León is born
Juan Ponce de León is born
Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
More from the 1450s
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Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible [estimated date] [1]
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First record of Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, a letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the Bible print
First record of Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, a letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the Bible printed a year earlier
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