<p><strong>Kotputli</strong> is a small city and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality">municipality</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur_district">Jaipur district</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">Indian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India">state</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>. It is made up of the main town named Kot and the nearby Putli village, which is now considered a part of the main city. Kotputli is a very old and historical place. It was a part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsya">Matsya</a> ( now <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alwar">Alwar</a> ) kingdom having capital at nearby village bairat during the period of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharta">Mahabharta</a>.</p>
<p>Kotputli was a part of Torawati which is named after Tanwar Rajpoots having their origin at Patan, now a small town in Sikar district. During the British period, Kotputli was a nizamat under the princely state of Khetri. Raja Sardar Singh of Khetri constructed many buildings in Kotputli including the present Sardar school and Sardar Zanana Hospital but all hospital and school land doneted by GURJAR's. Its location is also very good. It is 70 km away from alwar, 105 km away from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur">Jaipur</a> and 128 km from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurgaon">Gurgaon</a>. It is a fast developing city. Its also having the largest cement factory of Asia in terms of production. Its the most deserving tehsil of Jaipur to be a district. its among the largest tehsils of India.</p>
<p>This small city of Rajasthan is different from rest of the Rajasthan as this is among the fast growing places of Rajasthan. Industrialization is also taking heights here. Rajendra Singh <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadav">Yadav</a> is the MLA of Kotputli.</p>
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