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Rao Bika (5 August 1438 – 17 June 1504), was a scion of the Rathore clan of Rajputs and the founder of the city of Bikaner and Bikaner State in present-day state of Rajasthan in India. [2] . He was the fifth son of Rao Jodha, founder of the city of Jodhpur.
Rao Bika established the city of Bikaner in 1488. He was the son of Rao Jodha of the Rathor Rajput clan, the founder of Jodhpur and conquered the largely arid area in the north of Rajasthan. Provoked by a stray comment by his father, Bika left Marwar (Jodhpur) with his uncle Kandhmal to create his own kingdom.
Rao Bika, was the founder of the city and principality of Bikaner in present-day Rajasthan. He was a scion of the Rathore clan of Rajputs. He was a son of Rao Jodha, founder of the city and principality of Jodhpur. About 1465, provoked by a stray comment by his father, Rao Bika left Marwar (Jodhpur) to create his own kingdom.
One of his sons, Rao Bika, with the help of his uncle Rawat Kandhal, established the town of Bikaner in 1488, in the Jangladesh region lying to the north of Marwar; that town was to become the seat of a second major Rathore kingdom. Some of these migrations from Marwar into Gujarat caused changes in language and the spelling of Rathore to ...
Jan 12, 2024 · Rao Bika was the sixth (11 th in some texts) son of Rao Jodha and was the founding father of the kingdom of Bikaner. The early history of Bika is a little ambiguous.
Bikaner's history dates back to 1488 AD when a Rajput prince Rao Bika ji a descendent of the founder of Jodhpur (1459 AD)., Rao Jodha Ji established his kingdom here. Bika Ji chose a barren land called 'Jungladesh' and shaped it into an impressive city, called Bikaner after the founder's name.
During 15th century when Rao Bika, son of Rao Jodha arrived at Bikaner, the the region was possessed by seven Jat cantons namely Sihag, Dhaka, Punia, Godara, Saran, Beniwal, Johiya and Kaswan. Rao Bika used the mutual rivalry existing between Jat clans to carve out space for his own kingdom.
Rao Bika chose to establish his own kingdom instead of inheriting his father's. Bika defeated the Jat clans of Jangladesh which today refers to the north and north-western Rajasthan along with his uncle Rao Kandhal and his adviser Vikramji Rajpurohit and founded his own kingdom.
Bikaner got its name from Rao Bika who established it in the year 1488. He was the second son of Maharaja Rao Jodha of the Rathor clan. He was the founder of Jodhpur and conquered the arid regions situated in north of Rajasthan.
Apr 29, 2013 · Rao Bika was a ruler with high aspirations and hence usurped the land of strong Bhati Rajputs and established his own independent kingdom in the region in year 1465 AD. The descendants of Rao Bika are known as Bika Rathores, the Bikas ruled the Bikaner state till independence and then became part of Indian union in 1949. The rulers of Bikaner ...
