Nawalgarh is a town in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. It is part of the Shekhawati region and is midway between Jhunjhunu and Sikar. It is 30 km from Sikar and 39 km from Jhunjhunu. Nawalgarh is famous for its fresco and havelis and considered as Golden City of Rajasthan. It is also the motherland of some great business families of India.
Maharaja Nawal Singh founded Nawalgarh in 1674 AD at the village site of Rohili, before abolition of Jagirs in Rajasthan. Many great business families of marwari community have their origins from Nawalgarh. Nawalgarh was a tazimi thikana of Jagmal Ji Ka Songara.
Nawalgarh was encircled by the high Parkota (walls) consisting of four
Pols (gates) in different directions, namely Agoona Darwaja, Bawadi
Darwaja (literally - 'door near the well' in the north), Mandi
Darwaja(literally - 'door near the market') and Nansa Darwaja. Each gate
has iron doors. Bala Kila Fort is situated in the center of the
Thikana, and Fatehgarh Fort is situated outside the Parkota as an
Outpost. The market place of the town and layout of the havelis indicate
that the original city was well-planned before construction. Nawalgarh
was considered to be the most modern towns of Shekhawati. The Rulers of Nawalgarh belong to the Songara sub-clan (Jamal Ji Ka Sept) of Deora
i.e. The Songaras, Dynasty of the earlier Sikar State. People of
Nawalgarh have migrated from Russia to Afghanistan to Nawalgarh (Except
Sanganeria's who have migrated from Sanganer near Jaipur)
