Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Arthur Sherburne Hardy or Arthur S. Hardy( August 13, 1847 – March 14, 1930) was an American engineer, educator, editor, diplomat, novelist, and poet.
Bishweshwar Nath Reu
Bisheshwar Nath Reu( 2 July 1890 – 1947) was an Indian historian.
He started his career as an assistant to Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha, and learned the ancient Dingal language from him.
Later, he was appointed as the head of the Department of History( by Maharaja Sumer Singh of Jodhpur), Department of Archaeology( by Maharaja Ummed Singh of Jodhpur), the Sardar Museum, the" Pustak Prakash"( Manuscript Library) and Sumer Public Library of the erstwhile princely state of Jodhpur.
" Mahamahopadhyaya"
He made his mark as a historian, epigraphist, numismatist and Sanskritist, he is best known for his history of Marwar.
Hugh W. Hardy
Major General Hugh W. Hardy (December 10, 1924 – April 3, 2003) was a United States Marine Corps Reserves major general and a geoscientist.
Hardy served with the Marine Corps Reserves for 40 years.
In his civilian career as a geoscientist, he had a 34-year career with Exxon which included pioneering research in well-logging and 3D seismic exploration.
Foolabai
Foolabai( 1664 – 1682), also known as Bhakt Shiromani Foolabai, was born in 1664 AD in the village Manjhwas, 20 km from Nagaur in Nagaur district.
She took living samādhi in Manjhwas in 1682 AD.
According to the local folklore, Foolabai was a brave and strong woman devoted to God.
She was very popular in her devotion of God in the period of Badsah Aurangzeb's rule at Delhi.
When Aurangzeb sent Rathore Raja Jaswant Singh to attack Kabul, a group of saints had come to the village Manjuwas.
They had discussions on spiritual subjects with Foolabai and they were so much impressed by the splendid devotion of her that they became her followers.
The influence of Foolabai was so much on their hearts that they praised about her to Jaswant Singh Rathore while Jaswant Singh was in Kabul and visited those saints.
The saints in Kabul asked Jaswant Singh if he had come from the land of Foolabai.
Jaswant Singh decided to see Foolabai and went to her village to see her.
She was popular in folk songs in Marwar region.
Jaswant Singh of Marwar
Jaswant Singh Rathore( 26 December 1629 – 28 December 1678) was a maharaja of Marwar in the present- day Indian state of Rajasthan.
His father was Maharaja Gaj Singh.
He was a distinguished man of letters and author of" Siddhant- bodhAnand Vilas" and" Bhasa- bhusan"
He was the Subedar of Assam from 1656- 1666.
Jagat Gosain
Jagat Gosain( died 19 April 1619) meaning' Mistress of the World', was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir and the mother of his successor, the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
She is also known as Jodh Bai and was given the posthumous title of Bilqis Makani.
She should not be confused with Jodha Bai, the name popularly given to the Jahangir's mother, Mariam- uz- Zamani.
By birth, she was a Rajput princess of Marwar( present- day Jodhpur) and was the daughter of Raja Udai Singh( popularly known as" Mota Raja"), the Rathore ruler of Marwar and the sister of Sawai Raja Sur Singh, another Rathore ruler of Marwar.
Muhnot Nainsi
Muhnot Nainsi( 1610 – 1670) is known for his studies of the region now encompassed by the state of Rajasthan in India.
His works include" Marwar Ra Pargana Ri Vigat" and" Nainsi Ri Khyat".
He was Dewan of Marwar during the reign of Jaswant Singh.
Nainasi was a resident of Jodhpur.
It was a contemporary of Maharaja Jaswant Singh( I) of Jodhpur.
Its father Jaimal had also held high positions in the state.
Nainasi served as the Diwan of Jodhpur State and participated in many wars, he had a great interest in history.
Khyat written by it is famous as' Khyat of Nainasi'.
Apart from Colonel Tad, all the historians here have used it in some form or the other.
The usefulness of the fame and its importance is evident from the fact that Gaurishankar Ojha wrote praising it that if this fame had become available to Colonel Tad, his' Rajasthan' would have been of some other way.
This book was edited in two parts( Hindi translation) by Ramnarayan Dugad and published in 1982 by Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha.
In the original Rajasthani, this book was edited by Badri Prasad Sakaria and published in four parts from Rajasthan Oriental Vidya Pratishthan Jodhpur till 967.
In this repute, Nainasi has written the history of the dynasties of almost all the princely states of Rajasthan.
In it, the history of Sisodio, Rathores and Bhatis is written in greater detail.
By giving the lineage of the first dynasty, later achievements of each ruler have been taken under the title' Baat' like' Baat Rao Jodha Ri' etc.
Muhnot was alive till Nainasi Samvat 1727, so only mention of events up to the early 18th century in Khyat.
In this, the genealogy and culture up to the 13th century can not be said to be so authentic, but the events and events after that are considered reliable.
Nainasi has also given the names of the people with whose help he compiled the famous material.
Khyat's language is Taksali Rajasthani, in which some Arabic- Persian words are also used.
These texts are also full of information related to the Rajput caste of Rajasthan, its social structure, conflict with invaders, caste- system religious beliefs, geographical location and cultural environment.
The second text of Nainasi is' Marwar Ra Pargana Ri Vigat', which describes in detail the seven parganas under Maharaja Jaswant Singh( I).
It is a type of gadgeteer of Marwar.
In which the history of each pargana is given at the beginning and then by summarizing the different income etc. of the villages of Khalsa and Jagir, its line with the geographical location of each village under the pargana, income of five years and yield of the village Specific things etc. are also mentioned.
It also mentions the population of villages and the means of drinking water according to caste.
This book is a very authentic source of social, economic, political, cultural and administrative material of Marwar.
Dr. Narayan Singh Bhati, first edited this book in three parts( 19 – 4) with a detailed role and published it from Rajasthani Oriental Vidya Pratishthan, Jodhpur.
Jaswant Singh (field hockey)
Jaswant Singh( born 10 August 1931) is an Indian field hockey player.
He was born in Punjab, Pakistan.
He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Jaswant Singh Rahi
Jaswant Singh Rahi was a Punjabi poet, writer, communist and freedom fighter.
Ajit Singh of Marwar
Ajit Singh( – 24 June 1724) was a ruler of the Marwar region in the present- day Rajasthan and the son of Jaswant Singh.

Question: Who is younger, Hugh W. Hardy or Jaswant Singh Of Marwar?
Answer: Hugh W. Hardy