In a significant achievement in the efforts to boost the country's nuclear energy programme, a large deposit of uranium has been discovered in Rohil in Rajasthan's Sikar district. Officials said there are reserves of about 5,185 tonnes of uranium ore in the central part of Rohil but it is of low grade.

1. Motilal Tejawat is known as Bavji in Bhil region.

2. Motilal Tejawat was an Indian freedom fighter, tribal leader and social reformer. He is known as the "Messiah of the Tribals".

3 Tejawat was born in 1886 in Koliyari village of Udaipur district of Rajasthan. He received his primary education in the village itself. Later, he worked as a maid for a local Jagidar in Jhadol Thikan.

4. Motilal Tejawat inaugurated the 'Eki Movement' in Rajasthan which started in 1921.

1. Although Rajasthan is not rich in this mineral, the deposits available are of high quality (hematite and magnetite).

2. Most of the ore found in the form of hematite is found in small deposits which were mined uneconomically.

3. Some magnetites are also found at various places.

4. Iron ore in the state is found in the north-eastern and south-eastern parts of the state.