Alwar: Historical Perspectives

Lokesh Mathur was born and brought up in Alwar. While attending Raj Rishi College, he started writing. He served as the editor of the college journal. Many of his articles on education were published in local newspapers and magazines. His journalistic pieces were featured in local, state-level and national-level journals and magazines of Alwar.

At the tender age of 18, he dared to publish a fortnightly newspaper called Youngsters Times, which was closed after three issues due to financial reasons. Later, he was indirectly involved in a Hindi monthly magazine published from Alwar.

In 2004, Lokesh started compiling history and historical documents related to Alwar. In 2012, he took advantage of the growing influence of social media to publish historical information, photographs and documents related to Alwar on a Facebook page called The Beautiful Alwar, which continues to this day. More than 3,700 people like this page.

Lokesh joined the United India Insurance Company at Alwar. Currently he is at the post of Assistant Manager based at Jaipur. He continues to remain involved in promoting Alwar and its history.