Koovarji Karsan Rathor

Koovarji Karsan Rathor (1898–1976) was a Kutchi railway & civil contractor, businessman & philanthropist from Cuttack, India.

[3][4] Further, Karsan Bhima and his elder brother Jagmal Bhima were the contractors, who were involved in building of railway lines from Kharagpur to Cuttack during the years 1892 to 1898 along with other contemporary Mistri contractors like Manji Jeram of Madhapar, Khora Ramji and others from Sinugra, Khambhra, etc.

[3][5] They have also done works of building palaces, courts & highway in erstwhile princely states of Mayurbhanj, Patna, Keonjhar & Sundargarh.

He joined his father's business along with his brother Raghu Karson, as railway & civil contractor.

[5] In his ancestral village at Madhapar in Kutch, the huge artificial pond made by his uncle, Jagmal Bhima Rathor in 1900, is today known as Jagasagar Lake, named after its builder.