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Major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of the state and is one of the Counter-magnet cities.
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Madhya Pradesh
13 linksState in central India.
State in central India.
Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Satna, and Guna being the other major cities.
Gwalior State
13 linksSemi-autonomous Maratha state.
Semi-autonomous Maratha state.
The state took its name from the old town of Gwalior, which, although not its first capital, was an important place because of its strategic location and the strength of its fort; it became later its capital, after Daulat Rao Sindhia built its palace in the village of Lashkar, near the fort.
Gwalior Fort
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The Gwalior Fort commonly known as the Gwāliiyar Qila, is a hill fort near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Indian Rebellion of 1857
6 linksMajor uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
Major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
The rebellion posed a considerable threat to British power in that region, and was contained only with the rebels' defeat in Gwalior on 20 June 1858.
Gwalior district
6 linksOne of the 52 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.
One of the 52 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.
The historic city of Gwalior is its administrative headquarters.
Maratha Empire
7 linksEarly modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century.
Early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century.
Peshwa Bajirao and his three chiefs, Pawar (Dhar), Holkar (Indore), and Scindia (Gwalior), expanded it northwards up to Peshawar.
Marathi people
6 linksIndo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India.
Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India.
These groups formed the backbone of administration in the new Maratha Empire states in many places such as Vyara-Songadh of (Surat), Baroda (Vadodara), Indore, Gwalior, Bundelkhand, and Tanjore.
Madhya Bharat
5 linksIndian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh.
Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh.
Gwalior was the winter capital and Indore was the summer capital.
Tomaras of Gwalior
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Jhansi
5 linksA historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
A historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Also called the Gateway to Bundelkhand, Jhansi is situated near and around the rivers Pahuj and Betwa at an average elevation of 285 m. It is about 420 km from New Delhi and 102 kmfrom Gwalior.