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unusual facts about Bundelkhand


Aouda

The daughter of a Bombay Parsi merchant, she was married against her will to the Hindu ruler of Bundelkhand, an Indian princely state.


Bundelkhand Agency

Shortly thereafter, authority over Bundelkhand was placed under the Resident at Gwalior, and the headquarters of the political assistant was moved to Nowgong, which remained until 1947.

The Marathas ceded parts of Bundelkhand, which were later called later British Bundelkhand, to the British in the 1802 Treaty of Bassein.

Chail Military School

The King George Royal Indian Military College was renamed as King George’s School and shifted to Nowgong (Bundelkhand) in August 1952 where it was housed in ‘Old Kitchner College buildings’.

Dadra

In this context dadra is a light classical vocal form in Hindustani classical music, mostly performed in Agra and in Bundelkhand region.

Datia

The state was founded in 1549 and it came under British control, with other territories in Bundelkhand, by the Treaty of Bassein.

Datia State

Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950.

Jainism in Bundelkhand

The Khandelwals are originally from Rajasthan, but they have been present in Bundelkhand since ancient times.

Jivaraj Papriwal

Today the images can be seen in Punjab, Haryana, Bengal, Bihar, Bundelkhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka, installed by Jivaraja in temples of the Digambar and Shvetambar sects.

Mallav Samaj

Mallav Samaj is a small community of India which migrated from a part of Rajasthan to Bundelkhand in Madhya Pradesh and are now settled in parts of Maharashtra like Aurangabad, Jalna, Pune and Solapur.

Orcha

Orchha State, a princely state of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sir John Dick-Lauder, 8th Baronet

On 14 February 1839 he was appointed adjutant to the HEIC's Jalaun Corps (which later became the Bundelkhand Legion), and served in disturbances in Bundelkhand (1840-1), Jigni, and Chirgaon, and became Acting Captain-Commandant of cavalry, Bundelkhand Legion, on 24 January 1842.

United Church of Northern India - Presbyterian Synod

The denomination today has four church councils in Allahabad, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri and Bundelkhand, with 25 congregations and 432 house fellowships.

Vishambhar Prasad Nishad

Nishad runs educational institutes in the remote area of Bundelkhand for the Nishada fisherman community in memory of the Nishada legend Ekalavya.


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