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unusual facts about Central India



124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857-58, the regiment, under the command of Major WG Duncan, operated in Central India against the Marathas led by Tatya Tope and the Rani of Jhansi.

Edward Wakefield

Educated at Haileybury and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he joined the Indian Civil Service in 1927 and served in Punjab, Rajputana, Kathiawar, Baluchistan, Central India, Tibet and the Persian Gulf.

Satyasraya

During his reign the Paramaras and Chedi, rulers of areas that are modern Gujarat and Central India reconquered the territory that they had lost to the Chalukyas earlier.

Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal

Sultan Shahjahan Begum GCSI CI (July 29, 1838 – June 16, 1901) was the Begum of Bhopal (the ruler of the princely state of Bhopal in central India) for two periods: 1844–60 (her mother acting as regent), and secondly during 1868–1901.


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Ahirwada

Ahirwada is a historic town located between the Parvati and Betwa rivers in Central India or modern Madhya Pradesh.

Arjunavarman

Arjunavarman was a king in central India, ruling from Dhar in Malwa between circa 1210-15.

Baituraza

He then left the city and headed towards the barren lands of East Punjab and central India full of forests and wild animals.

Balapur Fort

The Balapur fort is situated in Balapur, a large town located at the junction of the rivers Man and Bhains, in west-central India.

Bhokardan

One of the earliest references of Bhokardan is found in Markandeya Purana, where it is described as a prosperous trading city in Dandakaranya area, located on the trade route from Ujjayini, in central India to Prathishthana, then capital city of Satavahanas.

Bhopal State

Bhopal Agency was formed as an administrative section of Central India, consisting the Bhopal state and some princely states to the northeast, including Khilchipur, Narsingarh, Raigarh, and after 1931 the Dewas states.

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

Around 1910, Bagol initially was the only Railway station on proposed Udaipur–Phulad Railway line by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CI).

Cave paintings in India

The history of cave paintings in India range from drawings and paintings from prehistoric times, beginning around 30,000 BCE in the caves of Central India, typified by those at the Bhimbetka rock shelters to elaborate frescoes at sites such as the rock-cut artificial caves at Ajanta and Ellora, extending as late as the 8th - 10th century CE.

Chhollywood

Chhollywood refers to the film industry of Chhattisgarh state, central India, or to cinema in the Chhattisgarhi language.

Daltonganj

It is connected to Bhopal and Jabalpur of Central India (Madhya Pradesh) by Jabalpur - Howrah Shaktipunj Express (Daily) and Bhopal - Howrah Bhopal Express (Weekly/Monday), Varanasi by the Intercity Express and Patna by the Palamau Express.

G. sylvestre

Gymnema sylvestre, a herb species native to the tropical forests of southern and central India

Gangu Teli

Gangu Teli is a historical or apocryphal figure from the era of the Parmara dynasty of central India, a commoner belonging to the Teli (oil-presser) caste.

George Arundale

Following his wedding, he deemed it best to reside outside outside Chennai for a few years and accepted an offer from the Maharaja of Indore in central India to serve as the Commissioner of Education of that state.

Hannah Graaf

Magdalena along with Hannah have donated earnings from their modeling to aid orphanages in Nagpur in central India.

Kumbha of Mewar

A very tall and powerful man, he was about 7 feet tall; he held the Hindu flag flying high in an age when several Hindu kings like Kapilendradeva of east India, Deva Raya II of south India and Man Singh Tomar of central India defeated the Turkic invaders in different parts of India and expanded their kingdoms.

Madhyanchal Bank

Madhyanchal Grameen Bank was formed by merging three rural banks in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India named Madhya Bharat Bank, Sharda Grameen Bank, Rewa Sidi Grameen Bank, sponsored by State Bank Of India, Allahabad Bank and Union Bank of India.

Mori Rajputs

Of late, they have remained as smaller royal states and jagirdars in central India in the present state of Madhya Pradesh; they are presently settled in Wadhwan Dhar, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur and Raisen.

Nandgaon

Rajnandgaon district, and former princely state in Chhattisgarh state of central India

Nishu Nursery and Kothari Convent

Nishu Nursery and Kothari Convent is a school in Akola, in the Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra, central India.

Ocimum tenuiflorum

In a large-scale phylogeographical study of this species conducted using Chloroplast genome sequences, a group of researchers from Central University of Punjab, Bathinda have found that this plant had been originated in North-Central India.

Operation Green Hunt

On April 6, 2010, Maoist rebels killed 75 policemen/CRPF men in a jungle ambush in central India, the most security forces ever killed by the insurgents in a single conflict.

Pallas's Fish Eagle

Another case of lifting a great load in this species is when, in the Yamuna River in north-central India, an eagle captured a huge carp and flew with the struggling fish very low over the water, before dropping it in response to gunfire.

Paul Goethals

Goethals actively encouraged evangelization and education in the Chota Nagpur Plateau of Central India and was an effective help to Constant Lievens's work among the Mundas, Oraons and Kharias in the future state of Jharkhand.

Pengo

Pengo language, a Dravidian language spoken in south central India

Prithu

The town is referred as the boundary between Northern and central India and referred to by Patanjali as the modern Pehowa.

Samudragupta

He ruled for about ten years in the north-central India with son as an apprentice Pataliputra, near modern day Patna in Bihar state of India.

Sangram Shah

Sangram Shah, who belongs to the Raj Gond dynasty in central India, during is reign had established 52 Medieval fortifications called Garh in Assamese language, to strengthen and defend the Gond Empire.

Utricularia arenaria

There has also been a single collection from central India in Madhya Pradesh.