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9 unusual facts about Gwalior


Bandi Chhor Divas

The Sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, was freed from imprisonment in the famous fort of Gwalior by Emperor Jahangir in October, 1619.

Bhai Lal Mohammad

Bhaskarbuwa had learnt from Ustad Faiz Mohammad Khan (Gwalior, India), Ustad Bande Ali Khan (Kirana), Ustad Natthan Khan (Agra), and Ustad Alladiya Khan of Kohlapur (Jaipur).

Bhaktamal

Nabhadas (1570–1662) was born in a poor family in Gwalior and was blind since birth.

Jamna Auto Industries

Jamna’s four state of the art manufacturing facilities are located at Yamuna Nagar, Malanpur (near Gwalior), Chennai and Jamshedpur.

Koderma railway station

Koderma has a rail connectivity with the other major parts of the country such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Pune, Guwahati etc.

Muztar Khairabadi

He served as a judge in the states of Tonk and Gwalior, but fled to Bhopal after losing the support of the Maharaja of Gwalior.

Richmond Shakespear

Later that year, he was transferred to Gwalior, where he was promoted to Regimental Captain in 1846, and where he remained until 1848.

Shatrunjaya

These hills have similarities to other hills where Jain temples have been built in Bihar, Gwalior, Mount Abu and Girnar.

Udaipuri Mahal

When Aurangzeb died she grieved so deeply and died within just four months at Gwalior, shortly after 8 June 1707.


Aasutosh Panigrahi

The largest indoor mural measures 904 m² (9,731 ft²) and was painted by six artists from 27 February to 5 March 2005 at Shyam Vatika, Saraswati Estate, Cimmco Tiraha, Gwalior, India.

Agra–Bhopal section

Agra Cantt., Gwalior, Jhansi and Bhopal are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.

Ambikapur, India

Jabalpur - Ambikapur Express, Ambikapur – Shahdol, Ambikapur – Surajpur – Anuppur – Bilaspur - Raipur - Durg Express and Bhopal – Chirmiri Passenger run from major cities Bhopal, Gwalior, Katni, Raipur and Jabalpur.

Bundelkhand Agency

The state of Khaniadhana was transferred to the authority of the Gwalior Resident in 1888, and in 1896 Baraunda, Jaso, and the Chaube jagirs were transferred to Bagelkhand.

Chanderi District

The portion of the district west of the Betwa River, including the town of Chanderi, was returned to Gwalior in 1861, and the portion east of the Betwa was renamed Lalitpur District.

Flag of the Maratha Empire

After the fall of the Maratha Empire, the flag or its variants remained in use by many princely states derived from Maratha territories, such as Kolhapur, Gwalior, Sangli and Jawhar.

Ghulam Hassan Shaggan

Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (born 1928, Amritsar) is a Pakistani classical singer of the Gwalior Gharana.

Gohad

During this period, they constructed several monuments within Gwalior fort, including the Cenotaph of Bhim Singh.

Goodearth Publications

Indore; state guides to Assam, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand; and district / site guides to Bhimbetka and Bhojpur, Bastar, Chanderi, Gwalior, Bhoramdeo, Sirpur,

Gwalior Engineering College

Gwalior Engineering College popularly known as GEC has been established by Mahatma Dhule Education Society.started in year 2003.

Gwalior Junction railway station

Gwalior Junction is linked with many industrial and important cities of India by direct trains like New Delhi, Bhopal, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jammu, Agra, Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, etc.

Gwalior Residency

He also had the powers of a District and Session Judge for portions of the Midland and Bina-Baran sections of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, which passed through the states of Gwalior, Datia, Samthar, Khaniadhana, and the Chhabra pargana.

History of Ranchi district

Later Jahangir, the son of Akbar sent his forces under the leadership of the Governor of Bihar, Ibrahim Khan and captivated the forty-fifth Kokrah chief, Durjan Sal to Delhi and later to Gwalior for a period of twelve years.

Indian Mutiny Medal

Awarded to all those who served under Major-General Sir Hugh Rose in actions against Jhansi, Kalpi, and Gwalior.

Jean Baptiste Filose

Jean Baptiste Filose was a military commander in the army of Daulat Rao Sindhia, the Maratha ruler of Gwalior.

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia

Scindia is one of the wealthiest ministers in the government of India and, in addition, a claimant to property worth Rs. 20,000 crores or $3.27 billion belonging to his late father, Madhav Rao Scindia, a titular hereditary Maharajah of Gwalior, which before 1947 was a princely state in the British Indian Empire.

Khizr Khan

In July, 1416 an army led by Taj-ul-Mulk was sent to Bayana and Gwalior.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Ladhana

Dr Natthan Singh: Jat Itihasa (Hindi), Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Gwalior, 2004

Madhavrao Scindia

He was educated at the Scindia School, endowed by his family, in Gwalior, Winchester College and then at New College, Oxford.

Marshall Cresswell

He set sail bound for Sarawak on the island of Borneo from Gravesend via Rio de Janeiro and Singapore in February 1857 on the Gwalior and immediately became involved in long sea journeys, shipwrecks, storms, hostile natives, excessive heat, and all that goes with these.

Mirza Jawan Bakht

The new Mughal Army carried the standard of Mirza Jawan Bakht, and soon controlled a vast territory that stretched from the Satluj Valley in the west to the territories around Allahabad in the east, from Srinagar in the north to Gwalior in the south, however times were troubled and the Mughal Empire was surrounded by enemies on every side.

Padma Talwalkar

She received training in Khyal gayaki in three main styles or gharanas: Gwalior, Kirana and Jaipur.

Pithampur

Nearest airport is Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport at Indore, which is about 19KM or 40 minutes drive from Pithampur, with multiple daily connections and operators to Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pune, Bangalore, lucknow, Kolkata, Jaipur, Bhopal, Raipur, and Jabalpur, Gwalior.

Sarguja Express

The Sarguja Express (صارجوجا إكسبرس) is a daily express train of North Central Railway, in India, running between Gwalior City in Madhya Pradesh and Ambikapur town in Chhattisgarh.

Sarita Shrestha

Shrestha received a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.) from the Jiwaji University, (Gwalior, India), a Certificate of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (CAMS) from the Tribhuvan University, (Kathmandu, Nepal) and in 1993 received a Medical Doctor in Ayurveda from the Benares Hindu University (Varanasi, India).

Scindia School

The Scindia School was founded by the late Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of Gwalior in 1897, as the Sardar School.

Shivpuri

Shivpuri king and fort was won by Ranoji Bhoite, a Maratha General of Chhatrapati of Satara on instructions of Jankoji Shinde, Gwalior Chief.

Siege of Ranthambore

Akbar had first besieged Ranthambore Fort in the year 1558, but decided instead to capture Gwalior, northern Rajputana and Jaunpur.

Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook

In 1778 Hamilton was promoted to lieutenant and in 1780 was once again in action during the First Anglo-Maratha War, where his troops participated in the storm and capture of Lahar, Gwalior and Bijaigarh from the Maratha Empire.

Sirsoli

The Battle of Argaon took place on November 28, 1803, between the British under the command of General Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and the forces of The Rajah of Berar under Sindhia of Gwalior.

Sitabuldi Fort

After the death of Shivaji on 3 April 1680, the Maratha Empire broke up into segments ruled by five families: the Peshwas of Satara, the Gaekwads of Baroda, the Holkars of Indore, the Scindias of Gwalior, and the Bhonsles of Nagpur.

Tamil Nadu Express

This train runs via Vijayawada, Warangal, Ballarshah, Nagpur, Itarsi, Bhopal, Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra Cantt and Hazrat Nizamuddin to reach New Delhi station.

Tatya Tope

After the battle of Gwalior Tatya undertook a campaign in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh and the Narmada River regions and in Khandesh and Rajasthan.

Usha Kiran Palace

Usha Kiran Palace is a heritage hotel, located near Jai Vilas Mahal on a 9 acre land in Gwalior built by the royal Scindia dynasty of the Marathas.


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