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Chanderi
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Chanderi
Total population
28,313
Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Chanderi, is a town of historical importance in Ashoknagar District of the state Madhya Pradesh in India. It is situated at a distance of 127 km from Shivpuri, 38 km from Lalitpur, 57 km from Ashok Nagar, 348 km from Jhansi and 46 km from Isagarh. It is surrounded by hills southwest of the Betwa River. Chanderi is surrounded by hills, lakes and forests and is spotted with monuments of the Malwa Sultanate and the Bundela Rajputs. It is also famous for ancient Jain Temples. Its population in 2011 was 33,190.
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History
in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Chanderi came under the sway of the later Pratīhāra kings. During this time, Chanderi is mentioned by the Persian scholar Alberuni in 1030. Ghiyas ud din Balban captured the city in 1251 for Nasiruddin Mahmud, Sultan of Delhi. Sultan Mahmud I Khilji of Malwa captured the city in 1438 after a siege of several months. Rana Sanga of Mewar conquer much of the Malwa along with Chanderi and appointed his vassal Medini Rai a rebellious minister of Sultan Mahmud II of Malwa as ruler of Malwa under his lordship. Medini Rai made Chanderi as capital of his kingdom. In the Battle of Chanderi, the Mughal Emperor Babur captured the fort from Medini Rai and witnessed the macabre Rajput rite of jauhar, in which, faced with certain defeat and in an attempt to escape dishonor in the hands of the enemy, women with children in their arms jumped in a fire pit to commit suicide, which was made for this specific purpose, against the background of vedic hymns recited by the priests. Jauhar was performed during the night and in the morning the men would rub the ashes of their dead women folk on their forehead, don a saffron garment known as kesariya, chew tulsi leaves (in India tulsi leaves are placed in the mouth of a dead body), symbolizing their awareness about impending death and resolve to fight and die with honour. This method of fighting & dying for the cause of retaining honour was called saka. In 1529, Puran Mal defeated Babur's forces and captured Chanderi. In 1542 it was captured by Sher Shah Suri and added to the governorship of Shujaat Khan. The Mughal Emperor Akbar made the city a sarkar in the subah of Malwa. The Bundela Rajputs captured the city in 1586, and it was held by Ram Sab, a son of Raja Madhukar of Orchha. In 1646 Devi…
Geography
Chanderi is located at . It has an average elevation of 456 metres (1496 feet).
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Nearby places in Madhya Pradesh
- Isagarh18 mi away · pop. 5,000
- Mungaoli21.1 mi away
- Ashoknagar27.2 mi away · pop. 10,000
- Pichore32.4 mi away · pop. 5,000
- Shadhora34.7 mi away
- Bina Etawa36.7 mi away · pop. 5,000
- Khimlasa37.8 mi away
- Kurwai41.4 mi away · pop. 5,000
- Tikamgarh43.7 mi away · pop. 50,000
- Mandi Bamora45.3 mi away
- Aron50.7 mi away · pop. 1,000
- Sironj50.7 mi away · pop. 5,000
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- • Wikipedia
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library