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Isagarh District
Isagarh District is a former administrative district ''( zila)'' of the princely state of Gwalior in central India. Gwalior state existed from the 18th century until shortly after Indian Independence in 1947. Geographically, the district included most of the present-day districts of Guna and Ashoknagar, along with a portion of northeastern Vidisha District. The administrative headquarters of the district was the town of Isagarh. The district was overseen by a '' subah'', or district magistrate, who answered directly to the Sadr Board, the governing administrative body of the state. After independence After Indian Independence in 1947, the state of Gwalior acceded to the Government of India, and its territory was integrated into the new state of Madhya Bharat. The territory of several feudal estates ''( Thakurs'' and ''Zamindars''), including Sirisi, Umri, Raghogarh, Paron, Theka, Aron, Miana, Garha, Bajrangarh, and Bahadurpur, were merged into Isagarh District, and it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of India
A district ('' zila'') is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into ''tehsils'' or ''talukas''. , there are a total of 766 districts, up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India. District officials include: *District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of administration and revenue collection *Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining law and order *Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, entrusted with the management of the forests, environment and wildlife of the district Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian state by area and the fifth largest state by population with over 72 million residents. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. The area covered by the present-day Madhya Pradesh includes the area of the ancient Avanti Mahajanapada, whose capital Ujjain (also known as Avantika) arose as a major city during the second wave of Indian urbanisation in the sixth century BCE. Subsequently, the region was ruled by the major dynasties of India. The Maratha Empire dominated the majority of the 18th century. After the Anglo-Maratha Wars in the 19th century, the region was divided into several princel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garha
The Garha, Gaur, Gaud or Gour, Gauri are a Muslim community or caste found in the Indian states of Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,Manohar, K S Singh, ed. (2005) ''People of India Uttar Pradesh''. Vol. XXIII. p. 407 Punjab and Uttarakhand. History and origin The Garha have 51 sub-divisions,Manohar, K S Singh, ed. (2005) ''People of India Uttar Pradesh''. Vol. XLII Part 2. p. 509 known as biradari. Some of these are based on territorial groupings and some on the sects and castes they belonged prior to their conversion to Islam. Their main biradari is the Gaur Brahmin. Some Garha sub-groups descent from the Gaur (Clan) of Rajput. But most of Gada groups are descent from the Gaur Brahmin community, and claim ''Gada'' is the khadi boli transformation of the original ''Gauda''. Some Garha Biradari sub-groups also descent from the tribe of Muhammad Ghouri or Muhammad of Ghor. They merged with the Gaur Muslims through marriage and political alliance and use surname Ghouri or Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aron, India
Aron is a town and a nagar panchayat in Guna district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Geography Aron is located at . It has an average elevation of 505 metres (1656 feet). It is 36 km from guna and have single farm science centre of the district. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ..., Aron had a population of 21,230. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Aron has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 62% of the males and 38% of females literate. 18% of the population is under 6 years of age. References Cities and towns in Guna district {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theka
A Theka (IAST: Ṭhekā) literally means "support, prop". The term also refers to a musical composition in classical Indian music for percussion instruments that establish a rhythm (''Chanda''), beats (''Matras'') and the metric cycle of beats ('' Tala'') in a performance. A ''theka'' is the basic rhythmic phrase of a particular ''tala''. It is the underlying repeated pattern that shapes the time cycle of a musical expression. Encyclopædia Britannica, Quote: "The rhythm of the melodic performance is nonmetric, but the percussion accompaniment is cast in a tala, and the time cycle is shaped by the repeated pattern (theka) performed by the accompanist." ''Theka'' is a term used by the drummers such as the '''' players. See als ...
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Paron State
Gwalior Residency was a political office in the British Indian Empire, which existed from 1782 until the British withdrawal from India in 1947. The Gwalior Residency was placed under the Central India Agency in 1854, and separated from it in 1921. States under the residency The Gwalior residency dealt with a number of Princely States of Central India. Salute states, in order of precedence : * principally Gwalior State, title Maharaja Scindia, Hereditary salute of 21-guns * Rampur, title Nawab; Hereditary salute of 15-guns * Benares (Ramnagar), title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns local) Non-salute states : * Bhadaura, * Garha * Khaniadhana * Paron * Raghugarh * Umri * Agra Barkhera. * Kathaun * Khiaoda * Sangul Wardha * Sirsi Also the Chhabra pargana (district) of Tonk State History After the Treaty of Salbai was concluded in 1782 between the British and Maharaja Mahadji Sindhia of Gwalior, David Anderson, who contributed to drafting the tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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