Narsinghgarh is a

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and a

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, near Rajgarh city in

Rajgarh district Rajgarh District () is a district of Madhya Pradesh in central India. The city of Rajgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district. The old name of Rajgarh was Jhanjhanipur. Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh is one of the aspirational distric ...

in the

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History

The town is over 300 years old, having been founded in 1681 by Dewan Parasram. After partition Rawat Paras Ramji named his state after Bhagwan Shri Narsingh (incarnation of the god Vishnu), who was his deity and aradhya Dev. Thereafter, he founded the town of Narsinghgarh and transferred his capital there and constructed the temple of his aradhya Dev Shri Narsingh Bhagwan. He built a tank known as Paras Ram Sagar. The town's lake still bears the name of the founder. The royal family was well connected directly and indirectly in relationship with all the important

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

royal families of India. The State of Narsinghgarh was carved out of the State of Rajgarh by Paras Ramji, the younger brother of the then Ruler of Rajgarh, Rawat Mohan Singhji in 1681 A.D *Rawat Paras Ramji (1681–95) *Rawat Dalel Singhji (1695) *Rawat Moti Singhji (1695–1751) *Rawat Khuman Singhji (1751–66) *Rawat Achal Singhji (1766–95) *Rawat Sobhagh Singhji (1795–1827) *Raja Hanwant Singhji (1827–73) *Raja Pratap Singhji (1873–90) *Raja Mehtab Singhji (1890–95) *Raja Arjun Singhji (1895–1924) *Maharaja Vikram Singhji (1924–57) *Maharaja Bhanu Prakash Singhji (1957–2019)

Fort

The fort and palace at Narsinghgarh was the official residence of the rulers of

Narsinghgarh State The Kingdom of Narsinghgarh also known as Narsinghgarh State was a princely state located in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India with its capital at Narsinghgarh, Rajgarh, Narsinghgarh from which the state was named. The ruling family was a cade ...

till Maharaja Bhanu Prakash Singhji shifted to the Bhanu Niwas Palace in the town in 1962. In Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan the rulers of Narsinghgarh were the only rulers who lived in the fort. The fort was built nearly 300 years ago in the Rajpur, Mughal and Malwa style. The entire complex covers an area of 45.323 acres and a built in area of more than 177000 sq. feet. It has 304 rooms, 4 halls, 12 chowks and 64 varandas. It is situated nearly 350 feet above the town on the hood of a snake-like hill and the approach to the Fort by vehicles is through its tail. This fort is the third biggest in the former State of

Madhya Bharat Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramuk ...

, now part of Madhya Pradesh State, after the Forts of

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. The fort's pool was made in 19th century.

Geography

Narsinghgarh is located on

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Plateau at . It has an average elevation of 483

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s (1584

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). The town is 72 km from the Raja Bhoj Airport and is reached by a good road. Town is surrounded by Vindhyanchal Mountain Range and has three lakes. It is situated between Kota &

Bhopal Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to ...

on the Jaipur-Jabalpur National Highway No.12 and is 82 km. from

, 265 Kilometers from Kota and 200 Kilometers from

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. The main railway stations are

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on the main Delhi-Chennai line and

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nearly 33 km on the Maksi-Gwalior branch line. The town of

Vidisha Vidisha (विदिशा, formerly known as Bhelsa and known as Besnagar and Bhaddilpur in ancient times) is a city in Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Vidisha district. It is located 62.5 km north ...

is 84 km. east of Narsinghgarh. The town of

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is 81 kilometers south west of Narsinghgarh. There is a new railway line proposed from

to Kota via Bairagarh,

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, Narsinghgarh,

, Rajgarh,

Khilchipur Khilchipur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rajgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 2022 Janpad Panchayat election held in which BJP emerged as a winner and make their candidate Janpad Adhyaksh and up-adhyaksh under the lead ...

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, Ramganj Mandi etc. Close to Narsinghgarh is a state wildlife sanctuary with a big lake and a good rest house. Area of Narsinghgarh – 1368 km² >and total 306 villages.

Demographics

India

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, Narsinghgarh had a population of 27,657. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Narsinghgarh has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 57%. In Narsinghgarh, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Art and music

The Rulers of Narsinghgarh were patrons of arts and music. The Malwa School of Arts as known today had its origin in the Narsinghgarh School of Arts in the 18th and 19th centuries. One of its artists was Madhav Das, whose collections of paintings were known as "Rag Ragini". The temples of Kunwarani ji and Chapawatji built by the Ranis of Narsinghgarh on the banks of Paras Ram Sagar depicted the paintings of Krishna Leela. From Narsinghgarh it was carried to Mandu and thus later on called the Malwa School of Arts. The college of Narsinghgarh is affiliated with Khairagarh University.

Tourist attractions

Narsinghgarh's main tourist attractions are Bada Mahadev Mandir, Chota Mahadev Mandir, Gupteshwar Mahadev Mandir, Nadiya Pani, Kodu Pani, raghunathji mandir, Narsinghgarh Fort, Badi Hanuman Gadi, shri jagannath mandir, Choti Hanuman Gadi, Jamaat Mandir and the jal Mandir.There is also Swarn Jain temple, dedicated to Mallinath Swamy along with Jain Dadawadi, it is made up of marble with detailed mirror and gold work, a visual treat for the visitors. There is also one wildlife sanctuary near Narsinghgarh, which is called "Paradise of Peacock"(chiddi kho). Also within short distance there is Shyam Ji shakha mandir, famous for its history and beauty. Narsinghgarh mahotsav is celebrated in winter every year. Nearby Narsinghgarh is Kotra village having wonderful Shamji temple along with Karotia – A narrow cave like structure on the Satpura ranges.

References

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