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Why visit Chhatarpur
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Highlights include Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University.
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About Chhatarpur
Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhatarpur District.
From the Wikipedia article Chhatarpur (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University
School · 1.6 km
State public university in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Healthcare3
History
Chhatarpur was founded in 1785 and is named after leader Chhatrasal, the founder of Bundelkhand region, and contains his cenotaph. The state was ruled by his descendants until 1785. At that time the Pawar clan of the Rajputs took control of Chhatarpur. The state was guaranteed to Kunwar Sone Singh Pawar in 1806 by the British Raj.
In 1854 Chhatarpur would have lapsed to the British government for want of direct heirs under the doctrine of lapse, but was conferred on Jagat Raj as a special act of grace. The Pawar Rajas ruled a princely state with an area of 1,118 square miles (2,900 km2), and population of 156,139 in 1901, which was part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India.
In 1901 the town of Chhatarpur had a population of 10,029, a high school and manufactured paper and coarse cutlery. The state also contained the British cantonment of Nowgong.
From the History section of Chhatarpur on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Chhatarpur
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Getting there and nearby towns
Khajuraho Airport (HJR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 35 km away.
- Garhi 17 km northeast, about 17 min by car
- Mahārājpur 18 km northeast, about 18 min by car
- Nowgong 22 km northwest, about 22 min by car
- Satai 22 km south, about 22 min by car
- Pāy 30 km east, about 30 min by car
- Rājnagar 33 km east, about 33 min by car
- Bijāwar 34 km south, about 34 min by car
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments 36 km east, about 36 min by car
- Palera 38 km west, about 38 min by car
- Kulpahār 45 km north, about 45 min by car
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Chhatarpur Railway Station, Madhy Pradesh, Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Railway station platform 5, Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatarpur Railway Station, Madhy Pradesh (cropped), Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Railway station platform 4, Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Railway station platform 2, Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Railway station platform 3, Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Railway station platform, Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Railway station platform 6, Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatarpur Railway Station platform 1, Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS038-E-25563 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Javari Temple, Khajuraho, Dey.sandip, CC BY-SA 3.0
- TULSI LEAF ultra close view, Bedant Gupta 01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- YELLOW MOSAIC of tulsi leaf, Bedant Gupta 01, CC BY-SA 4.0
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