Damoh

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Damoh
Damoh
State - District(s)	Madhya Pradesh - Damoh
Coordinates	23.50° N 79.29° E
Area - Elevation	7,306 km² - 393 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	1081909 - 148/km²
Codes - Postal - Telephone - Vehicle	- 470661 - +07812 - MP-20

Damoh is a town in the Sagar Division of northeast Madhya Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Damoh District. It was founded by Rani Damayanti of Mahabharat period.

1 History of Damoh town and region
2 Economy
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History of Damoh town and region

(Chronology compiled by Prof. Malaiya)

[edit] From Mauryas to Guptas

304 BCE–232 BCE Prince Ashoka, governor of Avanti, married Devi, the daughter of a trader of Vidisha. The Ashoka's inscriptions found at Sanchi and Rupnath in Jabalpur District.
3rd-4th cent CE: Vakatakas originate from Bundelkhand, Vagat region of Tikamgarh District. They had the control till 4th century.

[edit] Rajput period

View of ghantaghar at Damoh

9th century: Kalachuri of Chedi (Dahal) at Tripuri (near Jabalpur) rise
9th century: Chandelas of Jejakabhukti rise

10th century: Buddhist idols of Bansipur and Kunvarpur.

11th cent: Nohta temple built.

1182: Chauhan King Prithviraj III attacked Mahoba, brave fight put-up by the Banafer brothers Alha and Udal, generals of Chandela Parmardi.

12th cent: Jain temple built at Gajanan ki Toria.

[edit] Muslim and Gond rule

1290-1315: The Khiljis had the regional administrative center of the Chanderi province at Batihadim (Batiagarh) which was transferred to Damova (Damoh). Damoh fort inscription.

14th century: Muslim rule inscriptions at Salaiya and Batiyagarh mention Khilji and Tuglaq as Sultans.

14th cent: Sahanpal Bundela captured Garhkundar from Khangar king.

15th cent: In Garha-Mandla kingdom. Sangram Shah in late fifteenth century

1506: Taran-swami of Bilahari founds Taran Panth.

1531: Rudrapratap Bundela made Orchha his new capital.

16th cent: Kurmi Immigrants from the Doab arrive in the Gond kingdom.

1543: Chandella Kirat Rai's daughter Durgavati married to Gond ruler Dalpat-shah of Garh Mandla.

1564: Durgavati killed in battle with Asaf Khan.

Early 17th century, Delhi returned half of the territory to the management of the Garha-Mandla Rajas.

[edit] Bundela and Maratha rule

1649-1731: Bundelkhand Kesri Maharaja Chhatrasal.

1660: Sagar city founded.

1700: Kundalpur temple repaired with support from Chhatrasal.

1731: Some of region given to Marathas, as part heirs to Chharasal.

1735: Maratha governor at Sagar.

1757: Bahoranji, a dealer in precious stones, had a 13th cent temple renovated at Damoh and a pratishta conducted to earn the title Singhai.

1780: The governors of Saugor, known as the Maratha Pandits, did annexed Gond kingdom.

1781: Jabalpur was selected as Maratha headquarters.

:Jageshwar Mahadev Shivalinga found, temple built.

1798: The peshwa granted the Nerbudda valley to the Bhonsle princes of Nagpur.

[edit] Company rule and Ghadar

1818: During the Governor-Generalship of lord Hastings the rule of Sagar passed into the hands of the British.

1854: as the Maratha kingdom lapsed to the British for lack of a recognized legitimate heir.

1857: The 42 NI and 3rd Irregular Cavalry stationed at Saugor rebelled on 1st July. 52 NI at Jabalpur rebelled on 28 September.

At Jabalpur the Gond Raja family, who were the last surviving descendants of the Garha-Mandla dynasty, prepared to revolt against the British. Their plans were discovered and both' the father, Shankar Shah, and his son, Raghunath Shah, were blown from guns.

Thakur Kishore Singh of Hindoria, Raja Devi Singh of Singrampur, Pancham Singh of Karijog, and others fought against the British rule in its rebellion in 1857.

Sir Hugh Rose assumed the command of the Central India Field Force on 17 December 1857. Finished in May 1858.

[edit] British rule

1861: Central Provinces created.

1861: Damoh first formed into a separate district.

1867: Damoh constituted a municipality.

1867 Population: Damoh dist 2,62,600

1867 railway lines were completed between Jabalpur and Allahabad

1896-1897: Damoh suffered severely from the famine.

1898: India Midland Railway's construction of Sagar-Damoh link
1899 construction of Damoh-Katni link

1900: Mild famine.

1923: Seth Govind Das jailed in Damoh, writes four Hindi plays.

1933: Mahatma Gandhi visits Damoh

1946: Sagar University was established on 18 July.

[edit] Independence

1947: Independence; Central Provinces reorganized as Madhya Pradesh state.

1960: Damoh degree college established by "Shiksha Prasar Samiti", a volunteer organization

1991: Damoh population 8,98,125.

2001: Damoh Dist population 10,81,909.

[edit] Economy

It has a considerable cattle-market, and a number of small industries, such as weaving, dyeing and pottery-making. The District Of Damoh has an area of 2816 sq. m. Except on the south and east, where the offshoots from the surrounding hills and patches of jungle break up the country, the district consists of open plains of varying degrees of fertility, interspersed with low ranges and isolated heights. The richest tracts lie in the centre. The gentle declivity of the surface and the porous character of the prevailing sandstone formation render the drainage excellent. All the streams flow from south to north. The Sunar and the Bairma, the two principal rivers, traverse the entire length of the district. Little use has been made of any of the rivers for irrigation, though in many places they offer great facilities for the purpose. Damoh was first formed into a separate district in 1861.