Tikamgarh
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Tikamgarh | |
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City | |
Tikamgarh | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 472001 (HPO) |
Telephone code | 07683 |
Vehicle registration | MP-36 |
Sex ratio | 911[1] |
Literacy | 74.9% |
Distance from New Delhi | 500 kilometres (310 mi) N (land) |
Website | tikamgarh |
Tikamgarh (also spelled as Tikamgadh)is a
Origin of the name
The district is named after its headquarter, Tikamgarh. The original name of the town was Tehri. In 1780, the ruler of Orchha Vikramajit (1776–1817) shifted his capital from Orchha to Tehri and renamed it Tikamgarh (Tikam is one of the names of Krishna) Because Raja Vikramajit Is A Devotie Of Lord Krishna.[3]
History
The area covered by this district was part of the
Orchha was founded in the 1501 AD,[4] by the Bundela chief, Rudra Pratap Singh, who became the first King of Orchha, (r. 1501-1531) and also built the Fort of Orchha.[5] He died in an attempt to save a cow from a lion. The Chaturbhuj Temple was built, during the time of Akbar, by the Queen of Orchha,[6] while Raj Mandir was built by 'Madhukar Shah ju Dev' during his reign, 1554 to 1591.[7][8]
During the rule of
In the early 17th century,
Hamir Singh, who ruled from 1848 to 1874, was elevated to the style of Maharaja in 1865. Maharaja Pratap Singh ju Dev (born 1854, died 1930), who succeeded to the throne in 1874, devoted himself entirely to the development of his state, himself designing most of the engineering and irrigation works that were executed during his reign. In 1901, the state had an area of 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km2), and population of 52,634. It was the oldest and highest in rank of all the Bundela states, with a 17-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of First of the Prince of Bundelkhand. Vir Singh, Pratap Singh's successor, merged his state with India on 1 January 1950. The district became part of Vindhya Pradesh state, which was merged into Madhya Pradesh state in 1956.
Today Orchha is almost a nondescript town with a small population, and its importance is maintained only due to its rich architectural heritage and tourism. However the name of the Orchha State continued to be in use, as can be seen in the inscriptions of Jain tirth Paporaji, now on the outskirts of Tikamgarh.[11]
Janaki temple popularly known as the Nau Lakha Mandir (meaning "nine lakhs") in Nepal. The cost for the construction of the temple was about the same amount of money: rupees nine lakhs or nine hundred thousand, hence the name. Queen Vrisha Bhanu of Tikamgarh, India built the temple in 1910 AD.
In the reign of Jehangir, in 1618,
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Janaki temple
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interior view of Janaki temple
Climate
Climate data for Tikamgarh (1981–2010, extremes 1968–2011) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 36.2 (97.2) |
37.5 (99.5) |
41.6 (106.9) |
47.1 (116.8) |
47.5 (117.5) |
46.6 (115.9) |
45.0 (113.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.3 (100.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
47.5 (117.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
33.7 (92.7) |
38.9 (102.0) |
41.9 (107.4) |
40.0 (104.0) |
33.7 (92.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
32.9 (91.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
3.2 (37.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 11.5 (0.45) |
9.2 (0.36) |
6.6 (0.26) |
1.7 (0.07) |
5.6 (0.22) |
65.7 (2.59) |
277.4 (10.92) |
225.5 (8.88) |
150.8 (5.94) |
29.9 (1.18) |
5.2 (0.20) |
2.8 (0.11) |
792.0 (31.18) |
Average rainy days | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 36.5 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
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65 | 60 | 55 | 41 | 41 | 51 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 65 | 62 | 62 | 60 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[12][13] |
Demographics
As per
Administration
Tikamgarh has 27 wards.
Industry
Tikamgarh has emerged as a major center for brass statues.[14][15] While the metalcrafting tradition in small towns has decline with the emergence of major trade centers. the tradition of casting bronze statues was established by Bhainalal Soni in 1950s, who traditionally made silver ornaments in the local style. The President of Indian has awarded Harish Soni and Dhaniran Soni for their craftsmanship.[16]
Transportation
Roads
- About 20,000 of vehicles are running on Tikamgarh city roads including light and heavy vehicles.
- There are daily service of buses for every part of state.
- Highways Passing from Tikamgarh Are, NH-12A, SH-37, SH-10.
- Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Bus Stand Daily service of Buses for New Delhi, Lalitpur, Nagpur, Kanpur, Indore, Bhopal, Jhansi, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar are also there.
Railways
The construction of railway line to Tikamgarh has been completed in 2012. On 26 April 2013 was connected with railway services. The rail services begun from Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh) to Tikamgarh and was started under the Lalitpur-Singrauli Rail Project. The first train to travel between the two stations was Tikamgarh-Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) passenger train. The train was sanctioned between the two stations in the Rail Budget of 2012–13. The railway line between Tikamgarh and Lalitpur rail route is 52 kilometre long. Union Minister Pradeep Jain flagged off the train at Lalitpur station.
Airways
Khajuraho is the nearest (125 km) airport from where daily flights operate for Delhi and Agra.
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Half view Of Bus Stand (Tikamgarh)
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Tikamgarh Railway Station
Places of interest
Places of interest within 10 km include:[citation needed]
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River view at Kundeshwar, Tikamgarh
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Chandella period idols of Lord Adinath belonging to 1145 AD in the underground chamber at Paporaji
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22 feet (6.7 m) Shantinath idol at Aharji, 12th century
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Digambar Jain Atishay kshetra Paporaji atsagarroad near tikamgarh
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A view of Mahendra Sagar in Tikamgarh
Education
Tikamgarh has many schools and colleges.
- Bhagwan Mahaveer Baal Sanskar School
- Maharishi Vidhya Mandir
- Hope Academy
- Angles Abode public school
- Saroj convent higher secondary school
- Pushpa higher secondary school
Radio and television station
Tikamgarh catches radio station of All India Radio (आकाशवाणी) under Prasar Bharati at '675 kHz from Chhatarpur & 92.7 Big FM from Jhansi. Tikamgarh has its own Doordarshan Kendra established in 2008.
Notable people
- Asgari Bai
- Uma Bharati
- Keshavdas
- Mrinal Pande
- Khargapur
- Rajendra Nath, Noted Bollywood Hindi film Actor
- Virendra Kumar Khatik, Cabinet Minister, Government of India for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Census of India: Tikamgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Tikamgarh - General Information". Retrieved on 7 May 2015.
- ^ Orchha Tikamgarh district Official website.
- ^ [.co.uk/personalisation/PHO000430S21U00011000 Mausoleum of Raja Rudra Pratap Singh ju Dev] British Library.
- ^ Orchha Archived 7 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine British Library.
- ^ Genealogy of Orchha
- ^ Raj Mandir British Library.
- ^ Swan Bhadon Palace, Orcha British Library.
- ^ Orchha state The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 19, p. 241.
- ^ Papaura Darshan, Pt. Vimal Kumar Shastri, Shri Digambar jain Atishya Kshetra Papaura ji, Tikamgarh, 2014.
- ^ "Station: Tikamgarh Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 741–742. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Tikamgarh ki Pital ki Anuthi Shailendra Dvivedi, Bhaskar Sagar, 20 November 2017
- ^ चमकेगी पीतल की अनूठी कारीगरी, Patrika, 5 July 2017
- ^ राष्ट्रीय क्राफ्ट बाजार में होती है टीकमगढ़ में बनी पीतल की मूर्तियाें की डिमांड Bhaskar News Network, 7 August 2017
External links
- Tikamgarh travel guide from Wikivoyage