Deogarh Chhindwara
See Deogarh for similarly named villages at other places.
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Deogarh (देवगढ) is a village in ... tahsil in Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh.It is located 24 miles southwest of Chhindwara, picturesquely situated on a crest of the hills.
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Popular tradition tells of a Gaoli Kingdom preceding the Gonds. The mythical Gond hero Jatba, who founded the dynasty, was born from a virgin under a bean plant, and was protected by a cobra, who came and spread its hood over him during the heat of the day, when his mother left him to go to her work. When he grew up he became famous for his feats of strength, and entered the service of the twin Gaoli kings, Ransur and Ghansur, whom he subsequently slew with a magic sword, and taking the kingdom in their stead became the first Gond ruler. The forts of Patansaongi and Nagardhan in Nagpur District are attributed to him.In the late 17th century, Prince Bakht Buland went to Delhi, where he entered the service of the Mughal Empire Aurangzeb. He gained the emperor's favor by his military achievements, and the emperor persuaded him to become a Muslim. He returned from Delhi with a number of craftsmen and farmers, both Hindu and Muslim. He enlarged his dominions at the expense of the states of Chanda and Mandla, and established many new towns and villages, including the city of Nagpur.
Bahkt Buland's successor, Chand Sultan, moved the capital of the kingdom from Deogarh to Nagpur. After Chand Sultan's death in 1739, struggles over his succession led to the intervention of the Maratha leader Raghoji Bhonsle, who governed neighboring Berar in the name of the Maratha Peshwa. The Gond kingdom was annexed to the Maratha empire, and ruled by Raghoji's successors. The Bhonsle kingdom was defeated the British in the Anglo-Maratha Wars, and became a princely state of British India. The Nagpur kingdom was annexed by the British in 1853 under the Doctrine of lapse, and was governed as Nagpur Province until 1861, when it became part of the Central Provinces.
After India's independence in 1947, the Central Provinces became the new state of Madhya Pradesh.
देवगढ़
देवगढ़ छिंदवाड़ा ज़िला (AS, p. 443), मध्य प्रदेश में स्थित है। मुग़ल काल में देवगढ़ पर राजगोडों का राज्य हुआ करता था। यह ऐतिहासिक युद्ध के लिय प्रसिद्ध है, जो मुग़ल बादशाह औरंगज़ेब तथा कूरमकल्ल कोकशाह की सेना के मध्य लड़ा गया था। 1670 ई. में गोंड नरेश कूरमकल्ल कोकशाह पर औरंगज़ेब के द्वारा आक्रमण किया गया। मुग़ल सेना को छत्रसाल और उनके भाई अंगद राय ने यथा-सम्भव सहायता प्रदान की थी, जिसके परिणाम स्वरूप मुग़लों की विजय हुई और उन्होंने देवगढ़ ले लिया। इस युद्ध में छत्रसाल ने बड़ी वीरता दिखलाई और वे घायल भी हो गये थे, किंतु युद्ध के पश्चात् छत्रसाल को मुग़ल सम्राट औरंगज़ेब से यथोचित सत्कार और मान-सम्मान नहीं मिला और इस घटना से उनके मन की राष्ट्रीय भावनाएँ जागृत हो गईं। तभी से छत्रसाल औरंगज़ेब के कट्टर शत्रु हो गए।[1]
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- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur,p. 443-444
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