Narsinghpur

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Narsingh Avatar Temple at Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh

Narsinghpur or Narsimhapur is a town in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. Narsinghpur is the administrative headquarters of Narsinghpur District.

Narsinghpur has a large temple of Lord Narsingh known as Narsingh Avatar Temple . This temple was constructed by Jat Sardar in the 18th century. Khirwar clan Jats came to this place from Brij and founded the city of Narsinghpur, where they ruled for a long period. Khirwars of Narsinghpur were followers of god Narsingh. Here they constructed two temples of Narsingh avatar. And this temple has got its importance as district's Nomenclature hails from here only. ^[1]

Notable Jats from Narsinghpur

After the establishment of Indian National Congress in the year 1885, even in this district the feeling for Independence was prevalant & strong efforts were made by the people here.Being motivated by the efforts & leadership of Lokmanya Tilak,Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi ,Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. Among the leaders of his district were Gayadutt, Manik Chand Kochar, Choudhary Shankar Lal ,Thakur Niranjan Singh & Sri Shyam Sunder Narayan Musharan who lead the people of this district towards the Independence movements. In order to break the unity & enthusiasm of the people, the British had once again partitioned the district & merged it with Hoshangabad district but even then, enthusiasm as well as fight for independence continued in the people`s mind. During the mass demonstration of satyagrah at Chichli in the year 1932 Mansharam & Gauradevi lost their lives during Police firing.^[2]

Thousands of revolutionaries faced the atrocities of British rule & gave an example of strong devotion for the country & snipe against the British rule. When country got Independence in the year 1947 on 15th August, a new era started in this district. After 9 years of Independence when states were reorganized on the basis of languages, Narsinghpur, once again became district. Since 1st November 1956, Narsinghpur district moving towards progress & prosperity in its full existence.