Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh in India. It lies 76 miles (122 km) south of Agra with a population of 690,342.

Gwalior occupies a strategic location in the Gird region of North India, and the city and its fortress have served as the center of several of North India's historic kingdoms. Gwalior is the administrative headquarters of Gwalior district and Gwalior division.

At the heart of Gwalior is its fortress, one of the most formidable in India. It occupies an isolated rock outcrop, and is surrounded by high walls which enclose buildings from several periods. the old town of Gwalior lies at the eastern base of the fortress. Lashkar, formerly a separate town that originated as a military camp, lies to the south, and Morar, also a formerly separate town, lies to the east. Gwalior, Lashkar and Morar are presently part of Gwalior Municipality. gwalior is a Distric and its tehsils are:- Gird,Gwalior,Dabra and Bhitarwar. Historically and architecturally, Gwalior is interesting first as a very ancient seat of Jain worship; secondly for its example of palace architecture of the best Hindu period (1486-1516); and thirdly as an historic fortress. near dabra-bhitarwar road many historical places are found.

Figures

A striking part of the Jain remains at Gwalior is a series of caves or rock-cut sculptures, excavated in the rock on all sides, and numbering nearly a hundred, great and small. Most of them are mere niches to contain statues, though some are cells that may have been originally intended for residences. One curious fact regarding them is that, according to inscriptions, they were all excavated within the short period of about thirty-three years, between 1441 and 1474. One of the colossal figures is 57 ft (17 m) high, which is taller than any other in northern India.

The palace built by Man Singh (1486-1516) forms the most interesting example of early Hindu work of its class in India. Another palace of even greater extent was added to this in 1516. The Mughal emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan added palaces to these two, the whole making a group of edifices unequalled for picturesqueness and interest by anything of their class in Central India. Among the apartments in the palace was the celebrated chamber, named the Baradari, supported on 12 columns, and 45 ft (15 m) square, with a stone roof, forming one of the most beautiful palace-halls in the world. It was, besides, singularly interesting from the expedients to which the Hindu architect was forced to resort to imitate the vaults of the Moslems. Of the buildings, however, which so excited the admiration of the first Mughal emperor Babur, probably little now remains.

The Fort area is also home of the Scindia school, a well regarded institution founded by the late Maharaja Jeevaji Rao Scindia of Gwalior in 1897.

In modern times a major Sikh gurdwara was constructed at the Fort area.

The Old Town

The old town of Gwalior, which is of considerable size, but irregularly built, lies at the eastern base of the rock. It contains the tomb of the Sufi saint Mahommed Ghaus, erected during the early part of Mughal emperor Akbar’s reign, and the tomb of Mian Tansen, a great singer and one of the 'Nine Jewels' of Akbar's court.

Close to the heart of the city is splendid Jai Vilas Palace, patterned on the French palace of Versailles. The town has a museum situated in the Gujari Mahal.

Lashkar

Lashkar is derived from the Persian lashkar, meaning army, or camp, as it was originally the camp, and later the permanent capital, of the Scindia dynasty of Gwalior state. Jivaji Chowk is the central focus of Lashkar, with a large square, a former opera house, banks, tea, coffee and juice stands and a municipal market building. Thriving bazaars surround the chowk.

Many shops of jewellery situated near Jiwaji Chowk. A source of water for the city Tighra is 10 km north of here. GAJRA RAJA MEDICAL COLLEGE(1946) Stand in lashkar On palace road, near katora taal. Thia is a great Contribute Of Scindia And Dr.Bhagwat Sahai www.grmedicalcollege.org.

Morar

Morar, formerly a separate town, lies three miles east of the old city. It was formerly a British military cantonment and residence of a political agent, but in 1886, when the fortress of Gwalior was restored to the Scindia, the troops at Morar were withdrawn to Jhansi, and the extensive barracks were likewise made over to Scindia. In the Revolt of 1857 Morar was the scene of the most serious uprising in Central India. By 1900 it a centre for local trade and had an important tanning industry, with a population of 19,179 in 1901.

2nd Temple of Sun in India is situated in Morar At Residency Road after The Konark...Sun Temple.

Cantt Area makes a large area of Morar which is official residence of Indian Army. It has many canteens for Army personnel.

Cities and towns in Madhya Pradesh

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