Sagar

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Sagar a beautiful city ,looks like a hill station, people here are very sweet and caring and have great respect for their motherland.
Sagar, also known as Saugor, is a city in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It is the administrative seat of Sagar District and Sagar Division. The town is in a picturesque situation on a spur of the Vindhya Range, 1758 ft. above sea-level. The town is handsomely built, and is an emporium of trade.

Sagar (Saugar), called the city of lakes, is a city in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. in a picturesque situation on a spur of the Vindhya Range and 1758 ft. above sea-level, Sagar is a handsomely built university town with great natural beauty and cultural heritage. Hindi is the official language of the city, while Bundelkhandi is the local dialect. Sagar is well known for its contribution to Hindi literature, and hosts a number of writers, poets and other artists leading in their respective fields.
The city also has an Army Cantonment and its own city hospital. Sagar is also known as a hub of Hindi poets of national and international repute.

Sagar is also called the city of lakes. The dominant religion is Hindu.
Some very good places of interests in and around Sagar are - Rahatgarh Waterfalls, Garhphra Mountains and Temples, Khimlasa Forts etc. Sagar city is also developing into an industrial area and many new industries are setting up in the city. Sagar also has its own hospital and medical research centre called Bhagyoday Tirth. Thus the city is known as the Heart of Madhya Pradesh. Sagar has a very good network of railway system which connects it to major cities in india. The nearest airport to the city is at Bhopal.
Sagar region is served by various media networks. Regional commercial television networks such as Doordarshan (DD)operate in and around the city. The region also receives local radio networks and is home to various daily newspapers such as Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jaagran. The Pragati Shopping Mall and many commercial shops are located mainly in the Civil Lines area. Sagar has a small stadium, where different sporting events are organized. Cricket, Football and Hockey are the most popular sports.

Having a total area of 10,252 square kilometers and a population of 2,021,783, the district has its headquarters at the town of Sagar.

The main occupation of the district is agriculture and wheat, soghum and oilseeds are the chief grown crops. Extensive cattle rising is also observed.

Sagar district has several fine tourist spots including the archaeological site near Eran and Sagar Lake.

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Climate/Weather:

Summer - March till mid June.
Rainy Season - Mid June till Mid September.
(the period from Mid Sept. till Mid Nov. is again dry & hot.)
Winter - Mid November till February.

History of Sagar:

Sagar owes its importance to having been made the capital of the Maratha governor Govind Pant Bundele who established himself here in 1735. By a treaty concluded with the Maratha Peshwa in 1818, at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the greater part of the present district was made over to the British. The town became the capital of the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories, then attached to the North-Western Provinces. The Saugor and Nerbudda Territories later became part of the Central Provinces (afterwards Central Provinces and Berar)and Sagar District was added to Jabalpur Division. During the Revolt of 1857 the whole district was in the possession of the rebels, except the town and fort, in which the British were shut up for eight months, until relieved by Sir Hugh Rose. The rebels were totally defeated and British rule restored by March, 1858. In the early 20th century Sagar had a British cantonment, which contained a battery of artillery, a detchment of a European regiment, a native cavalry and a native infantry regiment. Upon India's independence in 1947, the former Central Provinces and Berar became the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Educational Institutions in Sagar:

University of Sagar was the first university to be established in Madhya Pradesh, and the 18th university of India. A precursor to this university was established well before Indian independence. Situated on top of hills overlooking the town it has an extensively large UTD Campus. Sagar also has a Government Engineering College and its very own Sagar Medical College to train doctors and nurses. The city has a very good schooling system, including St. Joseph's Convent School, Vatsalya public school, Government Higher Secondary School, Kendriya Vidyalaya,Deepak Memorial school , Arya Kanya Vidyalaya, Saraswati Shishu Mandir. Sagar also has various technical colleges such as Gyanveer College, where students can pursue technical skills education. The Chimes Aviation Academy is located in Dhana which is about 12 km from Sagar and is one of the best aviation training institutions present in the country. Sagar is also importnant for the biodiversity it harbours. The small forests around Sagar university are home of varied flora and fauna. Snakes, in particular, find ideal habitat here.

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The region is popular on India's tourism scene, due to its cultural heritage and diversity. Some places of interest in and around Sagar are Rahatgarh Waterfalls, Garhphra Mountains and Temples, and Khimlasa Forts. Sagar is developing into an industrial area with many new corporate industries setting up their plants within the city. Sagar has its own hospital and medical research centre called Bhagyoday Tirth, as well as an army cantonment unit. The city known as the Heart of Madhya Pradesh has a very good transportation network with the railway system Indian Railways and national highways National Highways Authority of India connecting it with all major cities across India. The nearest airport from the city is at Bhopal, the capital of the state of M.P.

Sagar region is served by various media networks. Regional commercial television networks such as Doordarshan (DD)operate in and around the city. The region also receives local radio networks and is home to various daily newspapers such as Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jaagran. The Pragati Shopping Mall and many commercial shops are located mainly in the Civil Lines area. Sagar has a small stadium, where different sporting events are organized. Cricket, Football and Hockey are the most popular sports.

How to reach Sagar?

Nearest Railway Station:Sagar Railway Station.

The Sagar Railway Station is the main railway station of the city which serves a few trains for Delhi, Bombay and Calcutta. While it serves trains for Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur too.The district is accessible by rail as the town of Sagar lies on the Bina – Katni branch of Central railway line. Sagar is 76 Km from Bina which is on the Bombay Delhi main line.

Road Transport:Sagar Bus Station

Sagar is connected by road to Bhopal and Bina Etawa.All the towns and big villages are directly connected by the bus transport. The passenger buses are run by both MPSRTC and private bus owners.

Sagar is traversed by high class roads which connect it with important towns like Damoh and Jabalpur on the east and south east, Lalitpur and Jhansi on the north, Chhattarpur on the north east and Bhopal on the south-west. Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh is about 208 Km from Sagar by road.

Tourist Attraction of Sagar:

Rahatgarh, Tehsil Sagar:

A small town 60 km west of Sagar on Bhopal Sagar Road renowned for its battlement ramparts, its gates and its ruins of palaces temples and mosques. It is picturesquely situated on the steep bank of the river Bina which is crossed at this point by a fine bridge of fourteen arches, completed in 1863. Close to the town stands the famous fort of Rahatgarh. It outer wall consists of 26 enormous towers, some of which were used as dwellings connected by curtain walls and enclosing a space of 66 acres. Two miles away from the fort is a waterfall nearly 50 feet high in picturesque surroundings.

Khimlasa, Tehsil Khurai:

Khimlasa is said to have been founded by a Mohammedan noble and was mahal in the sarkar of Raisen of the subah of Malwa. The town of Khimlasa is enclosed within a fortified wall built of stone rubble more or less coursed. In the centre of the town is a bastion fort of which the gateways alone form an interesting feature. One side of the fort is the dargah of the Panch Pirs, with an elaborately carved perforated screen work, which deserves a special mention.

Abchand, Tehsil Sagar:

In the ravines of river Gadheri, ensconced in the dense growth of Abchand reserve forest ( 23 45' N and 78 55' E), about 22 miles east of Sagar on the Sagar-Damoh road, exist about a dozen rock-cut caves with paintings of the same type as found at Singhanpur and Adamgarh. The largest cave is about 40 feet in length and its walls contain more than a dozen paintings showing activities of the pre-historic men. The hunting scenes represent individual or group of hunters. They are equipped with bows and arrows, spears and other weapons. The game animals shown in these paintings are bison's, bulls, deer antelopes, tiger, boars etc. In one of the Shelters a fierce fight between two tigers is fitfully depicted. The primitive people seem to have amused themselves with songs and dances.

Baleh, Tehsil Rehli:

Baleh, Tehsil Rehli Situated in 23 degree 35 N and 79 degree 10 E it is a village 36 miles southeast of Sagar and 11 miles from Rehli with which it is connected by a road. A record found here mention Palvana or Yalavana Pattala and refers to a Chandika temple. Formerly the estate of Baleh consisting of 53 villages belong to a gond family of Patehra, which being driven out of Deori, settled here in 1747. It has some old tanks and betel vine gardens producing a leaf of some reputation.

Bamora, Tehsil Khurai:

Bamora, Tehsil Khurai - A large village, lying 23 degree 35'N and 79 degree 05'E is a railway station on the Bina-Itarsi line of the Central Railway. There is a ruined temple built of stone without mortar similar to the one at Janjgir. The date of erection is not known, but it is believed to be very ancient. It contains a small stone image of a Varaha and one of a horse with rider. In one corner is an image of Shiva placed there since the temple passed out of its original use. There are also Buddhist ruins in the village.

Bhapel, Tehsil Sagar:

Bhapel, Tehsil Sagar - A village situated in 23 degree 45'N and 87 degree 35'E, is 9 miles from Sagar on the Rahatgarh road. It is also called Phular as there is a temple of Mahadeo, locally called Phulnath. During the great Uprising on 15 December,1857 Bhapel was the site of an engagement between a British detachment from Sagar and the mutineers. An annual religious fair is held on the Purnima Day after Diwali which is attended by about 3,000 persons.

Bilhera, Tehsil Sagar:

Bilhera, Tehsil Sagar - A village situated in 23 degree 35' N and 78 degree 40' E is 17 miles South of Sagar. It was founded in about 1659 A.D. by a Rajput chief called Pargal Shah, brother of Udan shah, the founder of Sagar who built the small fort which still stands. Later it was assigned, alongwith other villages as a grant for the maintenance of the old Dangi rulers of Sagar.

Bina, Tehsil Sagar:

Bina, Tehsil Khurai - A town situated in 24 degree 10' N and 78 degree 10' E at an elevation of 1352 feet is an important Railway Junction on the Central Railway 47 miles from Sagar by Rail and adjoining the town of Etawa. The Station having been named after the Bina River to avoid confusion with another Etawa in Uttar Pradesh. It is connected with Katni Junction on the Central Railway by a branch line through Sagar and Damoh.

Binaika, Tehsil Banda:

Binaika, Tehsil Banda - A large village in 24 degree 05 N and 78 degree 50' E is 24 miles north of Sagar. It is supposed to have been populated in the 15th Century and was held by the Gond rulers of Garh Mandla from whom it was taken by Raja Beer Singh Deo of Orchha and was ceded to the Marathas in 1730 by Chhatrasal Later the Maratha Governer Vinayakrao built a fort here.

Deori, Tehsil Rehli:

Deori, Tehsil Rehli - A municipal town situated in 23 degree 05' N and 78 Degree 40' E at an elevation of 1409 feet on the Sukhchain river is 40 miles from Sagar on the Narsinghpur road.

Dhamoni, Tehsil Banda:

Dhamoni, Tehsil Banda - A village situated 24 degree 10' N and 78 degree 45 E, 29 miles North of Sagar on the Jhansi road has a rich historical past.Though know deserted it was a place of sufficient importance to be a Garh in the Kingdom of Garh Mandla and has 750 mouzas. Dhamoni is undoubtedly a place of archaeological interest on account of old ruins. The fortress stands on an eminence and has a triangular ground plan enclosing a space of 52 acres.

Gadpahra, Tehsil Sagar:

It is also called old Sagar,was the capital of the Dangi Kingdom. It is situated six miles north of Sagar on Jhansi road. Gadphara still has some historical remains. The fort build on a low range of hills, is approached by a steep road leading to bastion, a rough gateway and a white washed temple on a platform.

Eran, Tehsil Khurai:

An ancient site lying at the junction of Bina and Reuta rivers, 6 miles from Bamora station on the central railways. By its natural situation, Eran is at the gate of Bundelkhand on one side and Malwa at the other. The name is derived from the abundant growth of ERAKA, a sort of grass of emollient and diligent properties.

Rangir, Tehsil Rehli:

A village situated 10 miles from Rehli and 21 miles from Sagar on Sagar Rehli Road on the bank of the Dahar river. It was site of an engagement between Chatrasak Bundela and Khaliq, the Mugal Fauzdar of Damoni.

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