Shivpuri district
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Shivpuri District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of India. The town of Shivpuri is the district headquarters. Important towns in the district are: Badarwas, Karera, Khaniyadhana, Kolaras, Narwar and Pichhore.
Shivpuri District has Narwar town of historical importance just east of the Kali Sind River, situated at a distance of 41 km from Shivpuri. It is famous for medieval fortress of Narwar.
Shivpuri is famous for Madhav National Park. This national park has a varied terrain of forested hills and flat grasslands around the lake. It is very rich in biodiversity. Sakhya Sagar and Madhav Sagar lakes, created on Manier River in 1918, are two important biodiversity support systems in the national park. The Sailing Club situated on Sakhya Sagar at the entrance of the National park is a place of scenic beauty.
Col. G.S. Dhillon is a famous person from Shivpuri District. He is the only survivor of the Historic trial on 5 November 1945 at the Red Fort. He is presently living at Hatod village in Shivpuri District.
[edit] History
Most of present-day Shivpuri District formed Narwar District of the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior, with Shivpuri as administrative headquarters of the district. After India's independence in 1947, the princely states acceded to the Government of India, and Shivpuri District acquired its present boundaries with the addition of the small princely state of Khaniadhana in the southeast of the district, portions of Datia state in the northeast, and most of Pauri estate in the northwest. Shivpuri District became part of the new state of Madhya Bharat, which was merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956.
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| Divisions and Districts of Madhya Pradesh |
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| Bhopal Division: Betul | Bhopal | Harda | Hoshangabad | Raisen | Rajgarh | Sehore | Vidisha |
| Chambal Division: | Bhind | Morena | Sheopur |
| Gwalior Division: Ashoknagar | Datia | Guna | Gwalior | Shivpuri |
| Indore Division: Barwani | Burhanpur | Dhar | Indore | Jhabua | Khandwa | Khargone |
| Jabalpur Division: Balaghat | Chindwara | Dindori | Jabalpur | Katni | Mandla | Narsinghpur | Seoni |
| Rewa Division: Anuppur | Rewa | Satna | Shadol | Sidhi | Umaria |
| Sagar Division: Chhatarpur | Damoh | Panna | Sagar | Tikamgarh |
| Ujjain Division: Dewas | Mandsaur | Neemuch | Ratlam | Shajapur | Ujjain |
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