Damoh District

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Damoh District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Damoh is the district headquarters. The district is part of Sagar Division.

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The district has many places oh historical importance. Nohata is one such town of historical importance situated at a distance of 21 km from Damoh. Nohata is situated on the banks of River Gauraya and was a capital of the Chandela Rajputs. A number of temples are there in Nohata.

The ancient fort at Rajnagar village, 6 km from Damoh, was founded by the Mughals.

Singhorgarh fort is another place of historical importance. It was built by Raja Vain Bason. Gond Rajas stayed in it for a long time. It was with Gond Raja Dalpat Shah and his Rani Durgawati at the end of 15th century. After the death of Raja Dalpat Shah, the Senapati of the army of Mughal emperor Akbar had a battle with Rani Durgawati at village Singrampur.

The town of Narsinghgarh, situated on Sonar River, has an ancient fort built by Shah Taiyab. Birla group has established a cement factory at Narsinghgarh.

Kundalpur is famous place for Jain temples. Situated 32 km from Damoh, there are 58 Jain temples in Kundalpur.

There are a beautiful ghantaghar, circuit house, statue of maharana pratap of jabalpur naka, kirti stambh, gajanan pahadi, naugaja pahadi, fort of rani damyanti bai near tahsil ground, nehru park, tejgarh fort, shri jageshwarnath temple bandakpur,

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http://malaiya.tripod.com/damohDamoh web site.
http://www.geocities.com/damohcity/kundalpur.htmlKundalpur
Damoh District web site

Divisions and Districts of Madhya Pradesh
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