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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ajaigarh, Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi, Chandela, Bundelkhand, Kulpahar, Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Mahoba, Kalinjar Fort, Bundela, Orchha, Panna, India, Khangars, Bundeli Utsav, Chhatarpur, Banda, India, Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Bundelkhand Agency, Kalpi, Charkhari, Bijawar, Chhatarpur District, Kabrai, Beejamandal, Bundeli, Rajnagar, Chhatarpur, Maharajpur, Madhya Pradesh, Devi Jagadambi Temple, Kharela, Laundi, Chandla, Garhi-Malhara, Satai, Ghuwara, Belasagar Lake, Mahoba District, Harpalpur, Bada Malhera, Nowgaon, Buxwaha, Barigarh, Khajuraho Airport, Rawatpura, Kulpahar, Akona, Salat, Kulpahar, Hanuman Tauria, Raja Ka Tal, Senapati Fortress, Chachai Waterfall, Senapati Mahal. Excerpt: Ajaigarh, or Adjygurh (Hindi: ) is town and a nagar panchayat in the Panna District of Madhya Pradesh state in central India .History Flag of Ajaigarh.Ajaigarh was the capital of a princely state of the same name during the British Raj . Ajaigarh was founded in 1765 by Guman Singh, a Bundela Rajput who was the nephew of Raja Pahar Singh of Jaitpur. After Ajaigarh was captured by the British in 1809, it became a princely state in the Bundelkhand Agency of the Central India Agency . It had an area of 771 mile (1997 km), and a population of 78,236 in 1901. The rulers bore the title of sawai maharaja . He commanded an estimated annual revenue of about 15,000/-, and paid a tribute of 460/-. The chief resided at the town of Nowgong, at the foot of the hill-fortress of Ajaigarh, from which the state took its name. This fort, situated on a steep hill, towers more than 800 ft (244 m) above the eponymous township, and contains the ruins of several temples adorned with elaborately carved sculptures. The town was often afflicted by malaria, and suffered severely from famine in 1868-1869 a...
