Damoh

This article is about the municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India. For its namesake district, see Damoh District.

Damoh
—  city  —
Damoh Location of Damoh in Madhya Pradesh and India
Coordinates	23°50′N 79°27′E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District(s)	Damoh
Population • Density	112,160 (2001) • 148 /km2 (383 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	7,306 square kilometres (2,821 sq mi) • 595 metres (1,952 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 470661 • Telephone • +07812 • Vehicle • MP-34

Damoh (Hindi: दमोह, Urdu: دموہ) is a city in the Sagar Division of northeast Madhya Pradesh in India, 260 kilometres (162 mi) east of state capital Bhopal and in north by Tikamgarh. It is the administrative headquarters of Damoh District.

Geography

Damoh is located at 21.88°N 80.78°E / 21.88; 80.78. It has an average elevation of 595 metres (1952 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Damoh had a population of 112,160. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Damoh has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 89% and, female literacy is 66%. In Damoh, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

It has a considerable cattle-market and a number of small industries such as weaving, dyeing and pottery-making. The District Of Damoh has an area of 7,306 km². Except on the south and east, where the offshoots from the surrounding hills and patches of jungle break up the country, the district consists of open planes of varying degrees of fertility, interspersed with low ranges and isolated heights. The richest tracts lie in the centre.

History of Damoh town and region

(Chronology compiled by Prof. Malaiya)

From Mauryas to Guptas

• 304 BCE–232 BCE Prince Ashoka, governor of Avanti, married Devi, the daughter of a trader of Vidisha. The Ashoka's inscriptions found at Sanchi and Rupnath in Jabalpur District.
• 3rd-4th cent CE: Vakatakas originate from Bundelkhand, Vagat region of Tikamgarh District. They had the control till 4th century.

Rajput period

• 9th century: Kalachuri of Chedi (Dahal) at Tripuri (near Jabalpur) rise
• 9th century: Chandelas of Jejakabhukti rise
• 10th century: Buddhist idols of Bansipur and Kunvarpur.
• 11th cent: Nohta temple built.
• 1182: Chauhan King Prithviraj III attacked Mahoba, brave fight put-up by the Banafer brothers Alha and Udal, generals of Chandela Parmardi.
• 12th cent: Jain temple built at Gajanan ki Toria.

View of ghantaghar at Damoh

Muslim and Gond rule

• 1290-1315: The Khiljis had the regional administrative center of the Chanderi province at Batihadim (Batiagarh) which was transferred to Damova (Damoh). Damoh fort inscription.
• 14th century: Muslim rule inscriptions at Salaiya and Batiyagarh mention Khilji and Tuglaq as Sultans.
• 14th cent: Sahanpal Bundela captured Garhkundar from Khangar king.
• 15th cent: In Garha-Mandla kingdom. Sangram Shah in early-mid sixteenth century
• 1506: Taran-swami of Bilahari founds Taran Panth.
• 1531: Rudrapratap Bundela made Orchha his new capital.
• 16th cent: Kurmi Immigrants from the Doab arrive in the Gond kingdom.
• 1543: Chandella Kirat Rai's daughter Durgavati married to Gond ruler Dalpat-shah of Garh Mandla.
• 1569: Durgavati killed in battle with Asaf Khan.
• Early 17th century, Delhi returned half of the territory to the management of the Garha-Mandla Rajas.

Bundela and Maratha rule

• 1649-1731: Bundelkhand Kesri Maharaja Chhatrasal.
• 1660: Sagar city founded.
• 1700: Kundalpur temple repaired with support from Chhatrasal.
• 1731: Some of region given to Marathas, as part heirs to Chharasal.
• 1735: Maratha governor at Sagar.
• 1757: Bahoranji, a dealer in precious stones, had a 13th cent Jain temple renovated at Damoh and a pratishta conducted to earn the title Singhai.
• 1780: The governors of Saugor, known as the Maratha Pandits, did annexed Gond kingdom.
• 1781: Jabalpur was selected as Maratha headquarters.
•  ?:Jageshwar Mahadev Shivalinga found, temple built.
• 1798: The peshwa granted the Nerbudda valley to the Bhonsle princes of Nagpur.

Company rule and Ghadar

• 1818: During the Governor-Generalship of lord Hastings the rule of Sagar passed into the hands of the British.
• 1854: as the Maratha kingdom lapsed to the British for lack of a recognized legitimate heir.
• 1857: The 42 NI and 3rd Irregular Cavalry stationed at Saugor rebelled on 1 July. 52 NI at Jabalpur rebelled on 28 September.
• At Jabalpur the Gond Raja family, who were the last surviving descendants of the Garha-Mandla dynasty, prepared to revolt against the British. Their plans were discovered and both' the father, Shankar Shah, and his son, Raghunath Shah, were blown from guns.
• Raja Kishore Singh Lodhi of Hindoria, Raja Devi Singh of Singrampur, Pancham Singh of Karijog, and others fought against the British rule in its rebellion in 1857.
• Sir Hugh Rose assumed the command of the Central India Field Force on 17 December 1857. Finished in May 1858.

British rule

• 1861: Central Provinces created.
• 1861: Damoh first formed into a separate district.
• 1867: Damoh constituted a municipality.
• 1867: Population: Damoh dist 2,62,600
• 1867: railway lines were completed between Jabalpur and Allahabad
• 1896-1897: Damoh suffered severely from the famine.
• 1898: India Midland Railway's construction of Sagar-Damoh link
• 1899: construction of Damoh-Katni link
• 1900: Mild famine.
• 1923: Seth Govind Das jailed in Damoh, writes four Hindi plays.
• 1933: Mahatma Gandhi visits Damoh
• 1946: Sagar University was established on 18 July.

Independence

• 1947: Independence; Central Provinces reorganized as Madhya Pradesh state.
• 1960: Damoh degree college established by "Shiksha Prasar Samiti", a volunteer organization
• 1991: Damoh population 8,98,125.
• 2001: Damoh District population 10,81,909.

Main Schools of Damoh

• St.John's Higher Secondary School.
• Nav Jagrati higher secondry School.
• Kendriya Vidyalaya.
• Maharishi Vidya Mandir.
• Mission School.
• JPB Girls High School.
• Saraswati shishu mandir.
• Ojaswini School.
• Gyanodaya School.
• Navodaya Vidyalaya.
• MLB Kanya Vidyalaya
• Govt Excellence school.
• Mawganj school.
• RP Modi Rastriya Jain High School.
• Dr. Agrawal School.
• guru nanak school.

Government Colleges/Private Colleges

• Govt. P.G. College.
• Govt. K.N.M. College.
• Christian Medical Training Centre.
• Dr. Vijay Lall Smriti Mahavidhyalaya.
• Guru Ramdas College Of Education.
• J.L. Verma Law college.
• Ojaswini Uthkrasthta Sansthan.
• Govt. Polytechnic College.

Engineering College

• Ojaswini Institute of Management and Technology.

Nursing college

• Ojaswini Institute of Nursng Sciences and Research. that is one of political college
• CICM college of Nursing.

Transport

• Railways

Damoh Railway Station(Station code:DMO) is the only railway station in the city serves a few trains for Delhi, Mumbai and Howrah.situated between Katni and Bina Jn

• Roads

Damoh is well Connected by road to Bhopal,Jabalpur, and Chhatarpur.

• Airways

Nearest Airport is at Jabalpur.dily flight service for delhi,mumbai .

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

External links

• http://malaiya.tripod.com/damoh Damoh web site.
• http://www.geocities.com/damohcity/kundalpur.html Kundalpur
• Kundalpur Website