'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.
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 beautifull 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,
External links
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http://malaiya.tripod.com/damohDamoh web site.
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http://www.geocities.com/damohcity/kundalpur.htmlKundalpur
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Damoh District web site