Jhansi
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Jhansi
Uttar Pradesh • India |
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| District(s) | Jhansi |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 285 m (935 ft) |
| Population • Density |
504,292 (2001) • 3,094/km² |
| Official language(s) | Hindi |
| Mayor | Dr. B. Lal |
| Codes • Postal • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 284 00x • +91-510 • UP-93 |
| Website: jhansi.nic.in/ | |
Jhansi pronunciation झांसी is a city of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. Jhansi is a major road and rail junction, and is the administrative seat of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The Ex. Prime minister Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's dream project on developing the highways has brought about catalytic improvement to Jhansi's development. The North-South Corridor connecting Kashmir to Kanyakumari passes through Jhansi. The East-West corridor also goes through this city. So there is a sudden rush in infrastructure and real estate development in the city. A greenfield airport is also on the anvil. The walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock.
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[edit] History
In the 9th century, the region of Jhansi came under the rule of the Rajput Chandela dynasty of Khajuraho. The artificial reservoirs and architectural remains of the hilly region probably date from this era. The Chandelas were succeeded by their servants the Khangars, who built the nearby fort of Karar. About the fourteenth century the Bundelas poured down upon the plains from the Vindhya Range, and gradually spread themselves over the whole of the Bundelkhand region which now bears their name. The fortress of Jhansi was built by the ruler of Orchha state in 1610. Legend says that when a king of Orchha saw a shadow ('jhain' in bundelkhand) on a distant mound, he is said to have called it jhain-si (kind of shadow). Jhansi got its name from this utterance.
The Muslim governors of the Mughal empire were constantly making incursions into the Bundela country, and in 1732 Chhatrasal, the Bundela raja, called in the aid of the Hindu Marathas. They came to his assistance, and were rewarded on the raja's death in 1734 by the bequest of one-third of his dominions. The Maratha general developed the city of Jhansi, and peopled it with inhabitants from Orchha state. In 1806 British protection was promised to the Maratha chief, and in 1817 the Peshwa in Pune ceded all his rights over Bundelkhand to the British East India Company. In 1853 the Raja of Jhansi died childless, and his territory was annexed by the Governor-General of India. The Jhansi state and the Jalaun and Chanderi districts were then formed into a superintendency. The widow of the raja, Rani Lakshmibai, protested the annexation because she was not allowed to adopt an heir, and because the slaughter of cattle was permitted in the Jhansi territory. The Revolt of 1857 accordingly found Jhansi ripe for rebellion. In June a few men of the 12th native infantry seized the fort containing the treasure and magazine, and massacred the European officers of the garrison. The rani put herself at the head of the rebels, and died bravely in battle in Gwalior. It was not till November 1858 that Jhansi was brought under British control. Jhansi was given to the Maharaja of Gwalior, but came under British rule in 1886 as the result of a territorial swap. Jhansi was added to the United Provinces, which became the state of Uttar Pradesh after India's Independence in 1947.
[edit] Population
Jhansi city has 77th rank in most populated cities' list of India, according to 2001 Census.
- 2001 Census Total: 504,292
- Nagar Nigam Total: 470,212
- Male: 249,592
- Female: 220,620
- Cantonement Board Total: 18,582
- Male: 10,239
- Female: 8,343
- Jhansi Railway Settlement Total: 15,499
- Male: 8,395
- Female: 7,104
[edit] Cinema Halls
There are 10 cinema halls in this city. Earlier, there used to be a cinema hall named Lascala in Jhansi Cantonement area, which was converted in a public school. Two multiplexes are in the pipeline.
- Nandini, Elite Square.
- Elite, Elite Square.
- Dumroo, Elite-Sipri Road.
- Khilona, Elite-Sipri Road.
- Natraj, Elite-Sipri Road.
- Shyam Palace, Chitra Chouraha(Dhyanchand Chowk).
- Krishna, Sadar Bazaar, Cantt.
- Lakshmi, City.
- Minerva, Minerva Chouraha, Near Fort.
- Bhushan, Nagra.
[edit] Representatives
Jhansi parliamentary constituency includes geographical boundaries of Jhansi and Lalitpur districts. Jhansi has Jhansi city, Babina, Mauranipur, and Garoutha seats in State Assembly.
- Mr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav, a Member of Parliament(MP) from Jhansi-Lalitpur constituency. He belongs to Samajwadi Party.
- Mr. Pradeep Jain "Aditya" is a Member of State Legislative Council(MLA) from 'Jhansi city' constituency. He belongs to Indian National Congress Party.
- Mr. Ratan Lal Ahirwar is a Member of State Legislative Council(MLA) from Babina constituency. He now belongs to Bahujan Samaj Party.
- Mr. Pragilal Ahirwar is a Member of State Legislative Council(MLA) from Mauranipur constituency. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).
- Mr. Brajendra Vyas is a Member of State Legislative Council(MLA) from Garautha constituency. He belongs to Bahujan Samaj Party.
- Dr. B. Lal is the Mayor of Jhansi city. He belongs to Congress Party.
[edit] Hospitals
Jhansi is a a hub for medical care in Bundelkhand region. It has a medical college which is being revamped now. The District Hospital has many new facilities on the offer for patients. There are plenty of private hospitals, especially in Medical College area.
- Maharani Lakshmi Bai Medical College (Kanpur Road),
- District(Civil) Hospital(City),
- Army Hospital(Cantt.),
- Railway Hospital(Near Railway station)
- Shiv Nursing Home(Mission Compound),
- Lifeline Hospital(Kanpur Road),
- Happy Family Hospital(Behind Hotel Sita, Civil Lines),
- St. Jude Hospital(Sipri Bazaar),
- Kapoor Nursing Home(Near Elite Cinema),
- Arogya Sadan(Awas Vikas Colony),
- Prakash Nursing Home(Awas Vikas Colony),
- Nirmal Hospital(Near Medical College),
- Chawla Nursing Home(Sipri Bazaar),
- LRM Jain Nursing Home(Civil Lines),
- Christian Hospital(Jhokan Bagh)
[edit] Education
Jhansi city is a major hub of education in Bundelkhand region. Schools and colleges are run by government as well as private organizations.Bundelkhand University which was established in year 1975 provides degrees in basic sciences and professional courses . Most of the colleges of Jhansi city and surrounding regions are affiliated to the university. Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology is government engineering college affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU). Rani LaxmiBai Medical college provides medical education in medicine as well as dental courses. Jhansi also has a Ayurvedic medicine college. Apart from colleges of higher education jhansi city has many School and college run by government and private organizations. Hindi and English is used as Medium of instruction in schools. Schools are affiliated to either Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) or UP Board. Male literacy rate of Jhansi is 80.11%, Female literacy rate is 51.21% with overall literacy rate 66.69% as per 2001 India census.[1]
[edit] Telephone companies
Telephony services are categoriesd in fixed-type and wireless-type. In wireless-type, there are two platforms-GSM and CDMA. Wireless can be further classified in mobile and fixed-wireless. In fixed-wireless, the prevailing technology is CDMA, while mobile-wireless sees fair share of both the technologies(CDMA and GSM). There are four operators in Fixed and Fixed Wireless Line telephony here.
- BSNL (Fixed and Fixed Wireless) Series 231 xxxx, 232 xxxx, 233 xxxx, 235 xxxx, 236 xxxx, 237 xxxx, 244 xxxx, 245 xxxx, 247 xxxx, 248 xxxx.
- Tata (on CDMA platform, Wireless) Series 65x xxxx.
- Reliance (on CDMA platform,Wireless) Series 3xx xxxx.
- AirTel Series 4xx xxxx.
These are the operators in Mobile Telephony, in Jhansi city.
- BSNL(on GSM platform) Series 9415x xxxxx, 945xx xxxxx.
- Hutch (on GSM platform) Series 9838x xxxxx, 9839x xxxxx.
- AirTel (on GSM platform) Series 99xxx xxxxx.
- Tata (on CDMA platform) Series 9235x xxxxx.
- Reliance (on CDMA platform) Series 93xxx xxxxx.
- Idea (on GSM platform) Series 98xxx xxxxx.
[edit] Radio Stations
The city has two FM radio stations.
Two other private radio stations will start soon.
[edit] Print Media
Hindi print media barons have their strong presence in this city. Jhansi has mainly these Hindi daily news papers.
- Dainik Jagran
- Amar Ujala
- Dainik Bhaskar
- Rashtrabodh
- Swadesh
- Aaj
- Dainik Vishwa Pariwar
- Dainik Lokpath
[edit] Tourism
[edit] Places of interest
- Jhansi Fort
- Rani Mahal (Rani's Palace)
- U.P. Govt. Museum
- Maha Lakshmi Temple
- Ganesh Mandir
- Siddheshwar Temple (Near GIC inter college) - Built by Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar
[edit] Excursions
- Sukma-Dukma Dam: An old, long and a very beautiful dam over the Betwa River, approximately 45 km from Jhansi, near Babina town. Very scenic in the post-monsoon (winter) season.
- MataTila Dam: Approximately 55 KM South of the Jhansi city, it's a very beautiful picnic spot. The dam is built on the river Betwa. There is a botanical garden near the dam site.
- Deogarh: 123 km from Jhansi, near Lalitpur town. Situated on the Betwa River, it possesses remains of a fine Gupta period Vishnu temple and several old and beautiful Jain temples.
- Orchha: 18 km from Jhansi on Jhansi-Khajuraho road, it's a small mediaeval city. It's famous for Lord Ram temple.
- Khajuraho: 178 km from Jhansi. Deluxe buses ply from Jhansi railway station to Khajuraho during morning hours. Taxis are also available. One can also visit Panna National Park which is 32 km from Khajuraho, and there are some waterfalls nearby.
- Datia: 28 km from Jhansi on Jhansi-Gwalior-Agra-Delhi road. Its famous for the Shri Peetambra Devi temple and for a seven-storied palace built by Raja Bir Singh Ju Deo.
- Shivpuri: 101 km from Jhansi. It was summer capital of Scindia rulers of Gwalior. Its famous for its marble chhatris (cenotaphs) built by the Scindias. There is also a big and beautiful lake with crocodiles in the beautiful Madhav National Park area where one can spot variety of wildlife.
[edit] Eminent people associated with Jhansi
| Person | Comments |
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| Rani Lakshmi Bai | The great heroine of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She lived for only twenty-two years. She became a widow in her eighteenth year. She was the embodiment of patriotism, self-respect and heroism. She was the queen of a small state, but the empress of a limitless empire of glory. Her name is synonymous with Jhansi. |
| Dhyan Chand | Major Dhyan Chand(1905-1979) - The great legend of field hockey is also known as the "Hockey Wizard". Once they broke his stick in Holland to check if there was a magnet inside; in Japan they decided it was glue; in Germany. Dhyan Chand realised India’s Olympic dream single handedly when he brought home first ever gold medal in 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The second gold was earned in 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the third in 1936 Berlin Olympics where the wizard of hockey scored seven consecutive goals. In 1932 India scored 338 goals in 37 matches, 133 his contribution. |
| Maithili Sharan Gupt | Maithilisharan Gupt (1886-1965) was one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. He was born in Chirgaon in Jhansi. He was designated as the National Poet by the first government of the independent India. |
| Dr. Vrindavan Lal Verma | Dr. Vrindavan Lal Verma was a prominent Hindi novelist. Famous for his novel 'Jhansi Ki Rani', 'Mrignayani', 'Amarbel' and 'Kachnar'. |
| Mahakavi Keshav Dass | Mahakavi Keshav Dass (1561-1621) was a great Hindi poet. |
| Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi | If railwayman Jim Corbett was a legend in his lifetime, his successor Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi in the Indian Central Railway (then G.I.P. Railway) was no less so. He virtually steered the course of Hindi language and literature to what we have today. It was during his railway service in Jhansi that Dwivedi earned wide fame as a writer and litterateur. He took the Hindi world by storm when he published his translations and the critical works including Sahitya Sandarbh and Vichar Vimarsh. He wrote extensively on Kalidas and Bharathari, and wrote Puratatwa Prasang and Vigyan Varta. No other writer in Hindi then had so prolific and authoritative a pen as Dwivedi. He was the ‘Dr Johnson’ of his time. And he rode to fame, toiling hard even after a day-long grill of attending to arrivals and departures of trains. |
| Chandra Shekhar 'Azad' | Chandra Shekhar Azad(1906-1931) became the leader of young revolutionaries in northern India and formed Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He successfully carried out revolutionary activities/actions to demolish the British Rule in India. He gave leadership to young revolutionaries across the north India and became a major threat to British Empire in India. He Chose Jhansi as the center of his group's activities. |
| Pandit Sitaram Bhaskar Bhagwat | Pandit Sitaram Bhaskar Bhagwat(1904-1999)was a freedom fighter in India's struggle against the British rule. His ancestors actively took part in the revolution of 1857 and all the male family members were massacred by the British rulers after the failure of that revolution in Kalpi where Bhagwat family had lived. Sitaram Bhagwat's great grand father, Pandit Narayan Rao Bhagwat alias "Tatya" Bhagwat had offered himself to be hanged in place of great revolutionary Tatya Tope, and facilitated the escape of Tatya Tope from the Shivpuri prison.
He was sent into prison several times by British rule between 1921 and 1947 and in 1932's movement, his wife, Savitri Bai also served a term in prison. Sitaram Bhagwat had a multi-faceted personality. He was a "Vaidya"(physician) by profession. He was instrumental in establishing sevral educational institutions in and around Jhansi. |
| Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar | Born January 6, 1891 in Jhansi, Pandit Dhulekar was the founder of Jhansi Branch of Indian National Congress. He was elected by people of Jhansi to Loksabha in 1952. Pandit Dhulekar has the unique feat amongst first 500 parliamentarian to have signed the Indian consititution. He also became Speaker of U.P. Vidhan Parishad and was one of the prominent leaders of Congress in Uttar Pradesh. As a landmark event, he married his eldest son Vasant Raghunath Dhulekar to the daughter of eminent Hindu Mahasabha Leader Pandit D K Bankwar of Harda District.
Pandit Dhulekar presented the bill in Loksabha to make Hindi the National Language of India |
| Subodh Mukherjee | Born on 14 April 1921 was a famous Director / Producer / Writer of Hindi Cinema, his hits includes Dev Anand starer Paying Guest, Munimji and Love Marriage (Some part of the movie were shooted at Jhansi with Bipin Bihari Inter college in background), and Junglee. He died on 21st May 2005. He was a brother of Sashadhar Mukherjee, famous Producer in Hindi films during early 40s and co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. |
| Subodh Khandekar | This man Subodh Khandekar has been an Olymian hockey player. He has represented India in various international tournaments including Olympic Games. Currently he plays in the Railways team and has retired from the international hockey. |
| Abdul Azeez | Abdul Azeez is also a marvellous hockey player. He has played for India for a long time and he is a contemporary of Subodh Khandekar. He was a specialist playmaker in the Right flank. His favorite position is Right-Out. |
| Tushar Khandekar | Tushar Khandekar has kept Jhansi's tradition of producing great hockey players alive. He is the latest edition in the list of world famous hockey players from Jhansi. He is a perfect blend of sub-continent's stylish hockey and European pace on the field. He started his career playing with the India juniors. He successfully graduated to India seniors. He is a promising players and our hope for the coming Olympics. |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ [http://www.upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-5.htm Literacy rates by sex for state and districts of Uttar Pradesh]. upgov.nic.in. Retrieved on September 14, 2006.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
