Wardha District Geography Introduction - Wardha, Hinganghat, Arvi, Wardha, Sindi, Maharashtra, Deoli, Maharashtra, Jamb, Wardha, Samudrapur (Paperback)

Chapters: Wardha, Hinganghat, Arvi, Wardha, Sindi, Maharashtra, Deoli, Maharashtra, Jamb, Wardha, Samudrapur, Karanja, Wardha, Seloo, Ashti, Wardha. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wardha - Wardha is located at . It has an average elevation of 234 metres (767 feet). As of 2001 India census, Wardha had a population of 111,070. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Wardha has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 76%. In Wardha, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. It was included in the empire of the Mauryas, Sungas, Satavahanas and Vakatakas Vakataka. Pravarpur, modern Pavnar was once the capital of the Vakataka dynasty. Vakatakas were contemporary of Imperial Guptas. The daughter of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya) was married with Vakataka ruler Rudrasena. The period of Vakatakas was 2nd to 5th C.A.D. The empire stretched from the Arabian sea in the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east, and from the Narmada river in the north to the Krishna-Godavari delta in south. Later on, Wardha was ruled by the Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadavas, the Delhi Sultanate, the Bahamani Sultanate, Muslim ruler of Berar, Gonds and Marathas. Raja Buland Shaha of Gonds, Raghuji of Bhonsale were the promient rulers in the Medieval period. During the 1850s Wardha, (then a part of Nagpur) felt into the hands of British. They included Wardha in the Central Provenance. Wardha is a sister city for Sevagram, and both were used as major centers for the Indian Independence Movement, especially as headquarters for an annual meet of the Indian National Congress in 1934, and Mahatma Gandhi's Ashram. The existing Wardha district was part of Nagpur district till 1862. Fu...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1150457