41 Facts About Gwalior

Gwalior was the winter capital of the state of Madhya Bharat which later became a part of the larger state of Madhya Pradesh.

Gwalior was one of the major locations of rebellion during the 1857 uprising.

Post-independence, Gwalior has emerged as an important tourist attraction in central India while many industries and administrative offices came up within the city.

Gwalior is surrounded by industrial and commercial zones of neighbouring districts on all three main directions.

Gwalior has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.

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In 1021, Gwalior was attacked by forces led by Mahmud Ghazni but they were repelled.

Gwalior is known for not participating in the 1857 rebellion, mainly due to non-co-operation with Rani Lakshmibai.

The Maharaja of Gwalior, Jayajirao Scindia, was not willing to give up his fort without a fight as he was a strong ally of the British, but after negotiations, his troops capitulated and the rebels took possession of the fort.

Scindia state of Gwalior became a major regional power in the second half of the 18th century and figured prominently in the three Anglo-Maratha Wars.

Gwalior was merged with a number of other princely states to become the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat.

Gwalior's was first a member of the Congress Party, and later became an influential member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Lashkar part of Gwalior has many parks, including the Phool Bagh, or the garden of flowers, built to welcome the Prince of Cambridge and the Italian Garden – the garden which was used by the Scindias as a place of relaxation, is Italian in architecture with a water pool surrounded by musical fountains.

Gwalior Zoo provides a home for white tigers, serpents, golden pheasants, sambar, hyena, bison, and others.

Gwalior was found to have the second-highest level of air pollution according to a World Health Organization study in 2016.

Administration of Gwalior is shared between the departments and institutions of three levels of government – civic administration by the Gwalior Municipal Corporation, state administration by government of Madhya Pradesh, and the central government of India.

Gwalior is a major railway junction in the Northern central region.

The Gwalior Junction is the part of the North Central Railways.

Gwalior is one of the few places where both narrow gauge and broad gauge railways tracks are operational.

Gwalior is one of the major commercial railway stations of the North Central Railway, whose zone headquarters is centred in Allahabad.

Gwalior is on the Main train line between Delhi and Mumbai (Bombay) (CSTM) and between Delhi and Chennai (MAS).

Gwalior is fairly well connected to other parts of Madhya Pradesh and India by national and state highways.

The Agra-Bombay national highway passes through Gwalior, connecting it to Shivpuri on one end and Agra on the other.

Gwalior Airport, called Rajamata Vijaya Raje Scindia Airport, is the airport of Gwalior.

Gwalior holds a major and a special position in the Indian classical music, art and literature.

Gwalior is a well acknowledged place of art, associated with historic as well as contemporary evidence.

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Gwalior's was the first female president of the annual Sammelan since its inception in 1878.

Culturally Gwalior is the confluence of two rich cultures Bundeli and Braj.

Raja Man Singh Tomar, the King of Gwalior between 1486 and 1516 AD, was a patron of Drupad.

Gwalior holds a major position in the Indian classical music, with being the birthplace of the oldest Hindustani sangeet gharana – Gwalior Gharana.

Gwalior holds an unparalleled reputation in Sangeet and has retained Indian traditions and the wealth of music intact over the years.

The Gwalior Gharana is not only the oldest Khyal Gharana but it is one of the most prominent gharana being the one to which most classical Indian musicians can trace the origin of their style.

The rise of the Gwalior Gharana started with the reign of the great Mughal emperor Akbar.

Gwalior received his musical training in Vrindaban under Swami Guru Haridas Ji.

Gwalior was the court musician of Gwalior along with Nayak Charju, Bakshu, and others.

Gwalior has five Kendriya Vidyalayas, several engineering and technological institutes, and more than thirty affiliated engineering colleges.

Gwalior is surrounded by three industrial areas – Sitholi, Banmore and Malanpur.

Gwalior is an important historical and tourism sector of the country.

Gwalior is one of the CMAs to New Delhi to dissipate the load of urbanization from NCR.

Gwalior West is being developed as a "Counter Magnet" project with funding support from the National Capital Region.

Gwalior had an institutional seat of the Bhattarakas of Kashtha Sangh and later Mula Sangh.

Jain rock-cut sculptures of Siddhachal Caves – A striking part of the Jain remains at Gwalior is a series of caves or rock-cut sculptures, excavated in the rock on all sides, and numbering nearly a hundred, great and small.