Umrao Singh (politician)
Umrao Singh (18 August 1919 – 4 March 1981) was an Indian freedom fighter and political activist from Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. He served as a Deputy Minister and Cabinet Minister in the former Bhopal state, and a member of the First Cabinet of the state of Madhya Pradesh. He served as an MLA in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Vidhan Sabha of the Government of Madhya Pradesh. Early life and family Umrao Singh was born in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. He was the son of Shri Dariyaav Singh. He finished his formal education till Intermediate Visharad. He was married to Smt. Tara Devi, and has three daughters and three sons. He later maintained his permanent residence in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Political Life and Social Work Umrao Singh was known to be a patriot, public leader and an eloquent speaker. He started participating in political activities of Sehore at a very young age, from 1935. However, his social service, religious and political life began with Arya Samaj. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sehore District
Sehore District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Sehore is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bhopal Division. Demographics According to the 2011 census, Sehore District has a population of 1,311,332. This gives it a ranking of 373 in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.51%. Sehore has a sex ratio of 918 females for every 1,000 males and a literacy rate of 71.11%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20.69% and 11.10% of the population respectively. According to the 2011 Census of India, 95.38% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 2.31% Urdu and 1.46% Malvi The Malvi or Malavi, also known as Manthani or Mahadeopuri, is breed of zebu cattle from the Malwa plateau in western Madhya Pradesh, in central India. It is a good draught breed; the milk yield of the cows is low. The breed has been studie ... a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dacoity
Dacoity is a term used for "banditry" in the Indian subcontinent. The spelling is the anglicised version of the Hindi word ''daaku''; "dacoit" is a colloquial Indian English word with this meaning and it appears in the ''Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases'' (1903). Banditry is criminal activity involving robbery by groups of armed bandits. The East India Company established the Thuggee and Dacoity Department in 1830, and the Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression Acts, 1836–1848 were enacted in British India under East India Company rule. Areas with ravines or forests, such as Chambal and Chilapata Forests, were once known for dacoits. Etymology The word "dacoity", the anglicized version of the Hindi word ''ḍakaitī'' (historically spelled ''dakaitee''). Hindi डकैती comes from ''ḍākū'' (historically spelled ''dakoo'', Hindi: डाकू, meaning "armed robber"). The term dacoit (Hindi: डकैत ''ḍakait'') means "a bandit" according to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1962–1967
Madhya (Sanskrit for 'middle') may refer to: * Madhya Pradesh, occasionally Madhya for short, a state in India * Madhya, the middle tala in Indian classical music * Madhya, the middle octave in Indian (especially Hindustani) classical music See also * Madhva * Madhya Bharat S.C., a football club in India * Madhya Gujarat Vij, a power company in Gujarat, India * Madhya Kailash Temple, a Hindu temple in South Africa *'' Madhya Venal'', a Malayalam film * Madhya Vidyalaya, a type of school in Sri Lanka Geographic locations *Madhya Bharat Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramuk ..., a former state of India * Madhya Kailash, a location in Tamil Nadu, India * Madhya Majuli, a location in Assam, India * Madhya Nepal Municipality, a municipality in Nepal {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962
Madhya (Sanskrit for 'middle') may refer to: * Madhya Pradesh, occasionally Madhya for short, a state in India * Madhya, the middle tala in Indian classical music * Madhya, the middle octave in Indian (especially Hindustani) classical music See also * Madhva *Madhya Bharat S.C. Madhya Bharat Sports Club is an Indian football club based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The club last competed in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of Indian football league system. They are also eligible to play in Madhya Pradesh Premi ..., a football club in India * Madhya Gujarat Vij, a power company in Gujarat, India * Madhya Kailash Temple, a Hindu temple in South Africa *'' Madhya Venal'', a Malayalam film * Madhya Vidyalaya, a type of school in Sri Lanka Geographic locations * Madhya Bharat, a former state of India * Madhya Kailash, a location in Tamil Nadu, India * Madhya Majuli, a location in Assam, India * Madhya Nepal Municipality, a municipality in Nepal {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1952–1957
Madhya (Sanskrit for 'middle') may refer to: * Madhya Pradesh, occasionally Madhya for short, a state in India * Madhya, the middle tala in Indian classical music * Madhya, the middle octave in Indian (especially Hindustani) classical music See also * Madhva Madhvacharya (; ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes Anglicisation, anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the ''Dvaita'' ... * Madhya Bharat S.C., a football club in India * Madhya Gujarat Vij, a power company in Gujarat, India * Madhya Kailash Temple, a Hindu temple in South Africa *'' Madhya Venal'', a Malayalam film * Madhya Vidyalaya, a type of school in Sri Lanka Geographic locations * Madhya Bharat, a former state of India * Madhya Kailash, a location in Tamil Nadu, India * Madhya Majuli, a location in Assam, India * Madhya Nepal Municipality, a municipality in Nepal {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Indian National Congress Politicians From Madhya Pradesh
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People From Sehore
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1981 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An earthquake of magnitude in Sichuan, China, kills 150 people. Japan suffers a less serious earthquake on the same day. * January 25 – In South Africa the largest part of the town Laingsburg is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1919 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ashta, Madhya Pradesh
Ashta is a city and a municipality in Sehore district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The nearest airport is in the city of Bhopal. Geography Ashta is located at . It has an average elevation of 519 metres (1702 feet and 4 hands). Running through the center of the city is a river named "Parvati" after the Hindu goddess Parvati. The river is the main source of water for the city's inhabitants. Near the river, there is a temple to Shiva, husband to the goddess, which is believed to date back as far as 3500 years. Locals believe that in the month of Sawan (during the rainy season), the river Parvati gets flooded with water and the water level rises until that level when it reaches to Shiv-Ling ( Lingam) in the Shiva temple on its bank. History During the British India period, this area was ruled by Mirza Amjad Baig, regarded as the founder of present-day Ashta. He not only brought transportation to the city but also established an education system for both m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sehore (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Sehore Assembly constituency is one of the 230 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. It comes under Sehore district. It is a segment of Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency) Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency presently covers the entire Bhopal district and part of Sehore district. Assembly Segments Like most other Lok .... Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2018 References {{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Sehore district ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Morena
Morena is the headquarter city of Morena district, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is governed by a municipality corporation. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Chambal division. It is from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Geography Morena is located at . It has an average elevation of 177 metres (580 feet). Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Morena had a population of . 13.2% of the population is under six years old. Literacy was 80.28%; male literacy was 89.08% and female literacy was 70.22%. Notable people * Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian revolutionary from the village of Barbai. * Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister in Indian government. * Adal Singh Kansana, former minister in Madhya Pradesh government. * Rustam Singh, former minister in Madhya Pradesh government. * Ashok Argal, Mayor of Morena Municipal corporation. * Paan Singh Tomar, Athlete. *Nandini Agarwal, Youngest person to clear Chartered Accountancy course with AIR-1. Sc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |