Hoshangabad is a city in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradeshstate, central India. It is located on the south bank of the Narmada River, and is the administrative center of Hoshangabad District. Malwa (Malvi:माळवा) is a region in western India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state and the south-eastern part of Rajasthan. ... Madhya Pradesh (मधà¥à¤¯ पà¥à¤°à¤¦à¥‡à¤¶) is a state in central India. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states, six union territories and the National Capital Territory. ... The Narmada or Nerbudda is a river in central India. ... Hoshangabad District is one of the districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India, and Hoshangabad town is the district headquarters. ...
The city was earlier called Narmadapur after the river Narmada however later the name was changed to Hoshangabad. The city is famous for the beautiful sethani ghat along the banks of river Narmada. There are colourful celebrations in the city on Narmada Jayanti. A Satsang Bhavan on the ghat has regular visits by Hindu saints who hold regular religious discourses on Ramcharitmanas and Geeta. The security paper mill, on the outskirts of the town, is a PSU printing currency notes. Madhukar Harne who lost two elections before winning the last one represents the city in the legislative assembly. Harne banned hindu marriage processions(only loud speakers) in his street after becoming MLA(court gave stay when svita diwan was mla). Harne's brother Eknath also lost to an independent candidate in nagarpalika elections on BJP ticket(. Sartaj Singh (accused of a MPLADs scam) represents the constituency in Parliament. The Narmada or Nerbudda is a river in central India. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... ÅšrÄ« RÄmcharitmÄnas (Hindi रामचरितमानस) is an epic poem composed by the great 16th-century Indian poet, Goswami Tulsidas (c. ... Bhagavad Gīta भगवद्गीता, composed ca the fifth - second centuries BC, is part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhisma-Parva chapters 23–40. ...
The district of Betul lies in the south, where as the Harda district faces with the western and south-western boundaries and Narsingpur and Chhindwara districts, close to the north-eastern and south-eastern sides of the district respectively.
Hoshangabad district lies in the central Narmada Valley and on the northern fringe of the Satpura Plateau.
Hoshangabad is freely connected by road and rail from the state capital, Bhopal and it is about 70 kms.
Hoshangabad is named after Sultan Hoshang Shah, second of the Ghori sultans of Malwa, who ruled from Mandu in the early fifteenth century.
Hoshangabad district is bounded by the districts of Raisen to the north, Narsinghpur to the east, Chhindwara to the southeast, Betul to the south, Harda to the west, and Sehore to the northwest.
Hoshangabad District is also home to Pachmarhi, a hill station and popular tourist spot in the Satpura Range in the southern part of the district.
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