Madhogarh, Haryana

Madhogarh is a village in Mahendragarh district, Haryana, India. It is located at the foot of Madhogarh Hill of Aravalli Mountain Range. Madhogarh Fort is on top of the hill.

Madhogarh
Village
Madhogarh
Location in Haryana, India
Madhogarh
Madhogarh (India)
Coordinates: 28°18′20″N 76°2′10″E
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictMahendragarh district
Government
  TypeLocal government
  BodyPanchayat
Languages
  OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
123024
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR
Sex ratio/
Websiteharyana.gov.in

Location

It is located 13 km from Mahendragarh city on Mahendragarh-Satnali road, 35 km from the district headquarters at Narnaul and 326 km from the state capital, Chandigarh.

History

Rao Shekha, a Shekhawat rajput (sub-branch of Kachwaha or Kushwaha), was the founder of Shekhawati, who originally divided Shekhawati into 33 Thikana (also called a Pargana), each styled as Thakur with at least a 'kutcha' mud fort, some of which were fortified further with stone. After him, additional thikanas were granted to the descendants of subsequent generations.[1][2]

Madhogarh faced water scarcity since 1978, in 2017 BJP government ensured water supply in the canal after a gap of 29 years.[4]

Future development

The Government of Haryana has plans to develop an integrated tourist resort incorporating the Madhogarh Fort.[5][6][7] In January 2018, Indian Railway prepared a proposal to develop an 8.8 hectare railway heritage theme park adjacent to the Rewari Railway Heritage Museum. It will be built in collaboration with the Government of Haryana and India's Ministry of Tourism on similar concept as Devon Railway Centre in UK, Edaville Railroad Theme Park in USA and Ferrymead Heritage Park in New Zealand. Railway has requested Haryana Government to include this heritage museum in the state subsidised "Swadesh Darshan scheme" under the under-development Madhogarh-Mahendragarh-Narnaul-Rewari heritage circuit of the Tourism Ministry being implemented at the cost of INR1.47 billion (INR147 crore or US$23 million).[8]

See also

References

  1. Loharu State The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 16, p. 169.
  2. The State of Loharu Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey, by Somerset Playne, R. V. Solomon, J. W. Bond, Arnold Wright. Asian Educational Services, 2006. ISBN 81-206-1965-X. Page 691.
  3. "Gazetteer of Mahandragarh 1988" (PDF). Haryana Revenue Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. मनोहर सरकार के चार वर्ष — सिंचाईबागवानी तक, Navsanchar Samachar, 27 Feb 2018.
  5. Haryana to develop new tourist spots
  6. "Convention facilities to be set up". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. Haryana govt to give a boost to tourism
  8. Railway heritage theme park on the anvil at Rewari, Daijiworld, 19 Jan 2018.
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