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Vidisha
विदिशा | |
|---|---|
City | |
Ancient Sculpture of Varahavtar, Udayagiri | |
  Vidisha  Vidisha | |
| Coordinates: 23°32′N 77°49′E / 23.53°N 77.82°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Vidisha |
| Elevation | 424 m (1,391 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 155,959 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Vehicle registration | MP-40 |
| Website | vidisha |
Vidisha (विदिशा, formerly known as Bhelsa and known as Besnagar and Bhaddilpur in ancient times) is a city in central Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located 62.5 km northeast of the state capital, Bhopal. The name "Vidisha" is derived from the nearby river "Bais", mentioned in the Puranas.[1]
The district was created as Bhilsa District in 1904 by joining the tehsils of Vidisha (also known as Bhilsa) and Basoda (but not Basoda State) which were then part of Gwalior state. After India's independence in 1947, the former princely state of Gwalior became part of Madhya Bharat state, which was formed in 1948.[2]
Vidishā was the administrative headquarters of Bhelsa, or Bhilsa, during the Medieval period. It was renamed Vidisha in 1956.[3] Vidisha is also amongst the 112 Aspirational District in the Aspirational District Programme launched by NITI Aayog in 2018.[4] Towards the seventh or eighth century, Bhadravati was raised from its ruins by a Bheel chieftain, who surrounded it with walls, and gave it the name of Bhilsa. When, in the year 1230, the Emperor Altamsh took possession of it, it was the seat of a Rajpoot prince of the Chohan clan. It was not, however, finally wrested from the Hindoos until the year 1570, under Akbar.[5]
- ^ CORPUS INSCRIPTIONS INDICARUM VOL II PART II. GOVERNMENT EPIGRAPHIST FOR INDIA, OOTACAMUND. 1963. p. 9.
- ^ Kulke, Hermann (2021). The History of India: An Introduction. Books Treasure. ISBN 9789384385637.
- ^ "Vidisha". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "List of 112 Aspirational Districts" (PDF). niti.gov.in.
- ^ Rousselet, Louis (1882). India and Its Native Princes: Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal. By Louis Rousselet. Carefully revised and edited by Lieut.-Col. Buckle. With numerous illus. and maps. Bickers.