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mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundelkund" title="Bundelkund – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bundelkund" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%96%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A1" title="બુંદેલખંડ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="બુંદેલખંડ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1" title="बुन्देलखण्ड – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बुन्देलखण्ड" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" 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ಖಂಡ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundelkhand" title="Bundelkhand – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bundelkhand" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1" title="बुन्देलखण्ड – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="बुन्देलखण्ड" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬੁੰਦੇਲਖੰਡ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Бунделкханд – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бунделкханд" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundelkhand" title="Bundelkhand – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bundelkhand" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a 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class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Bundelkhand in India"><img alt="Location of Bundelkhand in India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bundelkhand.svg/250px-Bundelkhand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bundelkhand.svg/375px-Bundelkhand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bundelkhand.svg/500px-Bundelkhand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="578" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Bundelkhand in India</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bundelkhand&params=25.44_N_78.57_E_type:city(18335044)_region:IN"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">78°34′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.44°N 78.57°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">25.44; 78.57</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">70,747 km<sup>2</sup> (27,316 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">250−300 m (−730 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">18,335,044</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">260/km<sup>2</sup> (670/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bundelkhandi/Bundeli</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Major languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bundeli_language" title="Bundeli language">Bundeli</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">+05:30</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical <a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capitals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Banda,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Banda, Uttar Pradesh">Banda</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Orchha" title="Orchha">Orchha</a> (1501),<br /><a href="/wiki/Panna,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Panna, India">Panna</a> (1732),<br /><a href="/wiki/Bijawar" title="Bijawar">Bijawar</a> (1765),<br /><a href="/wiki/Ajaigarh" title="Ajaigarh">Ajaigarh</a> (1765),</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Separated states</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Banda,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Banda, Uttar Pradesh">Banda</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Orchha" title="Orchha">Orchha</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Panna,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Panna, India">Panna</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Bijawar" title="Bijawar">Bijawar</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Ajaigarh" title="Ajaigarh">Ajaigarh</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Datia" title="Datia">Datia</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Khajuraho" title="Khajuraho">Khajuraho</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Kalinjar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalinjar">Kalinjar</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Mahoba" title="Mahoba">Mahoba</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Hamirpur,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh">Hamirpur</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Charkhari" title="Charkhari">Charkhari</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Jaitpur,_Kulpahar" title="Jaitpur, Kulpahar">Jaitpur</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Kulpahar" title="Kulpahar">Kulpahar</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Samthar" title="Samthar">Samthar</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Sarila" title="Sarila">Sarila</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Gursarai" title="Gursarai">Gursarai</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Barua_sagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Barua sagar">Barua sagar</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Moth,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Moth, Uttar Pradesh">Moth</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Chirgaon" title="Chirgaon">Chirgaon</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bundelkhand</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Hindi:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[bʊn.d̪eːl.kʰəɳɖ]</a></span>) is a geographical and cultural <a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions in India">region</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Proposed_states_and_union_territories_of_India#Madhya_Pradesh" title="Proposed states and union territories of India">proposed state</a> and also a mountain range in central & North India. It corresponds to the <a href="/wiki/Vedic_period" title="Vedic period">Post-Vedic</a> <b>Chedi</b> kingdom. The hilly region is now divided between the states of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, with the larger portion lying in the latter state. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jhansi" title="Jhansi">Jhansi</a> is the largest city in Bundelkhand. Another major city of Bundelkhand is <a href="/wiki/Sagar,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Sagar, Madhya Pradesh">Sagar</a> being second largest city of Bundelkhand and headquarter of <a href="/wiki/Sagar_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagar Division">Sagar Division</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bundelkhand&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bundelkhand means "<a href="/wiki/Bundela" title="Bundela">Bundela</a> domain".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region was earlier known as Jejabhukti or Jejakabhukti ("Jeja's province"). According to the inscriptions of the <a href="/wiki/Chandela" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandela">Chandela</a> dynasty, this name derived from Jeja, the nickname of their ruler <a href="/wiki/Jayashakti" title="Jayashakti">Jayashakti</a>. However, it is possible that the name derives from an even earlier name of the region: "Jajhauti" or "Jijhoti". After the Bundelas replaced the Chandelas around 14th century, the region came to be known as Bundelkhand after them.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bundelkhand&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chandelas were a powerful dynasty in Central India, ruling from the 9th to the 12th century. They are best known for constructing the temples of Khajuraho, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chandelas ruled over a vast territory, and their influence gradually diminished until their eventual fall in 1182 CE. </p><p>After the decline of the <a href="/wiki/Chandela" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandela">Chandela</a>, the Khangar community, an ancient Kshatriya clan, established their rule over parts of present-day Bundelkhand from the late 12th century until the mid-14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Mittal2003_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mittal2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Khangar dynasty had its seat of power at Garh Kundar, a fort built by Khet Singh Khangar.<sup id="cite_ref-Mittal2003_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mittal2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their rule over Jujhauti, a region in Bundelkhand, began after the fall of the Chandels in 1182 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-Mittal2003_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mittal2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 14th century, the <a href="/wiki/Bundela" title="Bundela">Bundela</a> dynasty emerged and supplanted the Khangar rulers. Before the advent of British colonial rule in India, the region of Bundelkhand also included several princely states, such as <a href="/wiki/Orchha" title="Orchha">Orchha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Datia" title="Datia">Datia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Samthar" title="Samthar">Samthar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, kingdoms such as <a href="/wiki/Damoh" title="Damoh">Damoh</a>, Ramgarh were ruled by <a href="/wiki/Bundela" title="Bundela">Bundela rajput</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_Bundelkhand_state">Proposed Bundelkhand state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bundelkhand&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Proposed Bundelkhand state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bundelkhand comprises parts of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>. While <a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">Bahujan Samaj Party</a> government under <a href="/wiki/Mayawati" title="Mayawati">Mayawati</a> had proposed in 2011 creation of Bundelkhand from seven districts of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, organizations such as Bundelkhand Akikrit Party and <a href="/wiki/Bundelkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Bundelkhand Mukti Morcha">Bundelkhand Mukti Morcha</a> (BMM) want it to include six districts from <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Uma_Bharati" class="mw-redirect" title="Uma Bharati">Uma Bharati</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> has promised separate state of Bundelkhand within three years if her party voted to power, during campaign for <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">Loksabha Election, 2014</a> at <a href="/wiki/Jhansi" title="Jhansi">Jhansi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar promise was made by Congress leader <a href="/wiki/Pradeep_Jain_Aditya" title="Pradeep Jain Aditya">Pradeep Jain Aditya</a> during <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">Loksabha Election, 2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the early 1960s there has been a movement for establishing a Bundelkhand state or promoting development of the region. Bundelkhand is geographically the central part of India covering some part of Madhya Pradesh and some part of Uttar Pradesh. (At Sagar is the exact centre of the original undivided India: the granite bench mark by British surveyors indicating this is placed in the compound of a church in Sagar Cantonment.) In spite of being rich in minerals, the people of Bundelkhand are very poor and the region is underdeveloped and underrepresented in state and central politics. There are several local parties and organisations, some promoting further development of the region and some seeking statehood.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agrarian crisis and farmers' suicides are also cited as reasons for separate statehood.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> Council of Ministers proposed to split the state into four parts, with one part being Bundelkhand.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bundelkhand&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center"><div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1270.6204736175px; border-left-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 218.53985987181px; border-left-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:left"> <p>Religion in Bundelkhand (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-censusindia.gov.in_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censusindia.gov.in-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> (93.17%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> (5.58%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Others (1.25%)</div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bundelkhand&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avantibai" title="Avantibai">Avantibai</a>, (1831-1858) <a href="/wiki/Lodhi_(caste)" title="Lodhi (caste)">Lodhi</a> Queen of estate of <a href="/wiki/Dindori,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Dindori, Madhya Pradesh">Ramgarh</a>, one of the key figures in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Bhargava" title="Gopal Bhargava">Gopal Bhargava</a>, prominent <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> leader, Senior Most Legislator & Cabinet Minister of <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Bharti" title="Uma Bharti">Uma Bharti</a>, Prominent BJP politician and the former MLA from Charkhari in UP's Bundelkhand region.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Bundela" title="Raja Bundela">Raja Bundela</a> - (Raja Rajeshwar Pratap Singh Judev) is an Indian actor, producer, politician and civil activist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyan_Chand" title="Dhyan Chand">Dhyan Chand</a>, (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) army Major and an Indian <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">field hockey</a> player, regarded by many as the greatest field hockey player in history.</li> <li>Maharaja <a href="/wiki/Chhatrasal" title="Chhatrasal">Chhatrasal</a> Chhatrasal Bundela was an early modern Indian Rajput king, who fought against the Mughal Empire, and established his own kingdom in Bundelkhand</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoolan_Devi" title="Phoolan Devi">Phoolan Devi</a>, (1963–2001) popularly known as "Bandit Queen", was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Dacoit" class="mw-redirect" title="Dacoit">dacoit</a> and later a politician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Vinayak_Dhulekar" title="Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar">Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar</a> MCA & Member of Parliament 1952, MLC & Speaker Vidhan Parishad 1958, social leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rani_Durgavati" title="Rani Durgavati">Rani Durgavati</a>, Queen of Gondwana (born to <a href="/wiki/Chandela" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandela">Chandelas</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mahoba" title="Mahoba">Mahoba</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kalinjar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalinjar">Kalinjar</a>) immortalised owing to her bravery in defending her kingdom against invasion by Mughal emperor <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hari_Singh_Gour" title="Hari Singh Gour">Dr. Hari Singh Gaur</a>, Member of Constitution draft committee and founder of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sagar" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Sagar">University of Sagar</a>, later named the <a href="/wiki/Dr._Hari_Singh_Gour_University" title="Dr. Hari Singh Gour University">Dr. Hari Singh Gour University</a> by the state government in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithili_Sharan_Gupt" title="Maithili Sharan Gupt">Maithili Sharan Gupt</a>, National Hindi poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indeevar" title="Indeevar">Indeevar</a>, one of the leading Hindi film lyricists in 1960s and 70s<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhalkaribai" title="Jhalkaribai">Jhalkaribai</a> (22 November 1830 – 1858) was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Koli_people" title="Koli people">Koli</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 during the battle of Jhansi.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshavdas" title="Keshavdas">Keshavdas</a> (1555 – 1617), usually known by the mononym Keshavdas or Keshavadasa, was a Sanskrit scholar & Hindi poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subodh_Khandekar" title="Subodh Khandekar">Subodh Khandekar</a>, Olympian hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tushar_Khandker" title="Tushar Khandker">Tushar Khandker</a>, player on Indian national hockey team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mastani" title="Mastani">Mastani</a> Second wife of Peshwa <a href="/wiki/Bajirao_I" title="Bajirao I">Bajirao I</a>, the prime minister. Daughter of <a href="/wiki/Maharaja_Chhatrasal" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharaja Chhatrasal">Maharaja Chhatrasal</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Mishra" title="Pankaj Mishra">Pankaj Mishra</a>, Indian essayist and novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Mukherjee" title="Joy Mukherjee">Joy Mukherjee</a>, Indian actor and director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Mukherjee" title="Ram Mukherjee">Ram Mukherjee</a>, Indian director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashadhar_Mukherjee" title="Sashadhar Mukherjee">Sashadhar Mukherjee</a>, producer of Hindi films</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subodh_Mukherjee" title="Subodh Mukherjee">Subodh Mukherjee</a>, director, producer, writer of Hindi cinema.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishankar_Parsai" title="Harishankar Parsai">Harishankar Parsai</a> - a noted satirist and humourist of modern Hindi literature, known for his simple and direct style.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathuram_Premi" title="Nathuram Premi">Nathuram Premi</a> (1881–1960), publisher of Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu and Jain literature. Independent scholar, Jain historian and editor of several Jain works.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rani_of_Jhansi" title="Rani of Jhansi">Rani of Jhansi</a>, (1828–1858) (AKA Lakshmibai Newalkar) <a href="/wiki/Maratha" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha">Maratha</a> Queen of princely state of <a href="/wiki/Jhansi" title="Jhansi">Jhansi</a>, one of the key figures in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajneesh" title="Rajneesh">Rajneesh</a> - Indian godman, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatya_Tope" title="Tatya Tope">Tatya Tope</a>, freedom fighter, fought in <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taran_Svami" title="Taran Svami">Taran Svami</a>, Jain Spritual Leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsidas" title="Tulsidas">Tulsidas</a>, the author of <i><a href="/wiki/Ramcharitmanas" title="Ramcharitmanas">Ramcharitmanas</a></i>, born in <a href="/wiki/Rajapur,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Rajapur, Uttar Pradesh">Rajapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrindavan_Lal_Verma" title="Vrindavan Lal Verma">Vrindavan Lal Verma</a>, Hindi novelist (Mrig Nayani, Jhansi Ki Rani)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi" title="Maharishi Mahesh Yogi">Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation" title="Transcendental Meditation">Transcendental Meditation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_art_and_literature">In art and literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bundelkhand&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In art and literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/57px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/76px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon_(L._E._L.)_in_Fisher%27s_Drawing_Room_Scrap_Book,_1835/Scene_in_Bundelkhund" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835/Scene in Bundelkhund">'Scene in Bundelkhund',<br />a poetical illustration<br /> by L. E. L.</a></b></div></div></div> </div> <p>An engraving of a picture by Henry Melville entitled <i>Scene near Chillah Tarah Ghaut, Bundelkhund</i> was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835 alongside a poetical illustration by <a href="/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon" title="Letitia Elizabeth Landon">Letitia Elizabeth Landon</a>, <i>Scene in Bundelkhund</i>, which alludes to the desperate conditions in the district due to the famine then prevailing.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "nearly independent territory of Bundelcund" is featured in <a href="/wiki/Jules_Verne" title="Jules Verne">Jules Verne</a>'s 1872 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days" title="Around the World in Eighty Days">Around the World in Eighty Days</a></i>, as the scene where <a href="/wiki/Phileas_Fogg" title="Phileas Fogg">Phileas Fogg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean_Passepartout" title="Jean Passepartout">Jean Passepartout</a> rescue the Princess <a href="/wiki/Aouda" title="Aouda">Aouda</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bundelkhand&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 218px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dhyanchand_statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of Dhyan Chand on Sipri Hill"><img alt="Statue of Dhyan Chand on Sipri Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Dhyanchand_statue.jpg/141px-Dhyanchand_statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="141" height="188" class="mw-file-element" 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