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| subdivision_name2 = [[Mahendragarh district]]
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'''Madhogarh''' is a village in [[Mahendragarh district]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]. It is located at the foot of Madhogarh Hill of [[Aravalli Range|Aravalli Mountain Range]]. [[Madhogarh Fort, Haryana|Madhogarh Fort]] is on top of the hill.

== 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_(title)|Thakur]] with at least a 'kutcha' mud fort, some of which were fortified further with stone. After him, additional [[Thakur_(title)#Thikana|thikana]]s were granted to the descendants of subsequent generations.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_175.gif Loharu State] ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', 1909, v. 16, p. 169.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC&pg=RA3-PA691&lpg=RA3-PA691&dq=Loharu+history&source=web&ots=dawCuJUzyI&sig=DJevyjm8uOgKA8ebPPTmgbfq2nI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result 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.</ref>

*[[Loharu|Loharu Thikana]], Loharu was founded as 33rd [[Thikana]] in the year 1588 A.D by the Thakur Narhar Das, a decedent of [[Rao Shekha]].
*[[Mahendragarh|Mahendragarh Thikana]], was granted by [[Shekhawati#Thikanas_of_Shekhawati|Maharaja Mukund Singh]] of Shekhawati in 1868 to Kunwar Sheonath Singh I, the son of Maharaja Raj Singh II.
*[[Tosham|Tosham Thikana]], It was granted as a thikana by Shekhawati ruler [[Shekhawati#Thikanas_of_Shekhawati|Maharaja Mukund Singh]] in 1870 to Kunwar Abhaya Singh.
* [[Madhogarh Fort, Haryana|Madhogarh Thikana]] and fort were founded by [[Madho Singh I]] in the first half of the 18th century when he placed the area under the control of Balwant Singh. The fort is named after [[Madho Singh I]]; "Madhogarh" literally means "the fort of Madho". Around 1755, this area passed from the Rajputs to the [[Maratha Empire]] under Maharaja [[Khande Rao Holkar]] of Indore when he attacked the independent [[Mughal tribe|Mughal]] chieftain Ismail Beg, Ismail Beg escaped to Madhogarh and established a post near Madhogarh fort. [[Khande Rao Holkar]] attacked Madhogargh fort and captured it on 16 February 1792. Ismail Beg escaped and attacked Kanud when the ruling wife of already deceased Nawab Najaf Quli Khan had died. Khande Rao Holkar then attacked Kanud and captured Ismail Beg, imprisoned him at [[Agra Fort]] and put him to death in 1794. Maratha Maharaj [[Mahadaji Shinde]] (Scindia) of [[Gwalior]] had conquered [[Rania, Haryana|Rania]], [[Fatehabad district|Fatehabad]] and [[Sirsa]] from Bhatti Rajput Muslims. Haryana came under [[Maratha Empire]]. Mahad ji divided Haryana in four territories: Delhi (Mughal emperor [[Shah Alam II]], his family and areas surrounding Delhi), Panipat (Kernal, Sonepat, Kurukshetra and Ambala), Hisar (Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad, parts of Rohtak), Mewat (Gurugaon, Rewari, Narnaul, Mahendragarh). [[Daulat Rao Scindia]] ceded Haryana on 30 December 1803 under the [[Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon]] to [[British East India Company]]'s [[Company rule in India]].<ref name="Rev1">{{cite web|title=Gazetteer of Mahandragarh 1988|url=http://revenueharyana.gov.in/html/gazeteers/mahendragarh_1988/mh_3.pdf|publisher=Haryana Revenue Department|accessdate=12 Nov 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111200113/http://revenueharyana.gov.in/html/gazeteers/mahendragarh_1988/mh_3.pdf|archive-date=11 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Madhogarh faced [[water scarcity]] since 1978, in 2017 BJP government ensured water supply in the canal after a gap of 29 years.<ref>[http://navsancharsamachar.com/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7-%E0%A4%B8/ मनोहर सरकार के चार वर्ष — सिंचाईबागवानी तक], Navsanchar Samachar, 27 Feb 2018.</ref>

== Future development ==
The [[Government of Haryana]] has plans to develop an integrated tourist resort incorporating the [[Madhogarh Fort, Haryana|Madhogarh Fort]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/haryana-to-develop-new-tourist-spots/article3556684.ece Haryana to develop new tourist spots]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://travelnews.keralatourism.gen.in/2013/11/convention-facilities-to-be-set-up-at.html?m=0 |title=Convention facilities to be set up |access-date=11 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111203030/http://travelnews.keralatourism.gen.in/2013/11/convention-facilities-to-be-set-up-at.html?m=0 |archive-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=4328 Haryana govt to give a boost to tourism]</ref> 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 [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|India's Ministry of Tourism]] on similar concept as [[Devon Railway Centre]] in UK, [[Edaville_Railroad#Edaville_Family_Theme_Park|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 [[Fort Madhogarh|Madhogarh]]-[[Mahendragarh#History|Mahendragarh]]-[[Narnaul#Battle_of_Narnaul|Narnaul]]-[[Rewari#History|Rewari]] heritage circuit of the Tourism Ministry being implemented at the cost of INR1.47 billion (INR147 crore or US$23 million).<ref name=dev1>[http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=491571 Railway heritage theme park on the anvil at Rewari], Daijiworld, 19 Jan 2018.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nangal Sirohi]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Forts of Haryana}}

[[Category:Mahendragarh district]]
{{Haryana-geo-stub}}

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