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Lakes in Shivpuri include ''Chandpatha jheel'', ''Jadhav Sagar jheel'', and other small lakes.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} | Lakes in Shivpuri include ''Chandpatha jheel'', ''Jadhav Sagar jheel'', and other small lakes.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} | ||
The city is known for its greenery, forests and also as the former summer capital of the [[Scindia|Scindia family]] who at one time ruled the [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]].<ref name="Enc-Brit-Shivpuri">[https://www.britannica.com/place/Shivpuri "Shivpuri"] ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' 5 September 2014</ref> The Indian leader [[Tatya Tope]] was hanged in Shivpuri in 1859.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} | The city is known for its greenery, forests and also as the former summer capital of the [[Scindia|Scindia family]] who at one time ruled the [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]].<ref name="Enc-Brit-Shivpuri">[https://www.britannica.com/place/Shivpuri "Shivpuri"] ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' 5 September 2014</ref> The Indian leader [[Tatya Tope]] was hanged in Shivpuri in 1859.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
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In the 16th Century, Shivpuri, like all of Gwalior, was part the [[Maratha Empire]]. The empire weakened at the end of the century, and during the ''[[Gardi-ka-wakt]]'', or 'period of unrest',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Katare |first=Shyam Sunder |year=1972 |title=Patterns of Dacoity in India: A case study of Madhya Pradesh |location=New Delhi |publisher=S. Chand |page=26 }}, a revision of the author's 1969 thesis at the [[University of Saugar]].</ref> the [[rajput]] of [[Narwar]] secured the town and district. The Sindhias, under [[Daulat Scindia]], captured the town and district from the ruler of Narwar in 1804, and made the town their summer capital.<ref name="Enc-Brit-Shivpuri" /> | In the 16th Century, Shivpuri, like all of Gwalior, was part the [[Maratha Empire]]. The empire weakened at the end of the century, and during the ''[[Gardi-ka-wakt]]'', or 'period of unrest',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Katare |first=Shyam Sunder |year=1972 |title=Patterns of Dacoity in India: A case study of Madhya Pradesh |location=New Delhi |publisher=S. Chand |page=26 }}, a revision of the author's 1969 thesis at the [[University of Saugar]].</ref> the [[rajput]] of [[Narwar]] secured the town and district. The Sindhias, under [[Daulat Scindia]], captured the town and district from the ruler of Narwar in 1804, and made the town their summer capital.<ref name="Enc-Brit-Shivpuri" /> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
