Kalpi
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Kalpi (कालपी) is a town in Jalaun district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is on the right bank of the Yamuna. It is situated 78 kms south-west of Kanpur from which it is connected by both road and rail.
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History
It is believed that the city was known as Kalap dev ki kalpi in the ancient times, later abbreviated to Kalpi. Kalpi is also known as the birthplace of Maharishi Veda vyas, the writer of Mahabharata and Puranas. He collected the chants of Vedas and assembled them in an arranged manner. Kalpi is said to have been founded by King Vasudeva at the end of the 4th century.
Medieval: In 1196 it fell to Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the viceroy of Mohammed Ghori, and during the subsequent Muslim period it played a significant part in the history of central India.[1] During Akbar's reign, Kalpi was a governor's seat and had a mint for copper coinage. The witty Birbal of Akbar's court is considered to be born near this city. About the middle of the 18th century it passed into the hands of the Marathas.[2]
Modern: The town was captured by the British in 1803, and after 1806 remained in British possession[3] until India's independence in 1947. Kalpi was a part of Bundelkhand Agency, formed in 1811, and also housed its headquarters from 1818 to 1824. During this period the political agent to Governor General of India was appointed and headquartered in Kalpi. The British East India Company made it one of their principal stations for providing "commercial investment".[4] In May 1858 Hugh Rose (Lord Strathnairn) defeated here a force of Indian rebels led by the Rani of Jhansi.[5] The fortified post of Kalpi, the former residence of the rulers of Jalaun State, was dismantled in 1860 by the British and its place was taken by a market known as Whiteganj.[6]
There are many places for visiting like Vyas temple, Lanka Meenar, 84 Gumbaj and lots of Dargah like Khankah the Dargah of Sayyad Meer Tirmiji. Kalpi is also birthplace of Ved Vyas ji. There is a Kali Haveli and Rang Mahal of Beerbal that called Rang Mahal.
कालपी
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[7] ने लेख किया है ...कालपी (AS, p.177) उत्तर प्रदेश के जालौन ज़िले में यमुना नदी के तट पर बसा हुआ ऐतिहासिक नगर है। इस नगर का इतिहास चंदेलकालीन है। दसवीं सदी के मध्य में कालपी में चंदेलों ने अपना राज्य स्थापित किया था। चंदेल नरेश मदन वर्मा और परमार्दिदेव (12वीं सदी) के समय कालपी एक समृद्धिशाली नगरी थी। 12वीं शताब्दी के अंत में इस पर कुतुबुद्दीन ऐबक का अधिकार हो गया। 1435 ई. में मालवा के हुशंगशाह का अधिकार हो गया। अकबर के समय कालपी सरकार (ज़िला) का मुख्यालय बन गया। अकबर का प्रसिद्ध दरबारी बीरबल कालपी का ही था। मध्य काल में कालपी व्यापारिक केन्द्र के रूप में भी जानी जाती थी। यहाँ एक दुर्ग बना हुआ था, जिसके अब खण्डहर ही शेष हैं। कालपी की प्राचीन इमारतों में दुर्ग के अतिरिक्त बीरबल का रंग महल, मुग़लों की टकसाल, गोपाल मन्दिर आदि हैं।
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- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kalpi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 644.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kalpi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 644.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kalpi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 644.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kalpi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 644.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kalpi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 644.
- ↑ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.177