Bhanpura
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Bhanpura भानपुरा |
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 Bhanpura
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| Coordinates: 24°31′N 75°44′E / 24.52°N 75.73°ECoordinates: 24°31′N 75°44′E / 24.52°N 75.73°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Mandsaur |
| Government | |
| • MLA | Rajesh Yadav(deceased, by-polls to be conducted) |
| Elevation | 384 m (1,260 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 16,493 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Bhanpura is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mandsaur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
Bhanpura is 127 km from Mandsaur in north-east direction. The Bhanpura town is south of other historically important places Hinglajgarh and Navali in Mandsaur district. It has a museum depicting the popular arts of Mandsaur. Illustrated oil paintings are also found around Bhanpura. At the museum, art from the Gupta era (4th-5th century) to the time of Pratiharas and Parmaras is depicted, and well-sculpted portraits of Uma-Maheshwar, Kartikeya, Vishnu, Gavoi and Nandi are displayed.
Bhanpura gets its name from king named Bhaman.
Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar was a strong nationalist and decided to fight with the British single-handedly to drive them out of India. He decided manufacture cannons to defeat the British. He was successful to keep the British out of his state but he wanted them out of India. He knew that was impossible without sufficient cannons. He built a factory to manufacture cannons in Bhanpura. He worked day and night and manufactured 200 cannons. He gathered an army of 1 lakh soldiers to attack Culcutta. The stress of the work and the deaths of his nephew Khanderao Holkar (II) on 3 February 1806 at Shahapura and Kashirao Holkar in 1808 at Bijagad lead to a brain stroke due to which he suddenly died at Bhanpura (Mandsaur, M.P.) on 28 October 1811 (Kartiki Ekadashi) at a young age of 35 years.
A chhatri was constructed on the site of death of Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar in Bhanpura. The work on Chatri began in 1814 and was completed in 1841. This chhatri houses a marble statue of Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar. The traces and ruins of factory to manufacture cannons can still be seen in villages Navali and Indragarh near Bhanpura.
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