[8] Gwalior was the premier state that has received the 21 gun salute along with Hyderabad, Baroda, Jammu & Kashmir and Mysore.

[9] Prior to Indian independence on 15 August 1947, Gwalior remained a princely state of the British Raj with the Scindia as the local rulers.

High rocky hills surround the city from all sides, on the north it just forms the border of the Ganga- Yamuna Drainage Basin.

[3] In April 2021, it was found that Gwalior had the best air quality index (AQI 152) among the 4 major cities in Madhya Pradesh.

Several administrative and judicial organisations, commissions and boards have their state and national headquarters situated in the city Gwalior was one of the major locations of rebellion during the 1857 uprising.

Gwalior is surrounded by industrial and commercial zones of neighbouring districts (Malanpur – Bhind, Banmore – Morena) on all three main directions.

In 1231 Iltutmish, ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, captured Gwalior after an 11-month-long effort and from then till the 13th century it remained under Muslim rule.

The daily light and sound show organised there apprise about the history of the Gwalior Fort and Man Mandir Palace.

By the 15th century, the city had a noted singing school which was attended by the prominent figure of Hindustani classical music, Tansen.

The Scindia state[19] of Gwalior became a major regional power in the second half of the 18th century and figured prominently in the three Anglo-Maratha Wars.

Her son, Maharaja Madhavrao Scindia was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971, representing the Congress Party, and served until his death in 2001.

The erstwhile Maharajas of the Scindia dynasty considered the Sufi saints to be their gurus and headed the Muharram procession every year.

The Lashkar part of Gwalior has many parks, including the Phool Bagh, or the garden of flowers, built to welcome the Prince of Cambridge.

Gwalior Zoo provides a home for white tigers, serpents, golden pheasants, sambar, hyena, bison, and others.

Gwalior receives 750 mm of rain on average per year, most of which is concentrated in the Monsoon months (from late June to early October).

Winter in Gwalior starts in late October, and is generally very mild with daily temperatures averaging in the 14–16 °C (57–61 °F) range, and mostly dry and sunny conditions.

January is the coldest month with average lows in the 5-6 °C range (41-42 °F) and occasional cold snaps that plummet temperatures down to a single digit.

Above that, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has its main seat in Jabalpur, but also a permanent bench in Gwalior city.

It is being converted to broad gauge and may commence service as a broad-gauge line in future, connecting Gwalior to Kota, Rajasthan via Sheopur.

There are bus services to and from all major and minor cities near Gwalior, including Bhopal, Jaipur, Bharatpur, Agra, Delhi, Lucknow, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Bhind, Morena, Dholpur, Etawah, Datia, Indore, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Sheopur Kala etc.

Daily flights to Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Ahemdabad, Jaipur, Indore, and Jammu are available from Gwalior airport.

Gwalior's public transport system mainly consists of Tempos, auto rickshaw taxis, Ola Cabs, and micro-buses.

Gwalior holds an unparalleled reputation in Sangeet and has retained Indian traditions and the wealth of music intact over the years.

Baijnath Prasad (also known as Baiju Bawra) was a classical singer (Dhrupadiya) who lived in Gwalior for his whole life under the patronage of Man Singh.

The ZIET Gwalior is an institution that provides national level training to the teachers inducted to teach at Kendriya Vidyalayas across India.

It lies at the eastern base of the rock and contains the tomb of the Sufi saints, Khwaja Khanoon and Muhammad Ghaus, erected during the early part of Mughal emperor Akbar's reign, the tomb of Mian Tansen, a great singer and one of the 'Nine Jewels' of Akbar's court, Ladkhan (Lahori) Gate facing towards Lahore, Shahi Jami Masjid built by Mughal governor Motamid Khan, Badalgarh and Gurjari Mahal.

The name of Lashkar is a Persian word meaning 'army' or 'camp', as this was originally the camp, and later the permanent capital, of the Scindia dynasty of Gwalior state.

Jiwaji Chowk is the central focus of Lashkar, with a large square, a former opera house, banks, tea, coffee and juice stands and a municipal market building.

Gwalior West is being developed as a "Counter Magnet" project with funding support from the National Capital Region.

The most striking feature of the temple is the wagon-vaulted roof, a form used over rectangular shrines which normally accommodated a row of Mother Goddesses.