Mauranipur

Mauranipur is a town and a municipal board in Jhansi district state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

[7] Faag songs and their rhythmic music can be heard in the whole Bundelkhand region during the spring season when the crops are ready for harvesting.

An annual festival is celebrated by a procession throughout the town of a deity of Rama, Krishna or Ganesh on a sedan cart, which is carried on people's shoulders.

Before moving into the city the cart is first carried to the river Sukhnai for a deity-bathing ceremony.

Laxmi Bai suffered reverses in the beginning, but on 23 October, in battle with Tehree's forces, she emerged victorious.

[15] On December 30, 1951, Govind Ballabh Pant delivered a speech about the Zamindari Abolition Acts and the establishment of the five-year plan for agriculture in Mauranipur.

[16] The town of Mauranipur has long been known for the manufacture of a red cloth called kharud, which is dyed from a root of the same name.

[17] The following archaeological sites are near Mauranipur:[18] There is also another temple of lord Shiva at Shivganj known as Ramghat.

Mauranipur is connected with three metro cities, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, via Indian Railways network.

Vrindavan Lal Verma (1889–1969), an eminent Hindi novelist and playwright, was born at Mauranipur.He was honoured with Padma Bhushan for his literary works; Agra University presented him with honorary D. Lit.

Mauranipur Railway station