Shivpuri

Shivpuri is a town and district place in Gwalior region in northwest Madhya Pradesh in India. It is situated at an altitude of 1515 feet above sea level and located at 25°40' North, 77°44' East of latitude and longitude.

Shivpuri is very ancient town and a sacred place. Its current name Shivpuri is a distortion of old name ‘Sipri’ and also the name ‘Sipri’ is a distortion of its proper name which is Shivapuri and this name suggests that the God Shiva, and Lord Himalaya’s favoured this region in remote ages.

Shivpuri is steeped in the royal legacy of its past, when it was the summer capital of the Scindia rulers of Gwalior. Earlier its dense forests were the hunting grounds of the Mughal emperors. Emperor Akbar captured herds of elephants for his stables while returning from Mandu in year 1564.

Shivpuri was awarded as Jagir to Kachhawahas of Narwar in seventeenth century. It came under the rule of Scindias in 1804 AD but Scindias gave it to Ingle. It was transferred to Britishers in year 1817 under a treaty but Scindias got it back from them in 1818. Tatya Tope was awarded death sentence on April 17,1859 by British Raj for taking part in freedom struggle of 1857. He was hanged to death in Shivpuri near present collectorate.

Shivpuri’s royal ambience lives on in the exquisite palaces and hunting lodges and graceful, intricately embellished marble Chhatris (cenotaphs) erected by the Scindia rulers.

Shivpuri is famous for Madhav National Park. This National Park is having a varied terrain of forested hills and flat grasslands around the lake. It is very rich in Biodiversity.