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=Tikamgarh, 1908=

==Tehri==

Capital of the Orchha State in Bundel-
khand, Central India, situated in 24° 45' N. and 78° 50' E., 36 miles
from Lalitpur station on the Midland section of the Great Indian
Peninsula Railway. Population (1901), 14,050. The small village
named Tehrl (meaning a ' triangle ') consisted of three hamlets when,
in 1783, Maharaja Vikramajit selected this spot for his new capital.
Until 1887, the capital was generally known as Tehrl ; but in that year,
to avoid confusion with Tehrl (Garhwal) in the United Provinces, the
name Tikamgarh, strictly speaking that of the fort only, was adopted
in place of Tehrl and recognized officially. A municipality was con-
stituted in 1891. The committee consists of official and non-official
members in the proportion of i to 3. The chief buildings are the
Maharaja's palace and the fort. The town also contains a high school,
a hospital, a dak-bungalow, a sarai, a camping ground, and British
and State post offices.

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THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

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+[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Here-they-go-against-the-grain-01052016023021 ''The Times of India''], May 01 2016
-This article has been extracted from <br/>
-THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>
+Deshdeep Saxena
-OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
+In parched Bundelkhand in Madhya Pradesh, villagers in Dargai Khurd and Gour have devised clever ways to recycle water -they bathe on coir cots and place a vessel beneath to collect the water draining down. This will later be used to wash clothes and utensils. Six kilometres farther down in Gayajeetpura, a bath can thankfully still be had without resorting to such extreme economy .
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+This village of 700 in Tikamgarh -the worst drought-affected district in the region -has managed to steer clear of troubled waters by reforming its farming practices. Up until three years ago, the village grew water-guzzling wheat and soyabean like its neighbours and found its yield dropping along with the water level of the local 13th century Chandela-era Kumhedi lake, which was down to 10 feet of water. While the advantageous location of the village -in the downstream of the lake -ensured that it was not as deprived as nearby villages, its depleting water table also served as a caution. After all, 900 water bodies built by the Chandela rulers between the 10th and 13th century are now bone-dry in the region.
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+So three years ago, Gayajeetpura acted on the advice of a non-profit and replaced a part of their crop share with organic horticulture. “It's how we managed to face Tikamgarh's third successive drought,“ says Rajendra Prasad, a Dalit farmer, who has been sowing vegetables for the last two years on part of his 3-acre plot. While the fields of neighbouring Mohangarh tehsil are scorched, Prasad's fields, along with those of 20 other farmers in Gayajeetpura, are lush green.
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-''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''
+“We have not only shifted partially from wheat and soyabean to vegetables and fruit like papaya, but we've also started optimizing our use of water,“ he says.

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Jyoti at 17:16, 9 November 2016

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