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'{{Short description|Metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India}} {{About|the city in Uttar Pradesh, India|its namesake district|Jhansi district}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Jhansi <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. --> | settlement_type = [[Metropolis]] | image_skyline = File:4861576-Jhansi Jhansi.jpg | image_alt = jhansi city | image_caption = Jhansi skyline | nickname = {{Plainlist| * City of [[Rani Lakshmibai]] * Gateway of [[Bundelkhand]] * Crossroads of India }} | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3 | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|25.44862|N|78.56962|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]] | subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts in India|District]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Bundelkhand]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = 1613 | founder = Raja of Orchha | named_for = Orchha Cantonment | unit_pref = Metric | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 285 | population_total = 505,693<ref name="Census_MCorp"/> | population_as_of = 2011 census | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_metro = 547,638<ref name="Census_MCorp"/><ref name="Census_CB"/><ref name="Census_ITS"/> | population_rank = 57 | population_demonym = | demographics_type1 = [[Language]] | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=18 March 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> | demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official | demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 284001-2-3-4 | area_code = 0510 | area_code_type = Telephone code | registration_plate = UP-93 | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] | blank1_info_sec1 = [[male|♂]] 0.905 : [[female|♀]] 1.000 | website = {{URL|www.jhansi.nic.in}} | leader_title2 = Mayor | leader_name2 = Ram Teerth Singhal ([[BJP]]) | leader_title3 = District Magistrate | leader_name3 = Andhra Vamsi, IAS<ref>{{cite news |title=UP govt transfers 13 IAS officers |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/up-govt-transfers-13-ias-officers20200222214403/ |access-date=26 February 2020 |work=www.aninews.in |date=22 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | leader_title4 = Senior Superintendent Of Police | leader_name4 = Dinesh Kumar P, IPS<ref>{{cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh Police {{!}} OfficerProfile |url=https://uppolice.gov.in/en/officerprofile?transid=54&slugName=jhansi |website=uppolice.gov.in |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> | blank2_name_sec1 = Crude literacy | blank2_info_sec1 = 73.9% | blank3_name_sec1 = Effective literacy | blank3_info_sec1 = 83.0% | blank4_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature | blank4_info_sec2 = {{convert|42.4|°C|°F}} | blank5_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature | blank5_info_sec2 = {{convert|4.0|°C|°F}} | official_name = }} '''Jhansi''' ({{audio|Jhansi.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a historic city in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It lies in the region of [[Bundelkhand]] on the banks of the [[Pahuj River]], in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of [[Jhansi district]] and [[Jhansi division]]. Also called the ''Gateway to Bundelkhand'', Jhansi is situated near and around the rivers Pahuj and Betwa at an average elevation of {{cvt|285|m}}. It is about {{convert|420|km|mi|0}} from [[New Delhi]] and {{convert|102|km}} south of [[Gwalior]]. Jhansi is well connected to all other major towns in [[Uttar Pradesh]] by road and railway networks. The [[National Highways Development Project]] has supported development of Jhansi. Jhansi is also being developed as the defense corridor by the NDA government which will boost the economy of the city and the region at the same time. [[Srinagar]] to [[Kanyakumari]] north–south corridor passes closely to Jhansi as does the east–west corridor; consequently there has been a sudden rush of infrastructure and real estate development in the city. Jhansi was adjudged the third cleanest city of Uttar Pradesh and the fastest moving city in the North Zone in Swachh Survekshan 2018 rankings. A [[Greenfield project|greenfield]] airport development has been planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igovernment.in/site/uttar-pradesh-plans-develop-jhansi-airport-39569 |title=Uttar Pradesh plans to develop Jhansi airport |date=4 January 2011 |publisher=igovernment.in |access-date=3 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321093043/http://www.igovernment.in/site/uttar-pradesh-plans-develop-jhansi-airport-39569 |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref> On 28 August 2015, Jhansi was selected among 98 cities for [[Smart Cities Mission|smart city]] initiative by [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-releases-list-of-98-cities-for-smart-city-project/article7586751.ece|title=Centre unveils list of 98 smart cities; UP, TN strike it rich|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 August 2015|last1=Jeelani|first1=Mehboob}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mygov.in/group-issue/smart-city-jhansi/|title=Smart City Jhansi|website=Mygov.in|access-date=24 June 2016|date=26 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://lucknow.amarujala.com/feature/city-news-lkw/poor-performance-of-up-city-in-smart-city-list-hindi-news/page-2/|title=स्मार्ट सिटी की परीक्षा में फेल हुए यूपी के 12 शहर|work=[[Amar Ujala]]|date=30 January 2016}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==History== [[File: The Fort, Jhansi, a gelatin silver photo, c.1900.jpg|thumb|left|Jhansi Fort, 1900]] During ancient times, Jhansi was a stronghold of the [[Chandelas of Jejakabhukti|Chandela]] Rajput kings and was known as Balwant Nagar. However, it lost importance in the 11th century after the decline of the Chandela dynasty. It rose in prominence in the 17th century when [[Vir Singh Deo|Raja Bir Singh Deo]] of [[Orchha State]] constructed the [[Jhansi Fort]] in 1613.<ref name="District of Jhansi website">{{Cite web|url=https://jhansi.nic.in/history/|title=District of Jhansi - History|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh}}</ref> Jhansi came under the [[Maratha Empire]] in 1729 when [[Chhatrasal|Maharaja Chattrasal]] offered Jhansi and some other parts of his state to the Maratha [[Peshwa]] [[Baji Rao I]] as a mark of gratitude for having helped him in defeating the Nawaf of Farrukhabad [[Muhammad Khan Bangash]] who had attacked Maharaja Chattrasal's kingdom.<ref name="District of Jhansi website"/> In the 18th century, the town of Jhansi served as the capital of a Maratha province and later the [[Jhansi State|Princely State of Jhansi]] from 1804 till 1858, when the territory became a part of British India.<ref name="District of Jhansi website"/> After the [[Independence Day (India)|independence of India]], Jhansi was included in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] ==Geography and climate== Jhansi is located at 25.4333 N 78.5833 E. It has an average elevation of 284 metres (935&nbsp;feet).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Jhansi.html|title=Jhansi, India Page|publisher=fallingrain.com|access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref> Jhansi lies on the plateau of central India, an area dominated by rocky relief and minerals underneath the soil. The city has a natural slope in the north as it is on the south western border of the vast ''[[Tarai]]'' plains of Uttar Pradesh and the elevation rises on the south. The land is suitable for species of [[citrus fruit]] and crops include wheat, pulses, peas, and oilseeds. The region relies heavily on [[Monsoon]] the rains for irrigation purposes. Under an ambitious canal project (the Rajghat canal), the government is constructing a network of canals for irrigation in Jhansi and Lalitpur and some part of Madhya Pradesh. The trade in agricultural products (including grain and oilseeds) is of great economic importance.<ref>''The Macmillan Encyclopedia''; rev. ed. London: Macmillan, 1983; p. 647</ref> The city is also a centre of brassware manufacture.<ref>Moore, W. G. (1971) ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Places''. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 371</ref> {{wide image|View of Jhansi from Sipri's Hilltop.jpg|900px|A view of Jhansi from the hill of Sipri)}} ===Climate=== {{See also|Climate of Madhya Pradesh}} Being on a rocky plateau, Jhansi experiences extreme temperatures. Winter begins in October with the retreat of [[Climate of India#Monsoon|the southwest monsoon]] (Jhansi does not experience any rainfall from [[October Heat|the Northeast Monsoon]]) and peaks in mid-December. Temperatures are about {{convert|4|C|F|1|disp=or}} minimum and {{convert|21|C|F|1|disp=or}} maximum. Spring arrives by the end of February and is a short-lived phase of transition. Summer begins by April and summer temperatures can peak at {{convert|47|C|F|1|disp=or}} in May. The rainy season starts by the third week of June (although this is variable year to year), while the monsoon rains gradually weaken in September and end before the last week of September. In the rainy season, the average daily high temperature hovers around {{convert|36|C|F|1|disp=or}} with high humidity. The average rainfall for the city is about {{convert|850|mm|inch|0|disp=or}} per year, occurring almost entirely within the three-and-a-half months of the [[Southwest Monsoon]]. In summer Jhansi experiences temperatures as high as {{convert|45|to|47|C|F|1}} degrees while in winter the temperatures can fall as low as {{convert|0|to|1|C|F|1}} as recorded in winter 2011. {{Weather box | location = Jhansi (1981–2010, extremes 1901–2012) | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | temperature colour = | Jan record high C = 33.8 | Feb record high C = 39.4 | Mar record high C = 43.3 | Apr record high C = 46.2 | May record high C = 48.0 | Jun record high C = 47.8 | Jul record high C = 45.6 | Aug record high C = 42.2 | Sep record high C = 40.6 | Oct record high C = 40.6 | Nov record high C = 38.1 | Dec record high C = 33.1 | year record high C = 48.0 | Jan high C = 23.4 | Feb high C = 27.5 | Mar high C = 34.0 | Apr high C = 39.6 | May high C = 42.4 | Jun high C = 40.5 | Jul high C = 34.4 | Aug high C = 32.5 | Sep high C = 33.5 | Oct high C = 34.1 | Nov high C = 30.0 | Dec high C = 25.4 | year high C = 33.1 | Jan low C = 8.1 | Feb low C = 11.1 | Mar low C = 16.7 | Apr low C = 22.6 | May low C = 26.7 | Jun low C = 27.5 | Jul low C = 25.1 | Aug low C = 23.9 | Sep low C = 23.2 | Oct low C = 19.5 | Nov low C = 13.8 | Dec low C = 9.5 | year low C = 19.0 | Jan record low C = 1.2 | Feb record low C = 0.6 | Mar record low C = 5.3 | Apr record low C = 10.1 | May record low C = 15.1 | Jun record low C = 18.5 | Jul record low C = 20.3 | Aug record low C = 18.3 | Sep record low C = 16.7 | Oct record low C = 10.7 | Nov record low C = 1.1 | Dec record low C = 0.3 | year record low C = 0.3 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 8.5 | Feb rain mm = 9.2 | Mar rain mm = 10.0 | Apr rain mm = 2.6 | May rain mm = 15.5 | Jun rain mm = 92.3 | Jul rain mm = 238.9 | Aug rain mm = 263.1 | Sep rain mm = 168.3 | Oct rain mm = 28.4 | Nov rain mm = 5.3 | Dec rain mm = 3.6 |year rain mm = 845.6 | Jan rain days = 0.8 | Feb rain days = 1.0 | Mar rain days = 0.8 | Apr rain days = 0.5 | May rain days = 1.7 | Jun rain days = 5.0 | Jul rain days = 11.4 | Aug rain days = 12.6 | Sep rain days = 6.9 | Oct rain days = 1.4 | Nov rain days = 0.5 | Dec rain days = 0.4 | year rain days = 43.0 |time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | Jan humidity = 51 | Feb humidity = 40 | Mar humidity = 27 | Apr humidity = 22 | May humidity = 24 | Jun humidity = 39 | Jul humidity = 66 | Aug humidity = 73 | Sep humidity = 62 | Oct humidity = 43 | Nov humidity = 44 | Dec humidity = 52 |year humidity = 45 | source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals> {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | title = Station: Jhansi Climatological Table 1981–2010 | work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010 | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = January 2015 | pages = 367–368 | access-date = 27 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes> {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012) | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = December 2016 | page = M217 | access-date = 27 April 2020}}</ref> }} ==Demographics== {{Historical populations |title=Historical population |type=Kashipur |1871|30,000 |1881|33,000 |1891|53,779 |1901|55,724 |1911|70,200 |1921|66,400 |1931|76,700 |1941|103,300 |1951|127,400 |1961|140,200 |1971|173,300 |1981|231,300 |1991|300,850 |2001|426,198 |2011|505,693 |source = 1871-1891 - [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 14, page 148|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_154.gif|website=dsal.uchicago.edu|publisher=Digital South Asia Library|access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref><br/>1901-1981 - Populstat.info<ref>{{cite web|title=INDIA : urban population|url=http://www.populstat.info/Asia/indiat.htm|website=www.populstat.info|access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref><br/>1991-2011 - Citypopulation.de<ref>{{cite web|title=Jhansi (Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-uttarpradesh.php?cityid=0943614000|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=20 July 2017|language=en}}</ref> }} As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Jhansi city had a total population of 505,693, of which 265,449 were males and 240,244 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 55,824. The total number of literates in Jhansi city was 373,500, which constituted 73.9% of the population with male literacy of 78.9% and female literacy of 68.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jhansi city was 83.0%, of which male literacy rate was 88.9% and female literacy rate was 76.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 110,318 and 1,681 respectively. Jhansi city had 91150 households in 2011.<ref name="Census_MCorp">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Jhansi city |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=176733 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref> The Jhansi urban agglomeration had a population of 547,638 which also included Jhansi Cantonment and Jhansi Railway Settlement. ===Jhansi Cantonment=== Jhansi Cantonment had a total population of 28,343 in 2011, of which 17,023 were males and 11,320 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,404. The total number of literates in Jhansi Cantonment was 23,354, which constituted 82.4% of the population. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jhansi Cantonment was 93.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 4,735 and 28 respectively. It had 30460 households in 2011.<ref name="Census_CB">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Jhansi Cantonment |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=176794 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref> ===Jhansi Railway Settlement=== [[Jhansi Railway Settlement]] had a total population of 13,602 as of 2011, of which 7,226 were males and 6,376 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,168. The total number of literates in Jhansi Railway Settlement was 10,754, which constituted 79.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jhansi Railway Settlement was 86.5%, of which male literacy rate was 92.1% and female literacy rate was 80.2%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 3,373 and 38 respectively. It had 30460 households in 2011.<ref name="Census_ITS">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Jhansi Railway Settlement |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=176666 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref> ==Education== ===Higher education=== * [[Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University]] * [[Bundelkhand University]] ====Medical and technical colleges==== [[File:Mlb jhansi.jpg|thumb|MLB Medical College]] In October 2009, the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Union health ministry]] gave approvals for setting up an institute equivalent to [[AIIMS]], the first in Bundelkhand region and developing central agriculture university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/centre-clears-an--aiims--for-bundelkhand/533791/|title=Centre clears an 'AIIMS' for Bundelkhand|website=Archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref> * [[Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College]], established 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlbmcj.in/ |title=Maharani Laxmibai Medical College Jhansi |website=Mlbmcj.in |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref> * [[Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology]] * [[College of Science & Engineering, Jhansi]] * [[Government Polytechnic Jhansi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gpjhansi.com/|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109081136/http://gpjhansi.com/|archive-date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=30 December 2013}}</ref> [[File:Jjjhansi.jpg|thumb|Grassland Jhansi]] ===Schools=== * [[Christ the King College, Jhansi]] * [[Modern Public School, Jhansi]] * [[Indian Army Public Schools|Army Public School, Jhansi]] * [[Bhani Devi Goyal Saraswati Vidhya Mandir Inter College]] * [[Mahatma Hansraj Modern School]] ==Transport== The city is connected to other parts of India by railways and major highways. ===Railways=== {{main|Jhansi Junction railway station}} [[File:Jhansi Junction.jpg|thumb|Jhansi Junction]] Jhansi has its own division in the [[North Central Railway]] zone of [[Indian Railways]]. It lies on the main Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Mumbai lines. The station code is JHS. ===Road transport=== Jhansi is located at the junction of these National Highways: [[National Highway 27 (India)]] from [[Gujarat]] to [[Assam]]; [[National Highway 75 (India)]] from [[Gwalior]] to [[Rewa, Madhya Pradesh|Rewa]] via Chhatarpur; [[National Highway 44 (India)]] from [[Jammu]] to [[Kanyakumari]]; and [[National Highway 39 (India)]]. Thus, Jhansi commands a strategic position in the roadways network as highways in five different directions diverge from it. The towns and major cities connected to it are [[Datia]], [[Gwalior]], [[Lalitpur, India|Lalitpur]], [[Agra]], [[New Delhi]], [[Bhopal]], [[Allahabad]], [[Kanpur]], [[Lucknow]], [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]], [[Orchha]], [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh|Banda]], [[Shivpuri]], [[Chhatarpur]], Unnao Balaji, and [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]]. ===Air transport=== [[File: Amy Johnson jason india.jpg|thumb|[[Amy Johnson]] at Jhansi in 1932]] [[Jhansi Airport]] is a military aviation base built in the British era used by the Indian army and political visitors. Though there are provisions for private aircraft to land, there are no civil aviation operations. There had been a demand to make it operational for commercial purposes in the 1990s and again in the 2000s. The Uttar Pradesh government announced the construction of an all new civil aviation base to support tourism in Bundelkhand in April 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Manjul|first=Tarannum|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/new-airport-at-jhansi-to-boost-tourism/770258/|title=New airport at Jhansi to boost tourism|date=1 April 2011|work=indianexpress|access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref> As of 2020, the [[Kanpur Airport]], located 228 kms away, is the nearest major airport to Jhansi within the state, though [[Gwalior Airport]] in the neighbouring state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] is the nearest airport being located 102 kms from Jhansi. ==Armed forces== The Jhansi Cantonment was the site of the accommodation for British civil and military personnel in the period of British rule in India. Jhansi district is the headquarters of the [[31st Indian Armoured Division]], stationed at Jhansi-Babina. It is an armoured division which has equipment like [[M3 Lee]] and [[M4 Sherman tank|M4 Sherman]]. There has been a joint exercise from 1 to 30 March 2012 with the [[Singaporean Army]] at Jhansi witnessed by the [[President of India]], [[Pratibha Patil]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/press_room/official_releases/nr/2012/mar/25mar12_nr.html|title=Singapore and Indian Armies Conduct the Eighth Bilateral Armour Exercise|website=www.mindef.gov.sg|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> ==Media== ''Amar Ujala'', ''[[Dainik Jagran]]'', ''[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.patrika.com/jhansi-news/|title = Jhansi Hindi News.|access-date = 13 December 2017|website = [[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika]]}}</ref> and ''Dainik Bhaskar'' are some of the newspapers with online news services. ===Newspapers=== Many national and local newspapers are published in Jhansi in Hindi, Urdu and English: {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Newspaper !! Language !! Notes |- | ''[[Amar Ujala]]'' || [[Hindi]] || |- | ''[[Dainik Jagran]]'' || Hindi || |- | ''Daily Aziz E Hindustan''|| [[Urdu]] || |- | ''Dainik Royal Mail'' || Hindi || |- | ''Dainik Vishwa Pariwar'' || Hindi || |- | ''[[Hindustan]]'' || Hindi || |- | ''Jan Jan Jagran'' || Hindi || |- | ''Jan Seva Mail'' || Hindi || |- | ''Raftaar'' || Hindi || |- | ''[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika]]''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.patrika.com/jhansi-news/ | title=Jhansi News, झांसी न्यूज़, Jhansi News in Hindi, Jhansi Samachar, झांसी समाचार}}</ref> || Hindi || |- | ''Swadesh'' || Hindi || |- | ''Dainik Uddhog Hakikat'' || Hindi || |} ===Radio=== Jhansi has four radio station :-Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, 92.7 BIG FM, 103.0 AIR FM and 91.1 Red FM. ==Sport== Sports stadiums in Jhansi are [[Dhyanchand Stadium]], Railway Stadium, and LVM Sports Place. ==Notable people associated with Jhansi== <!--Names arranged alphabetically by SURNAME--> * [[Major Dhyanchand]] , Former Olympian hockey player, Indian Army officer, the hockey wizard * [[Rani Lakshmibai]], great warrior queen, consort of Maharaja Gangadhar Rao; queen 1853-58 * [[Jhalkari Bai]], freedom fighter and advisor to Rani Lakshmi Bai * [[Edward Angelo]] (born 1870), Australian politician * [[Alexander Archdale]], English actor in theatre and film * [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]], Indian freedom fighter * [[Vinod Kumar Bansal]], Bansal classes, Kota * [[Michael Bates (actor)|Michael Bates]], English actor; ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' and ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' * [[Raja Bundela]], Indian actor, producer, politician and civil activist * [[Dhyan Chand]], Indian Army officer and hockey player for the national team of India * [[Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar]] MCA & Member of Parliament 1952, MLC & Speaker Vidhan Parishad 1958, notable pleader, Social leader * [[Maithilisharan Gupt]], modern Hindi poet * [[Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard]], explorer, adventurer, big-game hunter and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping practice within the British Army in the First World War * [[Indeevar]], Hindi films lyricist * [[Piyush Jha]], film director and screenwriter and novelist of Indian origin * [[Abdul Karim (the Munshi)|Abdul Karim]], an Indian attendant of [[Queen Victoria]] who served her during the final 15 years of her reign, gaining her maternal affection over that time. * [[Subodh Khandekar]], Olympian hockey player * [[Tushar Khandekar]], player on Indian national hockey team * [[Pankaj Mishra]], Indian essayist and novelist * [[Joy Mukherjee]], Indian actor and director * [[Ram Mukherjee]], Indian director * [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]], producer of Hindi films * [[Subodh Mukherjee]], director, producer, writer of Hindi cinema; hits include ''Paying Guest'', ''Munimji'', ''Love Marriage'' (parts were shot at Jhansi), and ''Junglee'' * [[Randeep Rai]], Indian television and film actor * [[Gangadhar Rao]], Raja of Jhansi State, 1838–53 * [[Saumitra Rawat]], surgeon, Chairman and Head, Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant, [[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)|Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]], New Delhi; 2015 [[Padma Shri]] * [[Vishwanath Sharma]], owner of [[Baidyanath Group]], parliamentarian * [[Amit Singhal]], senior vice-president at [[Google]] * [[Surendra Verma]], Hindi author and playwright * [[Ramesh Chandra Agarwal]], media proprietor and founder-chairman of the ''[[Dainik Bhaskar]]'' group of newspapers * [[Raaj Shaandilyaa]], Bollywood writer and director *Samson, a great citizen of Jhansi ==Jhansi in popular culture== ===Jhansi in literature=== {{See also|Rani of Jhansi#Literature, film & television}} Two novels by [[John Masters]] are set in the fictional town of Bhowani. According to the author, writing in the glossary to the earlier novel, ''[[Nightrunners of Bengal]]'', Bhowani is an "imaginary town. To get a geographical bearing on the story it should be imagined to be about where Jhansi really is - 25.27 N., 78.33 E."<ref>Masters, John. ''Nightrunners of Bengal''. (London and New York, 1951). Glossary.</ref> ''Nightrunners of Bengal'' is set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 at "Bhowani" (the title alludes to the mysterious distribution of "chapatis" to village headmen which preceded the revolt). ''[[Bhowani Junction]]'' is set in 1946/47 the eve of independence. In each novel the main character is a British army officer named Colonel Rodney Savage, one of a succession of such men from the same family. [[Christina Rossetti]] wrote a short poem about the fate of the Skene family at Jhansi during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. It is entitled "In the Round Tower at Jhansi - 8 June 1857". It was published in 1862 in the same volume as her more celebrated poem "Goblin Market". Some time afterward, Rossetti discovered that she had been misinformed about the husband and wife's suicide pact in the face of a murderous and implacable enemy ('The swarming howling wretches below' the tower walls) which is the poem's subject, but did not delete it from later editions. ==See also== * [[Barua Sagar]] * [[List of educational institutions in Jhansi]] * [[Matatila Dam]] * [[Parichha]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Jhansi}} * {{wikivoyage-inline|Jhansi}} * {{Official website|http://www.jhansi.nic.in}} * {{Britannica|303706}} {{Jhansi district}} {{Madhya Pradesh}} {{Jhansi division topics}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Jhansi| ]] [[Category:Cities in Bundelkhand]] [[Category:Bundelkhand]] [[Category:Cities in Uttar Pradesh]]'