Jhansi

Jhansi
/jahn"see/, n.
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in central India. 198,101.

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India
      city, southwestern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. The city, which is enclosed by a wall, expanded around a fort built in 1613 by the ruler of Orchha. The area fell to the Marathas in 1732 and was acquired by the British in 1853. A massacre of British officers and civilians occurred at Jhansi during the Indian Mutiny (1857–58). In 1886 Jhansi came under British rule in exchange for the British evacuation of Gwalior. An agricultural marketplace located at a major road and rail junction, the city also has a steel-rolling mill and some manufacturing. Bundelkhand University is located there, as are a railway colony and workshops. Pop. (2001) city, 383,644; urban agglom., 460,278.

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