Khajri Chowk Chhindwara Madhya Pradesh

 Khajri Chowk illuminated like a grand palace

Khajri Chowk Chhindwara-

The statue of Veerangana Rani Durgavati located in the crossroads has been shifted. This was done to organize traffic. To make it even more attractive, the grand palace is shown just behind the place where the statue has been shifted. Due to this, the statue appears to be standing in front of a grand palace. Statues of Rani Durgavati have been installed in many districts in memory of Rani Durgavati. A huge and attractive statue of Rani Durgavati has also been installed in our Chhindwara city.

Grand palace tableau-The wall at Khajri Chowk has been converted into a tableau of the grand palace, making it like the main gate of the palace. It has a palace gate, windows, fountain, and has attractive lighting, which makes it even more attractive.

Life introduction- To establish the statue of Rani Durgavati, on the wall which has been built like a palace, the life introduction of the Veerangana is written. Apart from this, War and whole life have been demonstrated through painting.

The intersection has become wider due to statue shift and Chances of an accident have also been reduced.

Brief Introduction of Rani Durgavati-

Rani Durgavati was born on 5 October 1524 in Mahoba. She was born in the fort of Kalinjar (Banda, UP). Her father's name was Kirti Singh. Durgavati's father was the king of Mahoba. Maharani Durgavati was the only child of King Kirtisingh Chandel. Being born on Durgashtami, she was named Durgavati. Impressed by the fame of Durgavati, King Sangram Shah Madavi of the Gondwana kingdom married his son Dalpat Shah Madavi to Queen Durgavati and made her his daughter-in-law. After marriage, Durgavati came to the capital Garhmandala and started living. Unfortunately, after four years of marriage, Raja Dalpat Shah passed away. At that time, Durgavati's son Narayan was only three years old.

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After his death, Durgavati took over the reign with great courage and patience. With her ability and hard work, she transformed the state. The people were very happy in his kingdom.  She built Cherital in the name of her maid, Ranital in her name, and Aadhar Taal in the name of her trusted Diwan Aadhar Singh. It is believed that trade also flourished during Durgavati's rule, people were happy and prosperous. She built many monasteries, wells, step-wells, and Dharamshala. The present Jabalpur was the center of his kingdom. Like her ancestors, she also expanded his empire and completed the political integration of Gondwana, which is called Garh-Katanga. Out of 23000 villages of her empire, 12000 were ruled by Durgavati. Her army consisted of 20,000 cavalry and 1000 war elephants, as well as a large number of infantrymen.

    The happy and prosperous kingdom of Rani Durgavati was attacked several times by the Muslim ruler of Malwa, Baj Bahadur, but he was defeated every time. The great Mughal ruler Akbar also wanted to conquer the state. He asked the queen's favorite white elephant (Sarman) and her trusted vizier, Adhar Singh, to be sent to him as a gift to start the dispute. The queen turned down his demand. On this, Akbar attacked the Gondwana kingdom under the leadership of Asaf Khan. Once Asaf Khan was defeated, but the next time he attacked with double the army and preparation. Durgavati had very few soldiers at that time. She mounted a front on the banks of Narai Nala near Jabalpur and she himself led the war in a male disguise. In this war, 3,000 Mughal soldiers were killed but the queen also suffered immense losses.

    Asif Khan again attacked. On one hand, Durgavati gave the operation of the army to her Sixteen-year-old son, while some old army chiefs refused to fight the war considering it as an insult. Meanwhile, the Mughal army reached the gate of the fort and they demolished a wall of the fort. While fighting, Veer Narayan fell from the horse and was badly injured and attained Veergati. After the death of her son, the queen fought fiercely with the Mughals with Three hundred horsemen. Some were put to death. Suddenly an arrow came and hit her eye. The queen took it out of her own hands and threw it out. Just then another arrow hit her neck. The queen started sobbing with unbearable pain. She ordered Aadhar Singh to kill her with the sword before she could fall into the hands of the enemies. When Aadhar Singh did not do this, Durgavati herself inserted the dagger into her chest.

The queen breathed her last on 24 June 1564. She fought with the Mughal army till his last breath. Rani Durgavati was the ruler of Gondwana who is counted among the most famous queens of Indian history. The character of Rani Durgavati was synonymous with indomitable courage, valor, and true motherland love. She had sacrificed everything to protect her kingdom. The reign of Rani Durgavati is also called the golden period of Gondwana. Her self-esteem forced her to fight till the death instead of surrendering to her enemy.

In 1983, Jabalpur University was renamed Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya in honor of Rani Durgavati. The Government of India issued a postage stamp in memory of Rani Durgavati on 24 June 1988, the sacrifice day of Rani Durgavati.

Beautification of city squares

Encroachment and disorganized traffic at the main intersections was one of the city's major problems. Municipal Corporation Chhindwara started a left turn project to get rid of people from daily traffic jams. Under which first the private bus stand, Fawara Chowk, and then the Indira Tiraha statue was shifted. Now it has been made even more attractive, grand, and beautiful, now there is a crowd of people to take selfies at these intersections.