Guna, India
Encyclopedia : G : GU : GUN : Guna, India
Guna is a town in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Guna District.
Guna - the district of Madhya Pradesh, is the gateway of Malwa & Chambal is located on the north-eastern part of Malwa Plateau, on the bank of river Parfaits. The western boundary of the District is well defined by the river Parbati. The Parbati is the main river flowing along the western boundary touching Rajgarh District of M.P. and Jhalawarh and Kota District of Rajasthan. Shivpuri & Kota are located in north where as Vidisha, Bhopal, and Rajgarh lies to the South.
History Initially Guna sees to be the part of Avanti Kingdom founded by Chand Pradyota Mahesena Later on Shishusangh added the kingdom of Avant which included Guna to the growing empire of Magadha.
Bajrangarh, about 6 miles from Guna enjoyed that privilege. In 1897 the midland railway constructed the rail route passing through Guna
After independence on 28th May 1948, Guna became the part of Madhya Bharat as one of its 16 Districts subsequently as a result of State on the formation of new Madhya Pradesh in 1956 Guna district became a part of it.
Jyotiraditya Scindia (born January 1, 1971) is an INC leader and Member of Parliament from Guna. He is also the scion of the Scindia family and the Maharajah of the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior.
Jyotiraditya Scindia was born in Mumbai to Madhavrao Scindia. He studied at The Doon School, Harvard and Stanford and went on to work as an investment banker for Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. He also gained some development experience with the UN economic Development Cell.
Elected to the Lok Sabha in February 2002 from the constituency of Guna, formerly represented by his late father Madhavrao Scindia, Jyotiraditya was initiated into his new career with an almost unprecedented lead of votes - a lead of more than 450,000.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.