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Narmadapuram

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Place details

Locality: Narmadapuram
Region: Madhya Pradesh
Country: India
Population: 117,988
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Settlement.other_name: Narmadapuram
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Madhya Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Ward
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Madhya Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hoshangabad
Settlement.subdivision_name3: 34 wards
Settlement.subdivision_type4

Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Named after: Narmada
Country: India
Located in: Narmadapuram district
Population: +117988
Elevation: +278
Time zone: UTC+05:30
Capital of: Narmadapuram district
Official website: narmadapuram.nic.in

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Hoshangabad (Hindi: ), officially Narmadapuram (), is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Hoshangabad district and Narmadapuram division. It is located in central India, on the south bank of the Narmada River. Hoshangabad is from the capital of Madhya Pradesh and the nearest airport Bhopal.

==History== The city was earlier called Narmadapur after the Narmada river. Later the name was changed to Hoshangabad after Hoshang Shah Gori, the first ruler of Malwa Sultanate. Hoshangabad district was part of the Nerbudda (Narmada) Division of the Central Provinces and Berar, which became the state of Madhya Bharat (later Madhya Pradesh) after India's independence in 1947.