27-475: The Khangar community are an Indian Kshatriya community. They are referred to by many other names, such as Khangaar, Khungar, Khengar, Khagar, Khangdhar and Rao Khangad. The community ruled areas of present-day Bundelkhand after the fall of the Chandelas in 1182 A.D. and until the mid-14th century their seat of power was at Garh Kundar , reigned by Khet Singh Khangar . The Khangars were formerly classified as
54-796: A criminal tribe under the Criminal Tribes Acts of the British Raj . During the period of the British Raj, when the process of sanskritisation became apparent and the administration attempted to record caste in censuses, the All-India Khangar Kshatriya League campaigned for official recognition as kshatriya. The Khangar caste is included in the SC category in Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh , Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand and Rajasthan and
81-1221: A region in Bundelkhand, began after the fall of the Chandels in 1182 CE. By the 14th century, the Bundela dynasty emerged and supplanted the Khangar rulers. Before the advent of British colonial rule in India, the region of Bundelkhand also included several princely states, such as Orchha , Datia , and Samthar . Also, kingdoms such as Damoh , Ramgarh were ruled by Lodhi Rajputs . Bundelkhand comprises parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh . While Bahujan Samaj Party government under Mayawati had proposed in 2011 creation of Bundelkhand from seven districts of Uttar Pradesh , organizations such as Bundelkhand Akikrit Party and Bundelkhand Mukti Morcha (BMM) want it to include six districts from Madhya Pradesh as well. Uma Bharati of Bharatiya Janata Party has promised separate state of Bundelkhand within three years if her party voted to power, during campaign for Loksabha Election, 2014 at Jhansi . Similar promise
108-675: A team created to guide the BJP through the 2014 Lok Sabha elections . On 16 May 2014, she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Jhansi constituency by defeating Chandrapal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party . She served as the Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation from 26 May 2014 to 1 September 2017. She became the Minister of drinking water and sanitation on 3 September 2017. Uma Bharti donated one month of her salary to support
135-473: A vast territory, and their influence gradually diminished until their eventual fall in 1182 CE. After the decline of the Chandela , the Khangar community, an ancient Kshatriya clan, established their rule over parts of present-day Bundelkhand from the late 12th century until the mid-14th century. The Khangar dynasty had its seat of power at Garh Kundar, a fort built by Khet Singh Khangar. Their rule over Jujhauti,
162-531: A year in office, an arrest warrant was issued against Bharti in connection with the 1994 Hubli riots, forcing her resignation. In November 2004, she had a public falling out with Advani during a meeting at the BJP headquarters. This led to a suspension from the BJP, which was revoked a few months later at the insistence of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist social service volunteer organisation. She continued to publicly defy
189-595: Is possible that the name derives from an even earlier name of the region: "Jajhauti" or "Jijhoti". After the Bundelas replaced the Chandelas around 14th century, the region came to be known as Bundelkhand after them. The Chandelas were a powerful dynasty in Central India, ruling from the 9th to the 12th century. They are best known for constructing the temples of Khajuraho, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Chandelas ruled over
216-594: The Bhagvad Gita which led to her being seen as a "spiritual" child. She began to give religious discourses while still a child, which brought her into contact with Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia , who would later become her political mentor. She describes herself in her youth as a "religious missionary". With the support of Vijaya Raje Scindia , Bharti became involved with the BJP in Madhya Pradesh while still in her twenties. In 1984, she contested Lok Sabha elections for
243-750: The Bharatiya Janata Party at a young age, unsuccessfully contesting her first parliamentary elections in 1984 . In 1989 , she successfully contested the Khajuraho seat, and retained it in elections conducted in 1991 , 1996 and 1998 . In 1999 , she switched constituencies and won the Bhopal seat. Bharti held various state-level and cabinet-level portfolios in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Tourism, Youth Affairs and Sports, and also in Coal and Mines during
270-550: The Liberhan Commission that probed the incident. Bharti has denied that she incited the mob but says she does not regret it and that she is willing to take "moral responsibility" for the demolition. She acknowledges that the BJP reaped massive political benefits from the incident. In April 2017, the Supreme Court of India reinstated a criminal conspiracy case against Bharti and other BJP leaders. Bharti has called for
297-496: The OBC category in Bihar . Bundelkhand Bundelkhand ( / ˈ b ʊ n d eɪ l ˌ k h ʌ n d / , Hindi: [bʊn.d̪eːl.kʰəɳɖ] ) is a geographical and cultural region and a proposed state and also a mountain range in central & North India. The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh , with the larger portion lying in
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#1732854898246324-625: The Parliament of India . She is occasionally addressed by the Hindu honorific Sādhvī , a respectful Sanskrit title for a female renunciant. Uma Bharti was born on 3 May 1959 in Dunda, Tikamgarh District in the state of Madhya Pradesh to a family of peasants, belonging to the Lodhi caste. She attended school up until the sixth standard. As a child, she displayed considerable interest in religious texts like
351-582: The Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers proposed to split the state into four parts, with one part being Bundelkhand. Religion in Bundelkhand (2011) An engraving of a picture by Henry Melville entitled Scene near Chillah Tarah Ghaut, Bundelkhund was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835 alongside a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon , Scene in Bundelkhund , which alludes to
378-606: The second as well as third ministry of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee . After Narendra Modi became the Indian Prime Minister in 2014, she was appointed the Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation , and held this office until September 2017. Bharti was among the leaders in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement of the 1980s and 1990s, organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad . She
405-589: The BJP high command, insisting that she replace Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, which led to several show-cause notices from the party, and eventually, to her expulsion. In response, Bharti floated her own political party, the Bharatiya Janshakti Party . She stated that her party followed the ideology of the RSS, and claimed that she had the support of Mohan Bhagwat , head of
432-655: The BJP to stop avoiding responsibility for the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, saying: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power twice at the Centre riding on the Ram Mandir movement wave. So it should not disown the movement and wriggle out of its responsibility for the Babri mosque demolition. I was in the BJP then and was present at the site on the fateful day. I am ready to face any consequence, even to go to jail. She has also denied
459-641: The RSS. However, the party had a marked lack of political success. Bharti was re-inducted into the BJP on 7 June 2011. She was tasked with reviving the party in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of that state's assembly election in 2012. In those elections, she was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Charkhari constituency . Subsequently, she was appointed to the position of party vice-president along with twelve others, as part of
486-655: The desperate conditions in the district due to the famine then prevailing. The "nearly independent territory of Bundelcund" is featured in Jules Verne 's 1872 novel Around the World in Eighty Days , as the scene where Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout rescue the Princess Aouda . Uma Bharati Uma Bharti (born 3 May 1959) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh . She became involved with
513-499: The first time, but lost from Khajuraho (Lok Sabha constituency) as the INC saw a surge in support following the assassination of Indira Gandhi . In 1989, she won from Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency, and retained the seat in the elections of 1991, 1996, and 1998. She was elected to Lok Sabha from Bhopal in 1999, and from Jhansi in 2014. She did not contest Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Bharti rose to national prominence when she became one of
540-582: The granite bench mark by British surveyors indicating this is placed in the compound of a church in Sagar Cantonment.) In spite of being rich in minerals, the people of Bundelkhand are very poor and the region is underdeveloped and underrepresented in state and central politics. There are several local parties and organisations, some promoting further development of the region and some seeking statehood. The agrarian crisis and farmers' suicides are also cited as reasons for separate statehood. In November 2011,
567-448: The latter state. Jhansi is the largest city in Bundelkhand. Another major city of Bundelkhand is Sagar being second largest city of Bundelkhand and headquarter of Sagar Division . Bundelkhand means " Bundela domain". The region was earlier known as Jejabhukti or Jejakabhukti ("Jeja's province"). According to the inscriptions of the Chandela dynasty, this name derived from Jeja, the nickname of their ruler Jayashakti . However, it
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#1732854898246594-511: The major faces of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, alongside L. K. Advani and others. Her fiery speeches are credited for helping the movement achieve its momentum. In December 1992, she was one of several prominent Sangh Parivar figures present at a rally in Ayodhya that developed into a riot, culminating in the demolition of the Babri Mosque . Bharti was indicted for inciting a mob to violence by
621-568: The post of Chief Minister in August 2004, when an arrest warrant was issued against her regarding the 1994 Hubli riot case. After a falling-out with the BJP, she established her own political party for a while before returning to the fold and being elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Uttar Pradesh . She was subsequently re-elected to the Lok Sabha , the lower house of
648-627: The presence of any conspiracy by the Sangh, while stating that she does not regret the demolition, as it furthers the goal of building a Ram Mandir there. In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, Bharti switched constituencies and won the Bhopal seat. She became a cabinet member of the Vajpayee administration, and held various state- and cabinet-level portfolios, being those for Human Resource Development, Tourism, Youth Affairs and Sports, and finally Coal and Mines. Bharti
675-508: Was appointed the Chief Ministerial candidate of the BJP for the 2003 Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh. On the back of a fierce campaign based on a platform of development, and helped along by her reputation as a Hindutva firebrand, she led the party to a sweeping victory in which it won 173 out of 230 seats in the legislature. She was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Madhya Pradesh . In August 2004, after only
702-448: Was made by Congress leader Pradeep Jain Aditya during Loksabha Election, 2014 . Since the early 1960s there has been a movement for establishing a Bundelkhand state or promoting development of the region. Bundelkhand is geographically the central part of India covering some part of Madhya Pradesh and some part of Uttar Pradesh. (At Sagar is the exact centre of the original undivided India:
729-582: Was present at the demolition of the Babri Masjid , and was later acquitted by a special CBI court in relation to charges filed against her in the incident. In the 2003 State Assembly polls , she led the BJP to a sweeping win in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly . She defeated her Indian National Congress (INC) opponent from the Malehra seat by a 25 per cent margin. She resigned from
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