Satna

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Satna is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of Satna district. It is the state's 7th largest city and 8th most populous city. The city is 500 km east of the state capital Bhopal. The city is distributed over a land area of 111.9 square kilometers.

Satna has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.

Kothi State was a princely state of the British Raj. It belonged to the Bagelkhand Agency of Central India. Its capital was at Kothi, in modern Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. It was a state of about 438 km2 with a population of 19,112 inhabitants in 1901. The state's territory divided neighbouring Sohawal State in two parts. Kothi State was founded in the mid of 17th century by Jagat Rai Singh Baghel, Baghel Rajput ruler who expelled the former Bharr ruler of the area.

Thakur Ranmat Singh Baghel, a sardar (commander) in the service of Maharaja of Rewa led a group of 2,000 rebels, besieging Willoughby Osborne's bungalow abd later engaging in multiple battles across areas like Nagod...

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