Jhansi (ind)

Jhansi

Jhansi ranks 16,063rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Amasya Province, Kohala, Hawaii, and Lalitpur, India. The most famous people from Jhansi are Michael Bates, Pankaj Mishra, and Shubhankar Sharma. The most famous people who died in Jhansi are Jhalkaribai. Jhansi has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many politicians. Jhansi is located in India.

Jhansi is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (Toshan) Balwant Nagar was the old name of Jhansi. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand, on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi district and Jhansi division. Also called the Gateway to Bundelkhand, Jhansi is situated near and around the rivers Pahuj and Betwa at an average elevation of 285 m (935 ft). It is about 471 kilometres (293 mi) from national capital New Delhi, 108 kilometres from Gwalior, 240 kilometres from Kanpur and 320 kilometres (200 mi) from state capital Lucknow. Read more on Wikipedia