Imjhira
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (Retd.) |
Imjhira () is a village in Tendukheda tahsil in Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh.
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Imjhira. — A village in the Gadarwara tahsil, about 28 miles from Narsinghpur on the Barmhan-Tendukheda road. Its population in 190T was about 900 persons. Imjhira is the head-quarters of a well-known Lodhi family, whose representative, Rao Surat Singh, did good service against the rebels in 1857. The Saugor rebels assisted by Delan Sha of Madanpur and others from Narsinghpur invaded the District, but were resisted by the police of Tendukheda, aided by Rao Surat Singh with some matchlockmen. The village of Imjhira was burnt, but the rebels received a decided check and were almost immediately dispersed and driven back to Saugor by the Deputy Commissioner, Captain Ternan.
Source - Central Provinces District Gazetteers Narsinghpur District by R.V. Russell, 1906, p.218