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HISTORY Mahoba was the capital of the Chandela Rajput s, who ruled Bundelkhand from the 10th to the 16th Centuries . The Chandela king Vijaypal ( 1035 - 1045 ) built the Vijay-sagar reservoir, one of several artificial lakes in Mahoba created by the Chandela rulers. During the reign of king Paramardi (c. 1165 -?), the Chauhan king Prithviraj III of Delhi and Ajmer captured Mahoba c. 1182 , despite the resistance of his generals Alha & Udal . The Chandelas recaptured Mahoba a few years later, but the city was captured by the Muslim general Qutb-ud-din Aybak , later Sultan Of Delhi , in 1203 . The Chandela ruler Keerat Pal Singh recaptured Mahoba in the 14th Century . Emperor Sher Shah Suri campaigned against the Chandelas, and captured Mahoba before dying while besieging Kalinjar in 1545 . The Mughal emperor Akbar captured Mahoba a few decades later. The Bundela leader Maharaja Chhatrasal captured Mahoba in 1680 , during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb . Upon his death in 1732 , Chhatra Sal bequeathed Mahoba and the surrounding area to the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I in return for Baji Rao's assistance against the Mughals. The Marathas ruled Mahoba until 1803 , when it was ceded to British India by the Treaty Of Bassein . Mahoba was made a subdivision of Hamirpur District . POPULATION 2001 census: 78,806 EXTERNAL LINK Mahoba District web site |
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