Morena
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Morena is a city and a municipality
in Morena district
in the India
n state
of Madhya Pradesh
. It is also known as Muraina and is the administrative headquarters of Morena District
and of Chambal Division
. It is 39 km away from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Morena is also a village often referred to in the highly popular Indian television series, Miley Jab Hum Tum
, as the place the two female protagonists hail from.
It is connected by rail and national highway with Gwalior and Agra. Oilseed milling and cotton weaving are the chief industries. The city has three colleges affiliated with Jiwaji University. The surrounding region was formerly occupied by Sheopur and Tonwarghar princely states. The lower Chambal River basin consists of an alluvial tract in the north, cut by numerous ravines, and a forested area toward the south. Wheat and oilseeds are the main crops; building stone is quarried. Morena is known for peacocks (150,959 in 2001).
: 28 km and Karauli
(Rajasthan
): 120 km.
and in Madhya pradesh nearest city is Gwalior the place of Great Pandavas and Mahabharat Periods of Shri Krishna. Gwalior was Capital of Royal Kingdom of Rajputas of Tomar and Kachhwaha Dynasties. King Sindhiya's.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Morena district
Morena District
Morena district is one of the 50 districts of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name, Morena is derived from the mor + raina means the place where peacock is enormously found. Morena, which has an identity of being home to perhaps the largest number of peacocks in the India. The...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
. It is also known as Muraina and is the administrative headquarters of Morena District
Morena District
Morena district is one of the 50 districts of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name, Morena is derived from the mor + raina means the place where peacock is enormously found. Morena, which has an identity of being home to perhaps the largest number of peacocks in the India. The...
and of Chambal Division
Chambal Division
Chambal Division is an administrative geographical unit of Madhya Pradesh state of India. Morena is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently , the division consists of the three districts of Morena, Bhind and Sheopur....
. It is 39 km away from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Morena is also a village often referred to in the highly popular Indian television series, Miley Jab Hum Tum
Miley Jab Hum Tum
Miley Jab Hum Tum is a teen-oriented television series that aired on Indian television channel STAR One. It premiered on September 22, 2008 and ran for two years successfully covering two seasons before ending on November 19, 2010...
, as the place the two female protagonists hail from.
Geography
Morena is located at 26.5°N 78.0°E. It has an average elevation of 177 metres (580 feet).It is connected by rail and national highway with Gwalior and Agra. Oilseed milling and cotton weaving are the chief industries. The city has three colleges affiliated with Jiwaji University. The surrounding region was formerly occupied by Sheopur and Tonwarghar princely states. The lower Chambal River basin consists of an alluvial tract in the north, cut by numerous ravines, and a forested area toward the south. Wheat and oilseeds are the main crops; building stone is quarried. Morena is known for peacocks (150,959 in 2001).
Neighboring towns
Near this Rajasthan starts with a town DholpurDholpur
Dholpur is a city in eastern-most parts of the Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Dholpur District and was formerly seat of the Dholpur princely state, before Independence....
: 28 km and Karauli
Karauli
Karauli is a town lying in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The town is the administrative center of Karauli District, and was formerly the capital of the erstwhile princely state of Karauli.-Geography:...
(Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
): 120 km.
and in Madhya pradesh nearest city is Gwalior the place of Great Pandavas and Mahabharat Periods of Shri Krishna. Gwalior was Capital of Royal Kingdom of Rajputas of Tomar and Kachhwaha Dynasties. King Sindhiya's.