Pathari

{{about|the town|the princely state|Pathari State|the village in Nepal|Pathari, Nepal}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Pathari

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| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = File:Pataria Jain Temple, Badoh.jpg

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| image_caption = Gadarmal Jain Temple

| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India

| coordinates = {{coord|23|56|0|N|78|13|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Madhya Pradesh

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Vidisha

| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil

| subdivision_name3 = pathari

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| named_for = Former princely state

Founder =Nawab Hayder Mohammad Khan(Great Grandson of Nawab Dost Mohammad Khan/Dost Mohammad of Bhopal State)

Last ruler = Nawab Abdul Rahim Khan

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| leader_title = Municipal Commissioner

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Hindi, English, Urdu

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 464337

| area_code_type = STD code

| area_code = 07593

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| blank1_name_sec2 = Climate

| blank1_info_sec2 = Aw (Köppen)

| blank3_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature

| blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|34|°C|°F}}

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| footnotes =[http://en.climate-data.org/location/174244/ Pathari - Climate-Data]

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Pathari is a town in Vidisha district, it's also a tehsil headquarter.{{cite web | url=https://vidisha.nic.in/en/tehsil/ | title=Tehsil | District Vidisha, Government of Madhya Pradesh | India }} Many tourist attractions in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh loceted here.[http://odissa.in/Pathariblockgplist/ Pathari Block Panchayat List]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Geography

File:KITLV 88131 - Unknown - Entrance of a temple at Pathari in British India - 1897.tif

Pathari is located at {{Coord|23|56|N|78|13|E|}}.[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Pali.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pali] It is located close to a lake on a hillock with an elevation of 550 metres. There are ancient ruins and caves close to the town in an area known as Badoh-Pathari.[http://halseroholte.tumblr.com/post/116225844539/changdiaz-photographs-from-the-pathari-ruins Photographs from the Pathari ruins (Madhya Pradesh, India)][http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=81849 Badoh Pathari]

History

{{cite book |author=Harihar Vitthal Trivedi |title=Inscriptions of the Paramāras (Part 2) |series=Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume VII: Inscriptions of the Paramāras, Chandēllas, Kachchapaghātas, and two minor dynasties |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8B4LAQAAMAAJ |year=1991 |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |doi=10.5281/zenodo.1451755 |pages=208–209 }}

File:The Savior Nawabzada Umar Mohammad Khan from a man eater tiger.jpg

During the British Raj era, Pathari was the capital of Pathari State, one of several princely states of the Central India Agency.[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_035.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 29.] Pathari State was established by the Nawabzada Hayder Mohammad Khan of Orakzai Clan Mirazikhel tribe. The State of Bhopal and Rahatgarh later Rahatgarh state become Pathari after losing rule over Rahatgarh by East India Company was founded in 1723 by Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan, from Tirah in Afghanistan, a descendant of the Mirazi Khel branch of the Warakzais (Orakzai) Pathans. He entered the service of Emperor Aurangzeb and had been appointed Governor of Bhairsa. Taking advantage of the disintegrating of the Mughal Empire, he declared his independence and found a separate state. Bhopal and Rahatgarh divided between two sons of Nawab Dost Mohammad Khan Nawab Yar Mohammad Khan got reign over Bhopal State and Nawab Sultan Mohammad Khan over Rahatgarh later became Pathari State.{{cn|date=January 2022}}

Demographics

As India Census 2011 Pathari Town has population of 8,655 of which 4,526 are males while 4,129 are females. Total 1,830 families residing here, Pathari Male literacy stands at 87.72 % while female literacy rate was 69.13 %.https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/481119-pathari-madhya-pradesh.htmlhttps://www.censusindia2011.com/madhya-pradesh/vidisha/kurwai/pathari-population.html