Garha

Garha, later called Garha-Mandla, was a Gond kingdom in central India's Narmada valley. Its founder Jadurai overthrew his Kalachuri masters; the kingdom arose after 1337.

Sangram Shah secured his conquests with fifty-two hill forts. His daughter-in-law Durgavati moved the capital to Chouragarh and died fighting Akbar's Mughal army at Narrai in 1564. Restored as a Mughal fief, Garha became tributary to the Maratha Peshwa in 1742, was annexed by the Sagar Marathas in 1781, and passed to Britain in 1818 after Bhonsle rule.