Chhaparagarh

Chhaparagarh stands at the junction of the Wainganga and the Motinala, north of Seoni. Its square fort has corner towers and an eastern gate, with the river and stream protecting two sides. Tradition attributes the settlement and fort to Ram Singh, a relative of Bakht Buland, the Gond ruler of Deogarh. Chhapara became a local seat of authority in the wooded country between the Narmada and Wainganga.

Ram Singh established himself here in 1703. Later in the eighteenth century, the Pathan governor Muhammad Amir Khan moved his headquarters from Chhapara to Seoni. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the town had a substantial garrison but suffered Pindari raids. Its fort and riverside position preserve the memory of a once important centre of the Deogarh and Nagpur territories.