Konch

Konch, also written Kunch, stood in Bundelkhand in the district later called Jalaun. Under Akbar it was the headquarters of a mahal, or revenue district. This administrative role places the town within the Mughal organisation of the region. A large tank in the eastern quarter was constructed in the eighteenth century, leaving a substantial addition to the town's built landscape before British authority spread through Bundelkhand.

In 1804 a British commander sent troops against the fort of Amanta Malaya, about five miles from Konch. Amir Khan's Pindaris relieved the garrison, and the British force withdrew to Konch after suffering heavy losses. The Pindaris then overwhelmed a small reinforcement sent from Kalpi before British troops dispersed them a month later. Konch consequently appears in the record both as an earlier administrative centre and as a place of retreat during a contested military advance. Its history at this moment was tied to nearby forts and mobile armed forces operating across Bundelkhand.