Sheopur

Sheopur stands on the Seep River, where a fort overlooks the town and surrounding country. Tradition attributes the town and fortress to Indra Singh, a Gaur Rajput chief, in 1537. The stronghold later passed among the rulers who competed for this part of central India, including the Sur and Mughal powers. In 1808 Daulat Rao Scindia took the country and granted Sheopur and nearby lands to his general Jean Baptiste Filose.