Shahdol district

Shahdol District is a of   in central. The town of is the district headquarters. The district is part of. Some of the towns in this district are and.

History
The etymology of the name as ascertained from the local residents points to its derivation from the name of the one Shahdolwa of Sohagpur village. The progenitor of the Ex-Illakadar family of Sohagpur, Jamni Bhan was the second son of Maharaja Virbhan Singh of Bagelkhand. He decided to settle at Sohagpur and assured maximum facilities to settler around, and also declared that places settled by clearing forests will be named after the pioneer settlers. Shahdolwa Ahir is believed to have settled the former village of Shahdolwa, about 2.5 Km. from the headquarters of Sohagpur after this declaration. Later on, the place used to be the camp site for the Maharaja of and British officers on tour. More villages were grouped into the village of Shahdol as it grew to a town. The District Headquarters was shifted from to Shahdol after the merger of princely states took place in 1948.

Where to Stay

 * ''' Hotel Surya
 * ''' Hotel Parul Palace

External link

 * Shahdol District