Jabalpur lies in central region of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. It is counted among top 4 cities of Madhya Pradesh. It is important wildlife tourism hub for visiting some most popular tiger reserves of world like Kanha tiger reserve, Panna tiger reserve, Bandhavgarh, Pench tiger reserve etc. Due to its good flight and train connectivity, tourists prefers to reach Jabalpur for safari holidays in Madhya Pradesh. Now if we talk about Jabalpur tourism then here we can explore and enjoy history of Jabalpur city with its nature tourism sites due to presence of holy river Narmada. Presence of river water attracted human establishment in and around the city and thus its historical tourism have great potential. So reason to visit Jabalpur revolves around its interesting history and natural sites.
Jabalpur city is established on bank of Narmada river. If we study the history of this river, we will realize that It is much older than Ganges and Himalayas which is enough to indicate that Narmada river valley is among most oldest river valleys in India. Excavation of dinosaur fossils, presence of ancient rocks, excavation sites are some proven examples of rich historical background of Jabalpur region. Sites related ancient rocks, excavation sites, river valley will be of great interest under Jabalpur tourism thus history lovers have strong reason to visit Jabalpur.
After the end of centuries old Gond dynasty rule, British India government took control of Jabalpur region, directly in there hand and thus it became part of Central Province. During this period, Jabalpur is pronounced as Jubbulpore in records and it became important city and military center of Central Province and Berar. Britishers ruled over this region for more than 120 years thus in this long period of rule, they introduced many institutions and management systems in this region. It was the period when Thugs or Thuggi system was suppressed by government authorities in which Jubbulpore emerged prominently as center of administrative and judicial action. Marks of British India rule are now attractions of colonial tourism in Central India. It can be better experienced by doing guided city tour.
As mentioned Jabalpur is on the bank of Narmada river thus river bank sites are already became tourist attractions. Apart from this, hills and due to presence of military base, forested land in and around city offers shelters to many wildlife mammals and birds. Here when we talk about nature tourism then we must widen our thinking and consider the river banks with natural ancient rocks are major nature tourism attractions of city in which spots like Gwarighat, Lamhetaghat, Gopalpur village ghat, Bhedaghat must be included. In addition to this, Dumna nature park should be included in nature tourism sites of Jabalpur city.
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