and forced him to surrender. Jai Singh was forced to give six lakhs to Holkar and allow him to collect chauth from 28 pargana's in Malwa. The Maratha victory at the Battle of Mandsaur had the following consequences: Scindias and Holkars were emboldened to renew their attack on Rajputana. Kota and Bundi were made the next targets in the same year by the Marathas. Princely State In 19th century before India's independence in 1947, Mandsaur was part of the princely state of Gwalior. It gave its name to the treaty with the Holkar Maharaja of Indore, who concluded the Third Anglo-Maratha War and the Pindari War in 1818. At the turn of the 20th century it was a centre of the Malwa opium trade. Mention in Kalidas Manuscript Mention of Dashpur can be found in Kalidas poem Meghdoot (Purva-megha) 47th stanza. Kalidas writes about the beauty of the eyes of women from Dashpur in his aesthetic piece of words. Geography Mandsaur District forms the northern projection of Madhya Pradesh from its western Division, i.e., Ujjain Commissioner's Division. It lies between the parallels of latitude 230 45' 50" North and 250 2' 55" North, and between the meridians of longitude 740 42' 30" East and 750 50' 20" East. The District is an average size district of Madhya Pradesh. It extends for about from north to south and from east to west. The total area is with a population of 1,16,483 in 2001. Demographics India census, Mandsaur had a population of 141,468 male population was 72,370 and female population was 69,098, giving a sex-ration of 898. Mandsaur had an effective literacy rate of 86.79%, higher than the national average: male literacy was 92.74, and female literacy was 80.60%. 15,721 (11.1%) of the population was under 6 years of age. Education The institutes and universities headquartered in Mandsaur include: Mandsaur Institute of Technology Mandsaur University References Former capital cities in India Cities in Madhya Pradesh