▁of ▁N arna ul , ▁At eli , N ang al ▁ch oud h ary ▁And ▁Mah ender gar h . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁situated ▁at ▁the ▁bank ▁of ▁D oh an ▁River ▁( which ▁was ▁a ▁season al ▁river ), ▁which ▁is ▁at ▁the ▁ver ge ▁of ▁ext inction . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁city ▁of ▁Mah end rag ar h ▁was ▁formerly ▁known ▁as ▁Kan oud ▁because ▁of ▁Kan au ad ia ▁populated ▁by ▁Bra hm ins . ▁It ▁is ▁said ▁that ▁Mal ik ▁Mah ad ud ▁Khan , ▁a ▁servant ▁of ▁Bab ar ▁had ▁settled . ▁In ▁the ▁sevent e enth ▁century , ▁Mar ath a ▁r uler ▁T anti ▁To pe ▁built ▁a ▁fort ▁here . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁r uler ▁Mah ar aja ▁Nar endra ▁Singh ▁of ▁Pat ial a ▁princip ality ▁had ▁named ▁this ▁fort ▁in ▁Mah ender gar h ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁his ▁son ▁Moh inder ▁Singh . ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁fort , ▁this ▁town ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁Mah end rag ar h ▁and ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁N arna ul ▁N iz am ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁Mah end rag ar h ▁N iz am . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁with ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁P E PS U ▁Mah end rag ar h ▁territory ▁from ▁Pat ial a ▁State , ▁D ad ri ▁territory ▁( Now ▁Ch ark hi ▁D ad ri ) ▁from ▁J ind ▁and ▁B aw al ▁territory ▁from ▁N ab ha ▁State