Editing Gwalior (section)

{{About|the city|the district|Gwalior district}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Gwalior
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 |caption2           = Birla Sun Temple
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 |caption4           = Durbar Hall 
 |image3             = 244 Gwalior.jpg
 |caption3           = British Monument
 |image6             = Chattri of Maharani Laxmi Bai Gwalior - panoramio.jpg
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 |caption8           = Muhammed Ghaus Tomb
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| nickname           = The City of Music, Capital of Hindustani Music,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Jyoti |date=7 December 2017 |title=What are the important signatures of a raga? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/gwalior-gharana-one-of-the-ancient-one/article21290240.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref> The Royal City of Madhya Pradesh<ref>{{cite magazine |title=On A Carpet Tour Through India |url=https://www.outlooktraveller.com/explore/culture/on-a-carpet-tour-through-india |magazine=Outlook |date=1 November 2022 |access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref>
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| founder            = Suraj Sen
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| leader_name        = Shobha Sikarwar
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| leader_name1       = Ruchika Chauhan IAS
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| population_blank1  = [[List of million-plus agglomerations in India|46th]]
| population_density_km2 = 5478
| population_demonym = Gwaliorites, Gwaliori
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]],<ref name="langoff">{{cite web |title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |website=nclm.nic.in |publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]] |access-date=25 August 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2017 }}</ref>
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| postal_code        = 474001 to 474055
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| area_code          = 0751
| registration_plate = MP-07
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| blank1_info_sec1   = 862 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
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| blank5_info_sec2   = {{cvt|6.6|C|F}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/4881/ |title=Climate: Gwalior |access-date=12 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223083531/http://en.climate-data.org/location/4881/ |archive-date=23 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://gwalior.nic.in/}}
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'''Gwalior''' ([[Hindi]]: {{IPA|hi|ɡʋɑːlɪjəɾ|IPA}}, {{audio|Gwalior.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a major city in the central Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]; It is known as the Music City of India<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalrymple |first=Sam |date=20 April 2025 |title=This Northern Indian City is a Musical Star that Moves to a Mystical, Centuries Old Beat |url=https://www.cntraveller.com/article/gwalior-madhya-pradesh-india |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Condè Nast Traveller}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=City of Music |first=Gwalior |date=20 November 2023 |title=UNESCO world cities |url=https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/669719547/gwalior-in-madhya-pradesh-declared-as-the-city-of-music-by-unesco/ |access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref> having oldest [[Gwalior gharana|musical gharana]] in existence. It is a major sports, cultural, industrial, and political centre in Madhya Pradesh. Gwalior is among the seven cities selected for new startup centres under India's growing innovation ecosystem.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Gwalior's startup push features in PM's "Mann ki Baat" |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/ratapani-reserve-gwaliors-startup-push-feature-in-pms-mann-ki-baat/articleshow/117378801.cms |work=Times of India |date=20 January 2025 |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref> On World Cities Day (31 October 2023), UNESCO Director - General [[Audrey Azoulay]] announced Gwalior's inclusion among 55 new [[Creative Cities Network|world creative cities]] in the UCCN from [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=World Cities |first=Gwalior |date=25 March 2025 |title=Creative Cities Network |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/creative-cities/gwalior |access-date=25 March 2025 |website=UNESCO}}</ref> This tag elevates Gwalior's identity internationally, spotlighting it's artists, music traditions and vibrant culture. It lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the [[National Capital Region (India)#Counter magnets|Counter-magnet]] cities. Located {{convert|313|km|mi|0}} south of [[New Delhi]], the capital city of India and {{convert|446|km|mi|0}} from [[Bhopal]], the state capital, Gwalior occupies a strategic location in the [[Gird, India|Gwalior Chambal]] region of India. The grand historic city and its fortress have been ruled by several Indian kingdoms. From the [[Alchon Huns]] in the 5th century AD to [[Gurjara Pratihara dynasty]] in the 8th century AD. It was passed on to [[Kachchhapaghata dynasty|Kachchhapaghatas]] in the 10th century AD. Later it fell into the hands of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] in the 12th century AD, it was then passed on to the [[Tomaras of Gwalior|Tomars]] in the 13th century AD who were the vassal rulers of the Delhi Sultanate.

The [[Mughal Empire]] conquered the city and its fortress in the 16th century AD. When the Mughal Empire was declining, it fell into the hands of [[Jats|Jat rulers]], then to the [[English people|English]] in 1730, and last it was passed on to the [[Scindia Dynasty]] of [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] in the early 18th century.<ref name="lonelyplanet.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/madhya-pradesh-and-chhattisgarh/gwalior/history |title=History of Gwalior – Lonely Planet Travel Information |author=Lonely Planet |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706025720/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/madhya-pradesh-and-chhattisgarh/gwalior/history |archive-date=6 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gwalior is a premier 21 Gun Salute State  along with [[Hyderabad]], [[Mysore]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]] and [[Vadodara|Baroda]].<ref>{{Cite news  |last=Siddarth |first=Praveen |date=25 January 2021 |title=For Whom the Guns Boom |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/explore/for-whom-the-guns-boom/article33659272.ece |work=The Hindu Business line |access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref>

Gwalior was the capital of [[Madhya Bharat]] from 1948 till 1956 and Moti Mahal was made the legislative assembly.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaushik |first=Sushil |date=1 November 2022 |title=Madhya Bharat First CM Oath Ceremony |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/gwalior-madhya-pradesh-foundation-day-famous-moti-mahal-of-gwalior-was-first-legislative-assembly-of-madhya-bharat-mav-4825111.html |work=News 18 |language=hi |access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref>

Gwalior was one of the major locations of rebellion during the [[1857 uprising]]. During [[British Raj]] Gwalior became winter capital of Central India Agency. Post Independence Gwalior was made the capital of the state of [[Madhya Bharat]] from 1948 till 1956 which later became a part of the larger state of Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile – District Gwalior |url=https://gwalior.nic.in/en/history/ |website=Government of Madhya Pradesh, India |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref> Prior to [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] on 15 August 1947, Gwalior remained a princely state of the [[British Raj]] with the [[House of Scindia|Scindia]] as the rulers.

Besides being the administrative headquarters of [[Gwalior district]] and [[Gwalior division]], Gwalior has many administrative offices of the [[Chambal division]] of northern Madhya Pradesh. Several administrative and judicial organisations, commissions and boards have their state and national headquarters situated in the city
Post-independence, Gwalior has emerged as an important industrial and  tourist attraction in central India while many industries and administrative offices came up within the city. Before the end of the 20th century it became a million plus agglomeration and now it is a metropolitan city in central India. Gwalior is surrounded by industrial and commercial zones of neighbouring districts ([[Malanpur]] – [[Bhind]], [[Banmore]] – [[Morena, Madhya Pradesh|Morena]]) on all three main directions.

High rocky hills surround the city from all sides, on the north it just forms the border of the Ganga- Yamuna Drainage Basin. The city however is situated in the valley between the hills. Gwalior's metropolitan area includes [[Maharaj Bada, Gwalior|Lashkar]], Old City (Fort City), [[Gwalior West]], [[Gwalior East Assembly constituency|Gwalior East]], Greater Gwalior, and [[Morar Cantonment]].<ref name="2011census" /> In April 2021, it was found that Gwalior had the best air quality index among the four major cities in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |date=10 April 2021 |title=Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur have the most polluted air in state |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/bhopal-indore-jabalpur-have-the-most-polluted-air-in-state/articleshow/81999987.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216114011/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/bhopal-indore-jabalpur-have-the-most-polluted-air-in-state/articleshow/81999987.cms |archive-date=16 February 2023 |access-date=19 February 2022 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> Gwalior has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a [[smart city]] under [[Narendra Modi|PM Narendra Modi's]] flagship [[Smart Cities Mission]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-only-98-cities-instead-of-100-announced-all-questions-answered-about-smart-cities-project-2410576.html |title=Only 98 cities instead of 100 announced: All questions answered about the smart cities project |work=Firstpost |date=28 August 2015 |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119003746/http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-only-98-cities-instead-of-100-announced-all-questions-answered-about-smart-cities-project-2410576.html |archive-date=19 January 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>