Editing Orchha (section)

==History==
{{Main|Orchha State}}
Orchha was founded in 1531 (the 16th century AD)<ref>[http://tikamgarh.nic.in/tourism.htm Orchha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718190603/http://tikamgarh.nic.in/tourism.htm |date=18 July 2019 }} [[Tikamgarh district]] Official website.</ref> by the [[Bundela]] chief, Rudra Pratap Singh,<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=187}}</ref> who became the first King of Orchha, (r. 1501–1531) and also built the Fort of Orchha.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho000430s21u00011000.html Mausoleum of Raja Rudra Pratap] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718182955/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho000430s21u00011000.html |date=18 July 2021 }}, [[British Library]].</ref> The [[Chaturbhuj Temple (Orchha)|Chaturbhuj Temple]] was built by the queen of Orchha, Ganesh Kunwar (गणेश कुँवर),<ref>[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000050S2U00134000 Orchha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207053923/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000050S2U00134000 |date=7 February 2009 }} British Library.</ref> while ''Raj Mandir'' was built by  'Raja Madhukar Shah' during his reign, 1554 to 1591. Orchha was captured by imperial forces of the [[Mughal Army]] led by Prince [[Aurangzeb]] in October 1635.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/o/orchha.html|title=UQconnect, The University of Queensland|access-date=23 July 2016|archive-date=21 January 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040121140739/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/o/orchha.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000002S4U00056000 Raj Mandir] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112035021/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000002S4U00056000 |date=12 January 2012 }} [[British Library]].</ref>
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File:Ram Raja Temple, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India.jpg|[[Ram Raja Temple]]
File:Royal Chhatris on the bank of Betwa River.jpg|Royal [[Chhatris]]
File:Purana Mandir.jpg|Purana Mandir
File:Orchha Fort and Bridge.jpg|[[Orchha Fort complex]]
[[File:The capture of Orchha by imperial forces (October 1635).jpg|thumb|The Invader Mughal Army led by Cruel [[Aurangzeb]], Syed Khan-i-Jahan, Abdullah Khan Bahadur Firuz Jang and Khan Dauran enter Orchha.]]
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