Jabalpur is one of the major city in a Madhya Pradesh state, India. Jabalpur is even known as Sanskaardhaani, which means "cultural capital" in the Hindi language and "Land of Gondwanas".

The history of Jabalpur dates back to Ashoka Period in about 300 BCE (as known from the ruins of Rupnath near Jabalpur). In about 9th century Karanbel (a place just outside present day Jabalpur) was the capital of  Kalchuri kingdom. Later in CE 675 Raja Mandalik belonging to Parmar Dynasty won the kingdom from Raja Bamraj Dev then the rule was spread up to Madhya Pradesh,UP, Bihar, Bengal, Nepal, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The rule of Kaluchari Kings was the longest from 915 – 1543 CE the King Yuvrajdev ruled longest among them. Afterwards between the rule of Gonds and Maratha, the descendants of Kaluchari ruled the kingdom till 1947 when Beohar Raghuvir Simha was the Jagirdar of Jabalpur his family still lives in Jabalpur. Jabalpur was an active center during the freedom struggle of India. All agitations got active and strong support here. Because Mahatma Gandhi had special attachments with Jabalpur his ashes were brought to the city and immersed at the Tilwara ghat in Jabalpur.