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Sehore
India
- Also spelled:
- Sihor
Sehore, city, western Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is located on the northern edge of the Vindhya Range near the confluence of the Siwan and Latia rivers, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Bhopal. Sehore was a former British cantonment, and it served as the headquarters of the British Bhopal Agency. It was later handed over to Bhopal state in the early decades of the 20th century. The city is now a major rail junction and an agricultural trade centre. Sugar milling, cotton ginning, and hand-loom weaving are the chief industries. There is a government college affiliated with ...(100 of 172 words)