Gangapur, Bhilwara

Gangapur is a city and a municipality in Bhilwara district in the state of Rajasthan, India.GeographyGangapur is located at. It has an average elevation of 495 metres (1624 feet). it was in rule of GWALIOR state before independence. this is Situated on Bhilwara-Udaipur Road, which is a National Highway No:- 758History− According to historical evidence, an ancient name of Gangapur was Lalpura, Gangapur is named after the death of Maharani Ganga Bai Scindia. Maharana Mewar and Devgarh Rao. After the settlement of the conflict, she was going back to Gwalior in the way she died at village LALPURA. Maharana Mewar gifted Lalpura & 12 other villages of Mewar to Gwalior state in memory of Gangabai. Gwalior state built a temple here & gave the new name "GANGAPUR" to village Lal Pura.− Headquarter of the Sahara tehsil, this town is situated at a distance of about 46 km in the South-West of the district headquarters. It was part of the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior (now in M.P.