Madhogarh, Haryana
Madhogarh is a village in Mahendragarh district, Haryana, India. It is located at the foot of Madhogarh Hill of Aravalli Mountain Range. Madhogarh Fort is on top of the hill. Location. It is located 13 km from Mahendragarh city on Mahendragarh-Satnali road, 35 km from the district headquarters at Narnaul and 326 km from the state capital, Chandigarh. History. Rao Shekha, a Shekhawat rajput (sub-branch of Kachwaha or Kushwaha), was the founder of Shekhawati, who originally divided Shekhawati into 33 Thikana (also called a Pargana), each styled as Thakur with at least a 'kutcha' mud fort , some of which were fortified further with stone. After him, additional thikanas were granted to the descendants of subsequent generations. Madhogarh faced water scarcity since 1978, in 2017 BJP government ensured water supply in the canal after a gap of 29 years. Future development. The Government of Haryana has plans to develop an integrated tourist resort incorporating the Madhogarh Fort. In January 2018, Indian Railway prepared a proposal to develop an 8.8 hectare railway heritage theme park adjacent to the Rewari Railway Heritage Museum. It will be built in collaboration with the Government of Haryana and India's Ministry of  Tourism on similar concept as Devon Railway Centre in UK, Edaville Railroad Theme Park in USA and Ferrymead Heritage Park in New Zealand. Railway has requested Haryana Government to include this heritage museum in the state subsidised "Swadesh Darshan scheme" under the under-development Madhogarh-Mahendragarh-Narnaul-Rewari heritage circuit of the Tourism Ministry being implemented at the cost of INR1.47 billion (INR147 crore or US$23 million).