Bhanpura (Hindi: ) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mandsaur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Bhanpura is 127km from Mandsaur in north-east direction. The Bhanpura town is south of other historically important places Hinglajgarh and Navali in Mandsaur district. It has a museum depicting the popular arts of Mandsaur. Illustrated oil paintings are also found around Bhanpura. At the museum, art from the Gupta era (4th-5th century) to the time of Pratiharas and Parmaras is depicted, and well-sculpted portraits of Uma-Maheshwar, Kartikeya, Vishnu, Gavoi and Nandi are displayed. Bhanpura (Hindi: ) gets its name from king named Bhaman (Hindi: ). Usha Agarwal writes that this place has been recorded as Bhamanpur (Hindi: ) in one of inscriptions. Bhamanpur later changed to Bhanpura.Bhaman (Hindi: ) is gotra of Jats found in Punjab. Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar was a strong nationalist and decided to fight with the British single-handedly to drive...
