Pachmarhi
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Pachmarhi is a hill station in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It is situated at a height of 3500 ft. on a plateau of the Satpura Range in Hoshangabad district, 32 miles by road from Piparia station on the Indian Railways.
After the British conquest of the region in 1818, Pachmarhi became a hill-station and sanatorium for British troops in the Central Provinces of India. The population in 1901 was 3020, rising to double that number in the hot summer months. Pachmarhi also served as the summer capital.
Pachmarhi is still a popular tourist retreat; its elevation offers some relief from the summer heat, and the lush forests of the Satpuras, with their streams and waterfalls, are picturesque and home to much wildlife. Pachmarhi lies within the Pachmarhi Biosphere Preserve, created in 1999 to link two forest reserves and Satpura National Park into a larger wildlife conservation area.