Gwalior

• Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India, lying 76 miles (122 km) south of Agra, and known as the tourist capital of Madhya Pradesh. 
• Gwalior occupies a strategic location in the Gird region of India, and the city and its fortress have served as the center of several of historic northern Indian kingdoms. 
• That the location of the city still is considered militarily important is signaled by the presence of a major air force base at Maharajpura.

• According to local tradition, Gwalior owes its name to a sage of former times. SurajSen, a prince of the Kachhwaha clan of the eighth century, is said to have lost his way in the jungle. 
• On a secluded hill he met an old man, the sage Gwalipa, whose influence almost took him by surprise. Upon asking the sage for some drinking water he was led to a pond; the waters not only quenched his thirst but cured him of leprosy. 
• Out of gratefulness, the prince wished to offer the sage something in return, and the sage asked him to build a wall on the hill in order to protect the other sages from wild animals which often disturbed their yagnas (or pujas). 
• SurajSen later built a palace inside the fort, which had been named "Gwalior" after the sage; eventually the city which grew around the fort took the same name.
• Gwalior is well connected by train services to all parts of the country, including 4 metros. There are direct trains to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata (Howrah), Chennai, Trivandrum, Indore, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jammu, Lucknow, Bhopal, Bangalore and other major towns. 
• Gwalior is the main station serving most of the important and long distance trains. Gwalior lies on the longest functional broad gauge line in India between Delhi and Mumbai.