Culture
The city celebrates all the major festivals of India. There are some local festivals such as the colorful Rout Dance (November).
The town has been the home of some famous literary personalities including Sri Srikant Verma (Hindi), Sri Bimal Mitra (Bengali)and Sri Amrit Lal Dubey great writer in Hindi Literature and first Issury Ratna winner in Madhyapradesh.
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