Sagar Lake, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh India

Though there was little conscious town planning in Sagar till recent times, the town of Sagar itself was constructed around the large lake, which according to tradition, is believed to have been constructed by one Lakha Banjara in the 11th century. It was however, Govind Rao Pandit, the Peshwa's representative in charge of Sagar Kingdom who first planned Sagar town as the capital of the territory. The British who took the town on 1818 made it a Commissioner head quarters and a Cantonment for the army.