It was also known as Padmapawaya in ancient times. Great poet Bhavabhuti had received his education at Dabra (ancient time Padmapawaya). Dabra has a sugar producing factory and is almost equidistant from New Delhi and Bhopal. It is connected to New Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Agra, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Haridwar, Chhapra and Bhubaneshwar through rail network. Gwalior and Jhansi are the tw
o big cities located 42 km and 52 km away from Dabra respectively. It is the biggest municipality in Madhya Pradesh as of now and naturally very beautiful. Sind river is just 5 km away from Dabra. Sonagir, a famous jain pilgrimage is located 15 km from Dabra. Datia, another famous tourist place is 30 km away from Dabra. Other famous sites are Bamrouli Hanuman Temple (5 km from Dabra towards Jhansi), Jaurasi Hanuman Temple (25 km from Dabra towards Gwalior), Dhumeshwar Mahadev Temple (30 km from Dabra towards Narwar), tomb of peer baba is at Tekanpur and One of the Nince Jewels of Akbar Abdul Fazal (on the behest of Jehangir By Bir Singh Deo Maharaja of Orcha) was killed and has a tomb near Aantri village (30 km from Dabra towards Gwalior), Van Khandeshwar Mahadev Temple (2 km from Dabra towards Gwalior), Kale Baba Temple, Gayatri Temple and Thakur Baba Temple. Thakur Baba temple fair is held every year and is very famous locally. Recently, a special food processing zone (SEZ) has been scheduled to get started in Dabra in near future.
