KHARGON

also spelled Khargone, city, southwestern Madhya Pradesh state, central India, just east of the Kundi River. It is a major agricultural-produce and timber market and is engaged in cotton ginning and rice and oilseed milling. It attained considerable importance under the Mughals and now contains an old fort with several tombs and palaces. The city has a library and several government colleges affiliated with Vikram University in Ujjain. Pop. (1991) 66,786.