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Datia
(d´tä) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 64,477), Madhya Pradesh state, N central India. It is a district administrative center and a market for food grains and cotton products. Handloom weaving is an important industry. Datias large square palace (17th cent.) is one of the finest examples of Hindu architecture in N India.