{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "A girl playing in demolition debris in Jhansi's Chirgaon finds a silver coin, and hundreds join the hunt",
  "summary": "A house demolition in Chirgaon, Jhansi, turned into a scramble for silver coins after a young girl found one while playing in the dumped soil, drawing hundreds of people to dig through the mud. No official confirmation has emerged yet on how many coins were found or their authenticity.",
  "content": "A house demolition in Chirgaon, a town in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district, turned into an impromptu treasure hunt after word spread that silver coins had turned up in the excavated soil. Hundreds of people rushed to the spot and began digging through the mud themselves once the news broke, and within a short while the site had taken on the look of a fairground.\n\nHow the discovery began\nDeepu Gupta, who lives opposite the Jain temple in Chirgaon, was having his old house demolished. The debris and soil from the demolition were being dumped near a pond in Talabpura, with the loads passing by the Mahakaleshwar temple on the way. While playing in that dumped soil, a young girl stumbled upon an old silver coin. She wasted no time telling her family, who rushed to the spot and began searching the soil for more coins. Word soon spread that a few other people nearby had also come across old silver coins, and before long the news had travelled through the entire town like wildfire, with groups of people heading straight for the site.\n\nCrowds descend, chaos follows\nAs the news travelled, the site took on the look of a fairground. Large numbers of people converged on Talabpura and began sifting through the mounds of dumped soil by hand, hoping to find coins of their own, while some even used shovels to dig deeper. The scene grew chaotic, with barely any room left to stand around the heaps of soil. So far, though, there is no confirmation of exactly how many coins have actually been found, whether they are genuine silver, or what historical value, if any, they might hold.\n\nAdministration stays silent, examination awaited\nNo official statement has been issued yet by the Jhansi administration on the matter. Under the usual process, if the coins are found on examination to carry archaeological significance, the concerned department could take them into custody for a detailed investigation. For now, curiosity and speculation continue to swirl among local residents, who are eager to know just how old, and how valuable, the coins pulled from the soil really are.\n\nWhat this means for you\nThis story does not directly hit readers' wallets or daily routines, but it does carry a local angle worth noting.\n\n• Across India: Incidents like this are a reminder that digging up items of possible archaeological value from old properties and letting crowds carry them off without verification can create legal complications.\n• In Jhansi: Residents of the Chirgaon area will now have to wait for an administrative examination to know whether the coins found in the soil are genuine and who has a rightful claim over them.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Where did this incident take place?\nThe incident took place in Chirgaon town in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district.\n\n2. Who found the first silver coin?\nA young girl playing in the dumped soil was the first to find an old silver coin.\n\n3. Whose house was being demolished?\nDeepu Gupta, who lives opposite the Jain temple in Chirgaon, was having his old house demolished.\n\n4. Where was the soil from the house being dumped?\nThe soil was being dumped near a pond in Talabpura, with the loads passing by the Mahakaleshwar temple.\n\n5. Has the authenticity of the coins been confirmed?\nNo, there is still no official confirmation of how many coins were found, whether they are genuine silver, or their historical importance.\n\n6. What action has the administration taken so far?\nNo official statement has been issued yet, but if the coins are found to carry archaeological significance, the concerned department could take them into custody for a detailed investigation.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/uttar-pradesh/jhansi-ke-chirgaon-men-ghara-torate-samaya-mitti-se-nikalin-chandi-ki-purani-mudraen-umara-pare-loga-4091",
  "category": "Uttar Pradesh",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-02",
  "tags": [
    "Jhansi",
    "Chirgaon",
    "silver coins",
    "excavation",
    "Uttar Pradesh",
    "archaeology"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}