Bhiwani
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Bhiwani is a town in Bhiwani District, Haryana, India. It is known as the city of temples. Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city has been the centerstage of regional politics. The city is hometown to three of Haryana's chief ministers: Ch. Bansi Lal, Babu Banarasi Dass Gupta, and Sh Hukum Chand.
The city has been a conventional school of boxing, with almost all of the members of the Indian Boxing Squad coming from its SAI hostel itself. Late Capt Hawa Singh, the legendary boxer, helped establish the boxing academy here.
In the field of education, the city boasts of two engineering colleges, one of them being country's top textile research institute: The Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences, established by the Birla Group. For more information see Bhiwani District. Further there are four degree colleges, three colleges of education, and a school of nursing. The Board of School Education Haryana (Shikhsa Board) is also situated in the city.
Bhiwani Junction is a major railway station in the region with direct trains to cities like New Delhi, Rewari, Bathinda, Jammu, Mumbai, Agra, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Kolkata(Howrah), Varanasi, Gorakhpur, etc. The city is very well connected through state roadways with all the major towns in the region. The city is a chosen favorite as the site for a proposed international airport in the National Capital's proximity to ease operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport at Delhi.
BHIWANI District came into existence on July 22nd, 1972 and is named after the administrative city of Bhiwani. At present, it is the biggest district in the province.
Bhiwani city is mentioned in Ain-e-Akbari. It was found by a Rajput King Neem after his wife named Bhani. The Bhani word letter changed to Bhiyani and subsequently to Bhiwani. Bhiwani has been a prominent center of commerce since the time of the Mughals. Bhiwani is also known for its temples and is known as the "Small Kashi" of India because of numerous temples. Gauri Shankar temple of Bhiwani is known throughout the country. Another important city of the district is Dadri which was found by the son of Prithvi Raj Chauhan. It is also a hub of commercial activity. Apart from these two cities other major towns in Bhiwani are Loharu, Tosham and Bawani Khera which have been seats of power since historical times.
LOCATION :- District Bhiwani is situated between 28.19 deg. & 29.05 deg. North latitude and 75.26 deg. & 76.28 deg. East longitude. The Bhiwani District is bordered by Hissar District on its north, some area of Jhunjunu & Churu District of Rajasthan on its west, Mahendergarh and Jhunjunu District on its south and District Rohtak to the east. It is 124 kilometers from Delhi & 285 kilometers from Chandigarh.
Around Samvat 1714 there was Panchayati Raj in Bhiwani and it was in the hands of Delhi's rulers. It gave only a small amount of tax (lagaan). Seth Sita Ram who was the representative of the king of Delhi came to Bhiwani and he said that the king has demanded one lakh Rupees as lagaan, and if unable to give this, the residents would have to vacate Bhiwani. All the honourable people of the city were called for and gathered, and the order of the king was read out. The people were stunned. The reason was that they could not afford more than 25000 rupees. Seth Shri Ramji gave 75000 rupees and all the people of Bhiwani gave 25000 rupees.
The successors of Seth Patram Das live at Halu Bazaar and the most of the successors of Seth Shri Ram live at Lohar Bazaar. Seth Kallu Ram, the ancestor of Seth Shri Ramji was like a big tree who had many branches and sub-branches; he had hundreds of different types of names like the family of Shri Pemamal Ji, the family of Shri Ramu Inal, family of Shri Nopa Ram, family Chandru, Chaudhri, Sh. Lohiya, Sh. Kishori Lal Tola, Shri Ghasa Ram, Sh. Sukh Ram, Sh. Seva Ram, Sh. Harkoot Rai etc. which have spread to the different parts of the country. The successors of these families now live at Hansi, Hissar, Bhiwani Khera, Kalanaur, Chang, Bamla, Rohtak, Ahmedabad, Indore, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras and Guwahati. The successors of these families live not only in villages and towns of India, in fact there may not be a nation where the successors of this family do not live. Their ancestral village is Tigrana. The surname is Agrawal.
Guggapir :- Gugga Navami is celebrated in India on the day of Bhadapath of the famous Indian pir Gugga Pir, who was himself Thakur Gugga Singh. He was the son of Bachhal Devi, sister-in-law of Jatu Singh. Kanwarpal Saudla had three daughters: Kachhal, Bachhal and Patal Devi. Kachhal and Bachhal were married to Jewar Singh Nirwan, the ruler of Dadreda. Patal Devi was Jattu Singh's wife. Some Banjaras abducted Jonepal Singh, the son of Thakur Bachhu Singh, and took him to Delhi. When it was known to his brother Lohar Singh, then he freed Jonepal from the Banjaras but Jonepal did not come back to Bhiwani and lived permanently along the bank of the Yamuna in Delhi. His life was ended there.
Lohar Singh considered as Muslim :- Lohar Singh was a great warrior. The ruler of Delhi was affected by his tales of wartime bravery. The king invited him for a meal and for this reason Lohar Singh took a meal with the king. The tomb of Lohar Singh who is famous for his name Lohar Pir is near India's famous old Shiva temple, the Heerapuri Mandir. Lakhs of Hindus and Muslims come to pray there.
Sacrifice of Mahatma Heerapuriji :- A Brahmin named Mahatma Heerapuri of Loohani Math started living near a well made by Thakur Doonger Singh near Prabhuji India Mandir. Once the Rajkoats of Halu & Lohar started fighting for unknown reasons. People of both sides were going face to face and fighting. Respected Mahatma Heerapuri said that if war broke out he would kill himself, and he stopped the fight. Today, after the name of this Mahatma near Robhi pond there is a temple of Lord Shiva which famous for its name Heerapuri Mandir.
Forward steps towards development :- Bhiwani was considered a deserted place. Farming could be done with the help of rain. Thus, after every two or three years there would be a drought. Men, women, animals and birds suffered due to lack of water and greenery. Things changed when in 1893 a canal was first built in Bhiwani. It was a religious region, and gradually the people of this region started taking part in poltics and the Indian struggle for independence. Pt. Neki Ram Sharma, Master Fateh Chand Arya, Sh. K.A. Desai and Babu Banarsi Dass Gupta opened a branch of the Congress party here in 1919.
Satyagraha of Bardoli :- In 1922 India's seekers of freedom society took part in the Bardoli Satyagraha. They were Neki Ram Sharma, Pt. Uma Dutt Sharma, Pt. Ram Kumar, Seth Gokhal Chand Arya, Master Fateh Chand Arya, Lala Ram Chandra Vith, Lala Noon Karanji sore wale, Dr. Diwani Chand, Lala Mela Ram Moda etc.
Bhiwani & national leaders :- In those days Bhiwani was visited by Pt. Nehru two times, Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya two times and Mahatma Gandhi two times. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Lala Lajpat Rai, Sh. Subash Chandra Bose, Smt. Sarojini Naidu, Dr. Munje, Dr. Ansari, Sh. Asif Ali, Ali Bandhu and Maulana Abdul Ghaffar Khan also came to Bhiwani, took meetings and praised Bhiwani's people for their taking part in the independence war.
