Bhiwani
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| ?Bhiwani Haryana • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 225 m (738 ft) |
| District(s) | Bhiwani |
| Population | 169,424 (2001) |
Coordinates: Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of 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: Bansi Lal, Babu Gupta, and Hukum Chand. In medieval periods,the area was under the mughals which subsequently for a brief period was won over by armies under the Jat king of Bharatpur. Subsequently, during the inetrnal strife prevailing within the ruling family, the area also saw brief period of marauding from Jat sikh misls before finally being accepted under the British Suzerainity. Though it is widely agreed that the area was spared from the usurping eyes of Jat sikh rulers who in turn took it as part of dominions of another Jat ruler( Bharatpur)only . Subsequently, some Parts of the area were also rewarded to petty interests who had collaborated with the Britishers in their wars with the Jat king(s). Special mention may here be made of the Nawab of Loharu who was given the Jamindari subsequent to the war of 1825-26 for the help redered by him to the Britishers against the warring factions of the Jat ruling family.Pursuant to British occupation, and especially after The death of Maharaja Ranjit singh as also denial by the ruler of Jind to accept the territory as per British offer on grounds of the area not being revenue wise feasibly maintainable ;the whatever nominal remnants of erstwhile designated governing Jat family of Saharan clan, already almost non-existent by way of wars both internal and external , were dispersed forcibly into obscurity by the Britishers.
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.
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[edit] Education
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.
The another man who contrubuted for the education of bhiwani was Seth Kirori Mal and there are famous Kirori Schools and college.
The govt. Post- graduate College is situated on Hansi road and is one of the premier education college of bhiwani.
The only college giving post graduation education for women is Adarsh College for Women and one of the excellent record holding in field of sports and education especially in south Haryana. They are both Affiliated to [Maharshi dayanand University] [Rohtak]
There are several schools which provides excellent education like Halwasia Vidya Vihar(named after village halwas,school was founded by PURUSHOTAM DAS HALWASIYA) and Vaish Model School.
[edit] Administrative functions
District Bhiwani was created on 22 July, 1972. The district headquarter is situated in Bhiwani town. Bhiwani has 442 villages, with main towns being Charkhi Dadri, Loharu, Bawani Khera and Tosham. The total area of Bhiwani district is 5,099 sq km and its population is 14,24,000
[edit] Transport
Railways
Bhiwani Junction is a major railway station in the region. There are 3 railway lines originating from Bhiwani one is towards northern side. This line connecting the Bhiwani to cities like Hansi, Hisar, Sirsa (in Haryana) and Bathinda, Ferozpur etc (in Punjab) The Second line towards south side connect the Bhiwani with Charakhi Dadari Kosli Rewari (in Haryana) which further connect to Gurgaon and Delhi in Northern side and Jaipur alwar side in southeren side. The 3rd branch line of Railways go towards rohtak and connecting to Delhi.
Roads
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. There are following 6 tehsils in bhiwani.
1. BHIWANI 2. BAWANI KHERA 3. DADRI 4. LOHARU 5. TOSHAM 6. SIWANI
[edit] History
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. Bhiwani is the city of rajputs in the times of british it was the main city from where britishers rule the entire area nearby who appoint Thakur Bhani singh as there representative. the city is pride of rajputs in the ancient times there are four gates of the city named as rohtak gate, dadri gate, halwas gate and hansi gate
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.
[edit] Geography
Bhiwani is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 225 metres (738 feet). 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 75,000 rupees and all the people of Bhiwani gave 25,000 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.
[edit] 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.
Devsar-Dham "Jai Ma Bhawani
Devsar village is located 6K.m. from Bhiwani. It is also called Devsar-Dham because presence of Ma Bhawani temple. People come to worship from far places. This temple is built on hill and could be seen from Bhiwani. People of this village involved in agriculture. NCC camp also organised in hill area and school and college students participating in it.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 Dobhi pond there is a temple of Lord Shiva which famous for its name Heerapuri Mandir.
[edit] 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 politics and the Indian struggle for independence.Neki Sharma,Fateh Chand , K.A. Desai and Babu Gupta opened a branch of the Congress party here in 1919.
[edit] Satyagraha of Bardoli
In 1922 India's seekers of freedom society took part in the Bardoli Satyagraha. They were Neki Sharma, Uma Sharma, Ram Kumar, Gokhul Chand , Fateh Chand , Lala Vith, Lala Karanji ,Diwan Chand, Lala Moda etc.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census[2], Bhiwani had a population of 169,424. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Bhiwani has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 76% and female literacy of 62%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bhiwani
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
