Israna is a village panchayat and tehsil in Panipat district in

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. It lies in the panipat Division. It is located towards south from district headquarters

Panipat Panipat () is a historic city in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on List of National Highways in India, NH-1. The three major battles fought in First Battle of Panipat, 1526, Second Battle of ...

and from state capital

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towards north.

History

During Third Battle of Panipat at

Kala Amb {{Infobox settlement , name = Kala Amb , other_name = , nickname = Kala Puadh , settlement_type = town , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption ...

on 14 January 14, 1761 between

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warrior Sadashivrao Bhau and Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abdali, Bhau camped at empty space near Israna and his army camped at Bhadar and Bhaupur village is named after Sadashivrao Bhau. Maratha's built Pragateshwar Mahadev Temple at Bhadar and another

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temple in the Panipat city.Ashutosh Gowarikar is making Panipat the Great Battle movie

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, 15 Mar 2018. Some of the

Ror Ror is a caste found primarily in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. In the parts of Baiswara in Uttar Pradesh that are inhabited by Ror people, Rors along with groups such as the Chauhans and Tomars are associated with Delhi and its outskirts. Occu ...

community claims to have descended from the Marathas of this war. In 2018, Ashutosh Gowariker announced a movie for Third Battle of Panipat is the movie Panipat (film) where

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and

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will play Bhau and Abdali respectively.

Demographics

Schools&Computer centre

Schools in Israna: *Govt. Sr. Sec. School *Govt. Girls Middle School *Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School *Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School *Govt. HKCL Computer Centre Israna

College

Nemi Chand Medical college and Hospital, Israna, Panipat *Govt. College, Israna

Notable people

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, professional golfer

Transportation

*Train *Bus

References

Villages in Panipat district {{Haryana-geo-stub