Khambi is a village in Palwal District in the State of

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 is 24 km from

Palwal Palwal is a city and a municipal council. It is the headquarters of Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana state in northern India. It is a centre of the cotton trade in the area. It is also a part of National Capital Region. Etymol ...

and 11 km from

Hodal Hodal is a city and a municipal council in Palwal district in the Haryana state of India. It is located at and has an average elevation of . Hodal is a Haryana Legislative Assembly constituency segment, within the Faridabad Lok Sabha cons ...

. The Delhi Agra canal flows near the village and the

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is 8 km east of the village.

History

Khambi village has a great history and it is said that this village has existed since ''

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(''era of Lord

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). The "khamb" (a big stone pillar) which was put by Lord

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is at the center of the village and due to this fact, the village is named as Khambi. This village lies in Brijmandal and it is said that Lord Krishna had visited the village. Khambi also contains a temple of Baba Mathura Das.

Description

Khambi is a populous Hindu village. There are many farmers in the village. The village lies amidst fields. Local temples include Ram mandir, Baba Mathura Das mandir, Baba Kriparam, Khera Devta, Bengali Baba Ka mandir, and Seengan Wala Baba Ka mandir.

Famous people

*Swami Ram Prasad- The priest to our Lord Muralidhar/Govinda/Krishna. He has two sons named as Mr. Maniram Sharma and Mr. Gopal Sharma (Founder of MVN). Both were lived as Ram/Lakhan or Krishan/Balram during their childhood. *Gopal Sharma- This is the name who has his own identity since 80's but passed away in 2005. He was the founder of Modren Vidya Niketan (MVN). He was the personality we have kept in our hearts for his supremacy to the education system. How education can change your lives. * Devi Chitralekha - sanatan dharma parcharak * Pandit Totaram Brijwasi- Popular singer and songwriter * Gopal Sharma - Doctor and sevak of the village. * Baba Mathura Das * Pandit Tikaram Sharma was a renowned and famous personality of the village. He was a teacher in the village school and also an RMP Doctor. He was elected as the Sarpanch of the village continuously for 23 years and was two times Block Chairman of the Hodal Block. He constructed the government high school in Khambi with donation and contribution from village people. *Late Pandit Ghosi Ram Bohre was one of the topmost landlords in agricultural land holding belonged to Khambi from Panch Bishwa mohalla. He built Haveli and Nohra around 1947. He was very much social and religious minded personality. He always helped poor and marginal farmers. He built a dharamshala in his agricultural land adjoining Khambi Hassanpur Road, near Agra Canal which is named as Ghosi Bohre waali dharamshala. This dharamshala is currently used by religious tourists performing the 84 kos Brij parikrama. *Chetan Kaushik *Swami Ramchandi, a famous musician who lived in Agra and Delhi. He was famous for Sashtriya Sangeet(classical music). * prashant sharma- pathologist * Pramod Kumar * Digamber Singh Tanwar, Senior Social Worker from Panch Bisa Mohalla, presently living in Ballabgarh for the last more than 32 years

References

Villages in Palwal district {{haryana-geo-stub