Pataudi is a town and one of the 4 sub-divisions of
Gurugram district
Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern distr ...
, in the
Indian
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 ...
, within the boundaries of the
National Capital Region of India.
Ahirs
Ahir or Aheer are a community of traditionally non-elite pastoralists in India, most members of which identify as being of the Indian Yadav community because they consider the two terms to be synonymous. The Ahirs are variously described as a ...
/
Yadav dominate the area. It is located from
Gurugram
Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
, at the foot hills of the
Aravali
The Aravalli Range (also spelled ''Aravali'') is a mountain range in Northern-Western India, running approximately in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat. ...
hills.
Pataudi was the seat of
Pataudi State which was ruled by the
Nawabs of Pataudi. The 8th Nawab,
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi (16 March 1910 – 5 January 1952), was an Indian prince and cricket player.
He was the captain of the India's national cricket team during its tour of England in 19 ...
, played cricket for both
England and
India and captained the latter. His son
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the 9th Nawab, also captained the
Indian cricket team and has been described as one of "''India's great cricket captains''". The 10th and the current Nawab of Pataudi is actor
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Part of the Pataudi family, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
Khan ...
.
Satya Prakash Jravata is presently the MLA from
Pataudi Constituency. Thakran Farms, an AgriTourism Destination, has come up in Pataudi promoting Agriculture and Rural Tourism. Thakran Farms is also developing India's largest hedge maze in 2.6 acres.
Pataudi Road is included as the new growth corridors in Gurugram. It takes only 30 minutes to reach Pataudi and is only 27 Kilometers from
Gurugram
Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
city. A high class residential colony has been developed by Haryana urban development authority, the land of which is bought from nearby village Janaula's farmers.
History
Pataudi was founded during the rule of Jalal-ud-din Khailji the
Sultan of Delhi
The following list of Indian monarchs is one of several lists of incumbents. It includes those said to have ruled a portion of the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka.
The earliest Indian rulers are known from epigraphical sources fou ...
, (between 1290–1296) by a
Mewati chieftain, Pata, who called it Patodhi.
The town was part of
Pataudi State which was formed in 1804 by
British East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
by 40 villages and Pataudi town as reward to Faiz Talab Khan a
Pashtun
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically r ...
of the
Barech
Barech (also Baraich, Bareach, Barreach) is a Pashtun tribe in southern Kandahar province
Kandahār ( ps, ; Kandahār, prs, ; ''Qandahār'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country, shar ...
tribe for aiding the Company against the
Maratha Empire during the
Second Anglo-Maratha War
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The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) was the second conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
Background
The British had supported the "fugitive" Peshwa Raghunathrao in the First Anglo-Maratha War, ...
. Thus, Faiz Talab Khan is known as
Nawab of Pataudi.
Pataudi became the part of
Dominion of India
The Dominion of India, officially the Union of India,* Quote: “The first collective use (of the word "dominion") occurred at the Colonial Conference (April to May 1907) when the title was conferred upon Canada and Australia. New Zealand and N ...
later
Republic of India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
in 1947 when
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
*
* it is also called Crown rule in India,
*
*
*
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or Direct rule in India,
* Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...
ended. Former
India cricket team captain
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi (16 March 1910 – 5 January 1952), was an Indian prince and cricket player.
He was the captain of the India's national cricket team during its tour of England in 19 ...
or
Nawab of Pataudi Sr. remained ruler until 1952 then was succeeded by his son
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi also former
India cricket team captain until 1971 when 26th amendment to the
Constitution of India, the
Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration. Their home
Pataudi Palace
The Pataudi Palace, also called Ibrahim Kothi, is a palace of the former ruling family Pataudi family in Pataudi town of Gurgaon district (now Gurugram district) in Haryana state of India. Passed from the last ruling nawab, Iftikhar Ali Khan, ...
is privately owned by the current titular Nawab
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Part of the Pataudi family, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
Khan ...
. Nearby Akbar Manzil, built after 1857 as the official residence of the then Nawab, was later converted into a kachehri (judicial complex), and is now used as a godown (store).
[Gurugram heritage]
, fridaygurgaon.com.
In 1984, a mob under the guidance of
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
' leader
Lalit Maken
Lalit Maken was a Member of parliament, a political leader of Indian National Congress and a labour union leader. Maken was the son-in-law of late President of India, Shankar Dayal Sharma.
In the year of 1984, he was elected to the Lok Sabha as ...
set fire to Pataudi's Gurdwara which created a panic in the city. This came after
Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi was shot by her two Sikh bodyguards.
Geography
Pataudi is located at . It has an average elevation of 240 metres (787 feet). Pataudi is semi arid area and experiences low rainfall.
Demographics
India
census, Pataudi had a population of 16,064. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Pataudi has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 48%. In Pataudi, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. Their main occupation is farming.
Rao Kanwar Singh Yadav ( father of Krishan Lal Yadav and Ram Avtar Yadav ) the famous freedom fighter of
Quni Daultabad village is also from Pataudi.
The
Ahirs
Ahir or Aheer are a community of traditionally non-elite pastoralists in India, most members of which identify as being of the Indian Yadav community because they consider the two terms to be synonymous. The Ahirs are variously described as a ...
/
Yadav dominate the area while the
Rajputs constitute 12,000 with about equal number of
Jats.
Real estate development
Pataudi Road is now is in the vicinity of three major highways like
National Highway 8 (India)
National Highway 8 (NH 8) is a National Highway in India running from Karimganj in Assam to Sabroom in Tripura.
It is not to be confused with former NH 8 (Delhi-Jaipur-Baroda-Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the off ...
and the upcoming
Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway and the proposed
Dwarka Expressway.
Manesar
Manesar is a town and municipal corporation, know new Gurugram City in the Gurugram district of the state of Haryana, India and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. It is an industrial hub.
Its proximity to the burgeoning cit ...
is just four kilometers from Pataudi Road. Several residential units coming up on the Pataudi Road, the logistics park, Special Economic Zones (SEZs) by
Reliance,
Raheja Engineering SEZ
and a commercial sector.
Adding to this are the government's plans to upgrade infrastructure facilities along the belt. As per the new
Gurugram
Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
-
Manesar
Manesar is a town and municipal corporation, know new Gurugram City in the Gurugram district of the state of Haryana, India and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. It is an industrial hub.
Its proximity to the burgeoning cit ...
Master Plan 2021, the availability of land for development has opened up huge possibilities, mainly in the new sectors along
Pataudi Road, slated to emerge as a growth corridor in the near future. A draft development plan for Pataudi town, too, is being prepared. It is expected to have about 4–5 sectors.
Pataudi Road is proposed to be widened to 135 meters. The sectors roads too would be at least 60 meters wide.
Land Acquisition for creation of Residential Sectors ( Sector-1 Part-1 Pataudi )
The Gurugram Urban Estates Department had on 31 December 2013, issued notifications under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, to acquire land for a proposed university in Sector 68, Gurugram (660 acre), Sector-1 Part-I, Pataudi (379 acre), Sector-1,
Farrukhnagar
Farrukhnagar is a town and municipality in Gurugram district of Haryana, India. It is one of the four administrative blocks of Gurugram district situated from Gurugram and shares its border with Jhajjar district. It is part of the Ahirwal r ...
(448.75 acre) and for public utilities from Sector 68 to 74 and Sector 99 to 115 (138.93 acre) and several acres for sector roads. Around 300 landowners were sent notices under Section 4 of the law expressing the intent to take over the land by the
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947) is an Indian National Congress politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014.
When he ...
government under this law, just a day before the new land acquisition act came into force.
The New
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
government headed by
Manohar Lal Khattar decided to go ahead with the process. The 363 acres of land are spread across four villages.
Surely the farmers are opposing the acquisition process and registered the same with the Chief Minister. However, the acquisition process has the backing of
Gurugram
Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
MP and a minister in
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
government,
Rao Inderjit Singh
Raja Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav is an Scion of erstwhile state of Rewari Indian politician and a Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Government of India. A member of the 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, he r ...
who said "The acquisition will not be withdrawn as the process has already started. The state will develop residential sectors in this area. As far as the issue of Section 4 notices on the last day is concerned, it was legally tenable. There was nothing wrong."
Noticeable is the fact that The previous Hooda led Congress government-initiated land acquisition under a law which was due to be replaced the very next day. Landowners got notices dated 31 December 2013 whereas the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 came into effect on 1 January 2014.
The new law, the landowners said, will make them eligible for compensation of around Rs 2 crore per acre and 20% of the developed land. On the other hand, the British-era law granted nearly half of the compensation and no rights in developed land whatsoever. So basically, landowners are not outright against land acquisition --- they are ready to part with their land, albeit at a higher price.
The Administrator of
Haryana Urban Development Authority
Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), formerly Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), is the urban planning agency of the state of Haryana in India except Gurugram and Faridabad which has Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority an ...
Gurugram
Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
P.C. Meena, however, said that the rights of the landowners and farmers will be protected even if the notifications for land acquisition were issued under the old law and they would be given compensation at the enhanced rates as per the provisions of the new law.
New City in Pataudi
BJP Government chief minister
Manohar Lal Khattar announced a new city adjoining Gurugram in June 2018. In this, the area from Manesar towards Rewari and the area around Pataudi will be incorporated. The new city is likely to be spread across at least 50,000 hectares, which is larger than Chandigarh (11,400 hectares) but smaller than Gurugram (73,200 hectares). The city will come up in PPP mode. The other aspects of developing the city in a planned manner will be prepared by the consultant in the detailed master plan.” The proposed city will be well connected to neighbouring urban centres through national and state highways, the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway and other major districts roads. The consultant is also expected to suggest the road network plan, metro rail plan, required rail and road linkages and public transportation for the proposed city and assess the proposed social, economic and physical infrastructure.
Transport
Northern Peripheral Road commonly known as
Dwarka Expressway road is being developed under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. This stretch will connect
Dwarka with
National Highway 8 at
Kherki Dhaula and will pass
Pataudi Road. The NPR stretch has been planned as an alternate link road between
Delhi and
Gurugram
Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
, and is expected to ease the traffic situation on the
Delhi Gurugram Expressway. The road will also provide connectivity to the much-touted
Reliance-HSIIDC SEZ besides the
Garhi Harsaru
Garhi Harsaru is a town and railway station in Gurugram district of Haryana state in India. It lies on the road from Gurugram city to Pataudi town. Its postal code (PIN) is 122505. According to the Census India 2011, it has a population of abou ...
dry depot.
Much like
Delhi,
Gurugram
Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
too will have a BRT corridor to decongest traffic on the Northern Peripheral Road. In several sections, the NPR will have provisions for the
bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes ...
(BRT) corridor to ensure smooth flow of traffic. The road will be fully developed in March 2012.
Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway
The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),[Kundli
Kundli is a town and municipal council in Sonipat, Haryana with a population of 100,000 (2017), on Delhi-Haryana border in Sonipat tehsil of Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies on Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern ...]
–
Manesar
Manesar is a town and municipal corporation, know new Gurugram City in the Gurugram district of the state of Haryana, India and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. It is an industrial hub.
Its proximity to the burgeoning cit ...
–
Palwal (KMP) Expressway is long
Expressway being constructed in the
Indian
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 ...
. The KMP Expressway is the driving force behind the rise of Gurugram-Pataudi Road.
A new link road has been made by HUDA connecting
Manesar
Manesar is a town and municipal corporation, know new Gurugram City in the Gurugram district of the state of Haryana, India and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. It is an industrial hub.
Its proximity to the burgeoning cit ...
with Patuadi road near
Wazirpur village. The length of the road is 3.5 km.
Rail
Pataudi Road railway station operated by
Northern Railway of
Indian Railways. The station is located between
Haileymandi and Jatauli village, approximately 3 km from Pataudi and that forms a part of the larger Indian railways network, where trains connect
Rewari to
Delhi via
Gurugram
Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
and other important cities in India like
Jaipur
Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as ...
,
Ajmer
Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "''Aj ...
,
Jodhpur
Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the K ...
,
Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer , nicknamed "The Golden city", is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, located west of the state capital Jaipur. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone and is crowned by the ancient Jaisalmer Fort. This fort contains a ...
,
Ahmadabad and
Mumbai.
Villages in Pataudi
Haily Mandi-Khandewla-Khawaspur-Jamalpur-Ghoshgarh(Kera)
Babra Bakipur – Balewa – Bapas – Baraheri Rehnwa – Bas Padamka – Bhokhraka – Bhora Kalan – Bhora Khurd -Dhani Chitter Sain- Kumbhawas - Dhani Shankar Wali – Bhudhka – Bilaspur kalan – Brahmanwas – Brijpura – Chandla Durngarwas – Chhawan – Chhilarki – Dadawas – Darapur –
Quni Daultabad – Devla Was – Dinokri – Fakarpur – Fazilwas –
Gadaipur -Gawalier – Ghilnawas – Goriawas – Gudhana – Hakdarpur – Haliaki – Hussainka – Heraheri –
Inchhapuri – Janaula – Jasat – Jatauli-Jauri Khurd- Khalilpur – Khanpur – Khetiawas – khor – Kukrola – Langra – Lohchab – Lokera – Lokri – Mahniawas – Malikpur – Mangwaki – Mau – Mirzapur – Mozabad – Mujaffara- Mumtajpur –
Nanu Khurd –
Nanukalan – Narhera – Nurgarh – Nurpur – Pahari – Parasoli – Pathredi – Rajpura(8) – Rampur – Ransika – Rathiwas – Saiad Shah Pur –
Shahpur Jat –
Sherpur – Sidhrawali – Sluts – Tatarpur – Telpuri – Turkapur -Uncha Majra, Mangwaki(Noorgarh) )
Darapur)
See also
*
Pataudi family
References
External links
Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Pataudi
{{Authority control
Cities and towns in Gurgaon district
Tehsils in Haryana
Populated places established in the 1290s