Ratia is a city and a
municipal committee
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History
Municipal governance in India in its current form has existed since the year 1664. In 1664, Fort Ko ...
on the banks of
Ghaggar River
The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar in India, before the Ottu barrage, and as the Hakra in Pakistan, downstream of the barrage, ending ...
23 north of district headquarter
Fatehabad in
Fatehabad district
Fatehabad District is one of the twenty two districts of the state of Haryana, India. Fatehabad was founded by Firuz Shah Tughlaq. Fatehabad district was carved out of Hisar district on 15 July 1997.
It borders districts of Mansa and San ...
in the
India
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state
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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 ...
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History
Etymology
Town is named after the a Hindu
sadhu
''Sadhu'' ( sa, साधु, IAST: ' (male), ''sādhvī'' or ''sādhvīne'' (female)), also spelled ''saddhu'', is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. Th ...
, Rattan Nath.
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British era
During the Chalisa famine
The Chalisa famine of 1783–1784 in the Indian subcontinent followed unusual El Niño events that began in 1780 and caused droughts throughout the region. ''Chalisa'' (literally, "of the fortieth" in Hindustani) refers to the Vikram Samvat ca ...
of 1783–84, the people abandoned this town, which was repopulated in 1816 during british raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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or Direct rule in India,
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by a person named Rattan Singh (not to be confused with the founder Rattan Nath). The Maharaja
Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king".
A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...
of Patiala State
Patiala State was a self-governing princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but ra ...
constructed a fort here as an outpost.[ Located at a distance of 12 km from Ratia tehsil, Kunal is one of the oldest pre-Harappan settlements and dates back roughly to the 5th millennium BC. The roughly 6,000-year-old site holds within it a rich legacy and its ties to the past can possibly help trace the history of Haryana, and the country. First discovered in 1986, excavations in Kunal have taken place over different seasons in 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001-2002 and 2002–2003.
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Administration
Ratia, is a Haryana Legislative Assembly
The Haryana Legislative Assembly or the Haryana Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Haryana state in India.
The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of L ...
constituency segment, within the Fatehabad Vidhan Sabha
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constituency and the current representative in the state assembly is Lakshman napa
Lakshman Napa is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Ratia (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Ratia in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Geography
Ratia is located on the bank of the Ghaggar River
The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar in India, before the Ottu barrage, and as the Hakra in Pakistan, downstream of the barrage, ending ...
about 23 km north of Fatehabad. It has an average elevation of 210 metres (688 feet).
Demographics
India census
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References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20071007094803/http://fatehabad.nic.in/banawali_seal.htm
{{Fatehabad District
Cities and towns in Fatehabad district