Sihi is a village panchayat, or village counsel, located in the

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 ...

district of

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state, India. The village is dominated by

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s. Sihi is located away from

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

, the capital of Haryana. The nearest state capital to Sihi is Delhi which is away. It lies on main

Northern Peripheral Road Northern Peripheral Road or NH 248-BB, commonly known as Dwarka Expressway is a long, under construction, 8-lane,elevated grade separated expressway connecting Mahipalpur in Delhi to Kherki Daula Toll Plaza, Gurgaon in Haryana. The expres ...

also known as Dwarka expressway.

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The nearest railway station to Sihi is

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, which is a distance. Basai Dhankot railway station is away. Basai railway station is away. Adrsh Ngr Delhi railway station is away. Mananwala railway station is away.

History

Sihi is about 400 years old village. Before the

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in 1947, Sihi was controlled by the Pathans who migrated from Afghanistan about 400 years ago. There were also some Hindus living there but they didn't have the right to sell any property in the village. After partition all the Muslims were compelled to leave the village and eventually almost all the living Muslims migrated to Pakistan and are mainly living in Karachi.

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