Khanda is a historical village in

Sonipat district Sonipat district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in North India. Sonipat town is the district headquarters. It is a part of National Capital Region. It is bordered by Delhi, Panipat, Rohtak, Jind, Jhajjar and Baghpat (Uttar Pr ...

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. It is from Kharkhoda and from

Sonipat Sonipat is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It is also around 214 km (128 miles) southwest o ...

. It is a part of the

National Capital Region A capital region, also called a capital district or capital territory, is a region or district surrounding a capital city. It is not always the official term for the region, but may sometimes be used as an informal synonym. Capital regions can exis ...

. Khanda has two

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s ''Khanda Khas'' & ''Khanda Alman''. Two

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

s elects from the village in every five years. Khanda is the head of 12 villages of Dahiya Khap mainly known as (Khanda Baraha).

History

In 1709,

Banda Singh Bahadur Banda Singh Bahadur (born Lachman Dev) (27 October 1670 – 9 June 1716), was a Sikh warrior and a commander of Khalsa army. At age 15, he left home to become an ascetic, and was given the name Madho Das Bairagi. He established a monastery ...

came here and raised his army and set up his first army headquarters with the help of villagers from Khanda, Sonipat to attack Mughal treasury and to free

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi Language, Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also Romanization, romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the I ...

from tyranny of

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after getting blessings of

Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sin ...

. He defeated Mughals in the Battle of Sonipat and conquered it. Thereafter, he would go on to kill Mughal Governor (equivalent to chief minister) of Punjab, the richest and most powerful province of the

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, inflicting biggest defeats to the

, 17th century World super power, in their history. Khanda, Sonipat village witnessed the Battle of Sonipat against

and won the battle under the military leadership of

Khanda is most powerful village. Many history books says that Khanda was named after the

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the K ...

times

Khandava Forest Khandava Forest or Khandava Vana (Sanskrit: खाण्डव वन, ) or Khandavprastha ( sa, खाण्डवप्रस्‍थ; ) was an ancient forest mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. It lay to the west of Yamuna river, in modern-da ...

or Khandavaprastha. One of the oldest

Nirmohi Akhara Nirmohi Akhara (English: "Group without Attachment")Who Are the Nirmohi ...

math is located at Khanda village Kishore Das was the first Mahant of this math.

Battle of Sonipat

The one and only battle fought in Sonipat was Battle of Sonipat. After taking blessings from

, Baba

first camped at Khanda, Sonipat and assembled a fighting force with Dahiya Jats. Khanda, Sonipat village witnessed the Battle of Sonipat against

and won the battle under the military leadership of

Infrastructure

There are two government and four private or

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s and one college in the village.

Government of Haryana The Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led ...

acquired 50 acres land in Khanda for Haryana's first Armed Forces Preparatory Institute. Nasirpur Cholka is said to be the capital of Khanda. On 3 November 2018 , Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the Armed Forces Prepratory Institute and

memorial. This institute will provide training to selected boys from the state for commission in armed forces through

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and

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. CM also announce to open a Govt. Clinic it will also benefit to nearby villages. Khanda village is 8 km far away from

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manufacturing plant across 900 acre in IMT Kharkhoda. Property prices hike in Khanda village due to

new manufacturing unit in Kharkhoda.

Connectivity

The village lies on District Road that connects many villages. It is 4 km away from National Highway 334B (India) and State Highway 18. It is 8 km away from National Highway 344P (India) and

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),National Highway 44 (India) National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country. It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, ...

AH1 &

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also known as GT Road

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. The nearby airport is

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and nearby railway station is Sonipat Junction railway station. Nearby

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Yamuna The Yamuna ( Hindustani: ), also spelt Jumna, is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of B ...

and nearby major canal is Western Yamuna Canal. NCR channel and the Reliance canal flows from the village.

Notable people

Vinod Kumar Dahiya Vinod Kumar Dahiya (born 7 August 1986), also known as Vinod Kumar, is an Indian-Australian Greco-Roman & freestyle Wrestler a competes in the 66 kg category. Life and career Dahiya was born on 7 August 1986 in the Indian village of Kha ...

Wrestler *

Rohit Dahiya Rohit Dahiya (born 31 March 1988) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Gujarat. References External links * 1988 births Living people Indian cricketers Gujarat cricketers Cricketers from Haryana {{India-cricket-bio- ...

Cricketer *

Padam Singh Dahiya Padam Singh Dahiya belongs to Khanda village in Sonipat district. He was Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly in Sonipat from Indian National Lok Dal Party. In January 2019, Padam Singh left INLD and joined Jannayak Janata Party in the presenc ...

Leader *

Vivek Dahiya Vivek Dahiya (born 8 November 1984) is an Indian television actor. He is known for portraying the role of Abhishek Singh (a police officer) in ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'', Rajbeer Bundela in '' Kavach – Kaali Shaktiyon Se'' and Rajvardhan Suryava ...

Actor * Deep Chand Bahman Saang Artist

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