Talwara Jheel at
Tibbi
Tibbi is one of the seven tehsil headquarters of Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan state in India. It is at the junction of Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan states. The total population 8GGR Tibbi as of 2011 is 11,553 .
Geography
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(tehsil) is a small village and a seasonal lake that forms in a depression along the course of the
Ghaggar-Hakra River in
Hanumangarh district of
Rajasthan state of
India.
Talwara lake is claimed to be the only lake in the arid landscape of Hanumangarh district.
The lake forms only for a few months every year during the annual flooding of the Ghaggar-Hakra river in the
monsoon season.
It is located between
Ellenabad and
Hanumangarh town, nearly 40 km downstream of the
Ottu barrage and reservoir (in the
Sirsa district of
Haryana). This village population is nearly 15000 and a subtehsil of Hanumangarh district.
Historical significance
This place has been established by historians as the site of the
First Battle of Tarain
The First Battle of Tarain, also spelt as the First Battle of Taroari, was fought in 1191 between the invading Ghurid army led by Muhammad of Ghor and the Rajput confederacy led by Prithviraj Chauhan, near Tarain (modern Taraori in Haryana, In ...
of 1191 and the
Second Battle of Tarain of 1192 between
Prithviraj Chauhan and
Muhammad Ghori.
In his invasion of India in 1398-99 CE,
Timur encamped at the banks of this lake after overpowering
Bhatner fort
The Bhatner fort is at Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, India, about 419 km northwest of Jaipur along the old Multan-Delhi route and 230 km north-east of Bikaner. The old name of Hanumangarh was Bhatner, which means "fortress of the Bhati". ...
in modern-day
Hanumangarh.
See also
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List of lakes in India
References
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Tourist attractions in Hanumangarh district
Lakes of Rajasthan
Battlefields