Hisar
Hissar () means fort or castle in Arabic, with variants adopted into Persian (hesar, hessar) and Turkish (hisar).
Hissar, Hisar and Hesar may refer to:
Places Asia (South and Central) India
*Hisar (city), a city in Haryana
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city. It is one of the 4 sub-division of
Hisar district
Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of ...
in the state of
Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
, India.
History
According to the local tradition, the town was founded by the
Raja
Raja (; from , IAST ') is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian subcontinent, Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
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''Bal'', and ''wala'' in Hindi means ''of'' or ''belonging to''. Hence, Bala+wala means '' ownbelonging to Bal'', which in corrupted form came to be known ''Barwala''.Haryana Gazateer Revennue Dept of Haryana, Capter-V.Coins of Agratya were excavated here, which indicates that the town was once under the rule of nearby Agroha.
During Muhammad of Ghor's invasion of India, his generals - two brothers named Sayyad Niamat Ullah and Mir Hassan fought here. Niamat Ullah was killed at Hansi Fort, where he was buried; Mir Hassan's successors at Barwala.
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Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ÉɦaËd̪eËÊ‹Éh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
laya to the north of the town possibly dates back to the
early medieval period
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Barwala is listed in the
Ain-i-Akbari
The ''Ain-i-Akbari'' (), or the "Administration of Akbar", is a 16th-century detailed document regarding the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl, in the Persian language. It forms ...
as a
pargana
Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and British Colonial empire ...
under Hisar Sarkar, producing a revenue of 1,097,807
dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aqua ...
s for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 1500 infantry and 100 cavalry.
From 1852 to 1891, Barwala was a tehsil during the
British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent,
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. It was made a tehsil again after the formation of Haryana.
Geography
Barwala is located a map location of Barwala It has an average elevation of 214 metres (702 feet).
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Barwala had a population of 43,384. Males constitute 52.5% of the population and females 47.5%. Barwala has an average literacy rate of 63.5%, above the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 8.5% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Barwala was located in the honour of the king Raja Barwala. After his name the barwala city was named. In the 19th century there was the kingdom of Muslims.
Barwala is home to the Satlok
ashram
An ashram (, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions, not including Buddhism.
Etymology
The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (< Rampal. In November 2014, thousands of his followers gathered around his ashram to prevent the police from arresting him. Around 200 people were injured in the resulting violent clashes.