HaryanaState in northwestern IndiaState in North India, IndiaHaryana is a state located in the northwestern part of India. It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, by Rajasthan to the west and south, by Delhi to the southeast, while river Yamuna forms its eastern border with Uttar Pradesh. The state capital is Chandigarh, which it shares with the neighbouring state of Punjab. The city of Gurgaon is among India's largest financial and technology hubs.GurgaonGurgaon (Hindi:), officially named Gurugram (), is a satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district, located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of the national capital New Delhi and 268 km (167 mi) south of Chandigarh, the state capital. It is one of the major satellite cities of Delhi and is part of the National Capital Region of India.
Indian Rebellion of 1857Uprising against British Company ruleBelligerentsMughal EmpireSepoymutineersOudh StateRampur StateForces of Rani Lakshmibai of JhansiForces of Nana Sahib Peshwa IIJagdishpurGwalior factionsJodhpur factionsBandaVarious other groupsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandEast India CompanyRajputana AgencyPatialaKapurthalaRampurJodhpurNabhaKingdom of NepalCommanders and leadersBahadur Shah II (POW)Nana SahibRani Lakshmibai †Tatya Tope Bakht Khan †Begum Hazrat MahalKunwar Singh (DOW)The Earl CanningGeorge Anson †Sir Patrick GrantSir Colin CampbellSir Hugh RoseSir Henry Havelock †Sir James OutramSir Henry Lawrence (DOW)James Neill †John Nicholson †Surendra Bikram ShahDhir Shamsher RanaRandhir SinghSir Yusef Ali KhanCasualties and losses 6,000 British killed, including civiliansBased on a rough comparison of the dubious pre-1857 regional demographic data and the first 1871 Census of India, probably 800,000 Indians were killed, and very likely more, both in the rebellion itself and in the famines and epidemics that it caused.The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power, including military forces, on behalf of the British Crown.
Rao Tula RamRao Tularam Singh (circa 9 December 1825 – 23 September 1863) was a King or chieftain of Rewari. He was one of the leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857 in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero. Personal lifeHe was born on 9 December 1825 in Rampura suburb of Rewari in an Ahir family to Puran Singh and Gyan Kaur. He was young when his father died.
Rao Gopal DevRao Gopaldev Singh, also known as Rao Gopaldev (1829–1862) was the son of Rao Nathuram Singh of Rewari. 1857 RevoltHe allied himself with his cousin, Rao Tula Ram, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and fought the Battle of Nasibpur (Narnaul) Under Rao TulaRam. He was the sixth generation descendant of Rao Shahbaz and first cousin of Rao TulaRam. He inherited personal jagir of 41 villages after the death of his father Rao NathuRam in 1855.
Rewari districtRewari district is one of the 23 districts in the southern part of state of Haryana, India. Rewari in known for ancient Ahir cultural region called Ahirwal. It was carved out of Gurgaon district by the Government of Haryana on 1 November 1989. It is also part of the National Capital Region. The administrative headquarter of the district is the city of Rewari, which is also the biggest city in the district. In medieval times, it was an important market town.
AkbarMughal emperor from 1556 to 1605HouseMughalDynastyTimuridFatherHumayunMotherHamida Banu BegumReligionSunni IslamDin-i-IlahiSealMilitary careerAllegianceMughal EmpireBranchMughal ArmyConflictsSee listPanipat (1556)Mankot (1557)Thanesar (1567)Mughal–Rajput WarsMerta (1562)Mughal invasion of Marwar (1562–1583)Chittorgarh (1567–1568)Ranthambore (1568)Gujarat (1572–73)Bengal (1572–76)Tukaroi (1575)Rajmahal (1576)Akbar (Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, (1542-10-15)15 October 1542 – (1605-10-27)27 October 1605), also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.
AhirwalAhirwal is a region of southern Haryana, north-eastern Rajasthan, and South-Western Delhi The region was once a small principality based from the town of Rewari and controlled by members of the Ahir community from around the time when the Mughal Empire was in decline. OverviewThe name translates as "Land of the Ahirs". J. E. Schwartzberg has described it as a "folk region" and Lucia Michelutti as a "cultural-geographic region ...
South HaryanaSouth Haryana is an underdeveloped region of the Indian state of Haryana. South Haryana has dearth of essentials i.e. water (Bhakra water), road, transport and protracted demand of University and educational institutes.
Delhi Junction railway stationDelhi Junction railway station (station code: DLI) is the oldest railway station located in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, Delhi, India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in the country, with around 250 trains commencing, terminating, or passing through it daily. Established in 1864, it originally served trains arriving from Calcutta.
States and union territories of IndiaIndia is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories in turn are each subdivided into districts, of which a total of around 800 exist. Districts contain further levels of administrative subdivisions. Under the Indian Constitution and laws, the states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government.
MunicipalityA municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.