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ViewsBhiwaniFrom Jatland Wiki(Redirected from भिवानी)
 Map of Bhiwani District Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, India. It is known as the city of temples. Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city has been the centerstage of regional politics. The city is hometown to three of Haryana's chief ministers: Bansi Lal, Babu Gupta, and Hukum Chand.
History In medieval periods,the area was under the mughals which subsequently for a brief period was won over by armies under the Jat king of Bharatpur. Subsequently, during the inetrnal strife prevailing within the ruling family, the area also saw brief period of marauding from Jat sikh misls before finally being accepted under the British Suzerainity. Though it is widely agreed that the area was spared from the usurping eyes of Jat sikh rulers who in turn took it as part of dominions of another Jat ruler(Bharatpur)only . Subsequently, some Parts of the area were also rewarded to petty interests who had collaborated with the Britishers in their wars with the Jat king(s). Special mention may here be made of the Nawab of Loharu who was given the Jamindari subsequent to the war of 1825-26 for the help redered by him to the Britishers against the warring factions of the Jat ruling family.Pursuant to British occupation, and especially after The death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Punjab) as also denial by the ruler of Jind to accept the territory as per British offer on grounds of the area not being revenue wise feasibly maintainable ;the whatever nominal remnants of erstwhile designated governing Jat family of Saharan clan, already almost non-existent by way of wars both internal and external , were dispersed forcibly into obscurity by the Britishers. The city has been a conventional school of boxing, with almost all of the members of the Indian Boxing Squad coming from its SAI hostel itself. Late Capt Hawa Singh, the legendary boxer, helped establish the boxing academy here. Bhiwani districtDistrict Bhiwani was created on 22 July, 1972. The district headquarter is situated in Bhiwani town. Bhiwani has 442 villages, with main towns being Charkhi Dadri, Loharu, Bawani Khera and Tosham. The total area of Bhiwani district is 5,099 sq kms and its population is 14,24,000. District Bhiwani is situated between 28.19 deg. & 29.05 deg. north latitude and 75.26 deg. and 76.28 deg. east Longitude. The Bhiwani district is surrounded by Hissar district on its north, some area of Jhunjunu & Churu district of Rajasthan on its west, Mahendergarh and Jhunjunu district on its south and district Rohtak on east. It is 124 kilometers from Delhi and 285 kilometers from Chandigarh. In northern parts of the district are alluvial plains and in south is semi-desert with remnants of Aravali range hill. The soil is loam in the north and sandy in the southwest region. The groundwater is mainly saline with some of small pockets of fresh water in southwest. The groundwater level of the district is decreasing fast. Lack of drainage system is the main cause of salinity of ground water. Temperature in Bhiwani varies from 1 Deg. C to 48 deg. C. Rainfall is scanty mainly in months of July and August. Vegetation mainly thorny trees like Babul, Jandi, Kair, along with Neem, Sheesham, Peepal, etc. Crops like Bajra, Cotton in kharif and Wheat, Sarson in rabi. Minerals like building stone & Gypsum or flexible stones (Kaliyana village). Bhiwani city finds mention in Ain-e-Akbari. It is claimed Bhiwani was founded by the person name Neem after his wife named Bhani. The Bhani word later changed to Bhiyani and subsequently to Bhiwani. Bhiwani has been a prominent center of commerce since time of Mughals. Bhiwani is also known for its temples and is called as small Kashi of India because of numerous temples. Another important city of the district is Dadri which was founded by the son of Prithvi Raj Chauhan. It is also a hub of commercial activity. For administrative purposes Bhiwani district is divided into six tehsils - Bhiwani, Bawani Khera, Dadri, Loharu, Tosham and Siwani. Bhiwani district has many places worth visiting. Among these are the Star Building, Loharu Fort, Tosham Hill, Gauri Shankar temple, etc. An archaeological site at Naurangabad Mound, 10 kms from Bhiwani is now being excavated. Jat Gotras in Bhiwani districtAhlawat, Badesara, Bajar, Balhara, Bhama, Bhidhan, Chahar, Dagur, Dattasulia Dhaka, Dhanger, Dhankhar, Dhayal, Dhuwan/Dhawan/Dhuan, Dudi, Gait, Gangas, Gill, Goyat, Grewal, Jaglan, Jatain, Jhajharia, Kaler, Kaliraman, Kalkal, Khunga, Lamba, Lohchab, Luhach, Mahla, Panghal, Phogat, Sangwan, Sheoran, Sihmar, Siwach, Solath, Tada, Taxak, Vijayrania, Notable Jats from Bhiwani
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