Talk:Deeghal

Country India State Haryana District(s) Jhajjar Nearest city Rohtak Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Codes[show] Coordinates: 28°45′N 76°37′E Dighal is a village in the Jhajjar district of Haryana, India. The majority of population is Jat community (caste). It now comes under Jhajjar District. The clan in this village is Ahlawat. This village was formed by Chaudhary Deegh Ram. The main occupation of the people here is agriculture while some residents have gone and joined defence forces. It is also famous for wrestlers. A visionary named Vijay Ahlawat was born in Dighal. A freedom fighter from Dighal, Subedar Sheodutt Singh, took part in the First World War. During his life time, he contributed a lot for the upliftment of this village and for the Ahlawat community and remained Pradhan of this community (27 villages of ahlawat khap) for his whole life. Now his youngest son Shri Jai Singh Ahlawat is serving the community as its Pradhan. He is a very noble person, visionary, hardworking, prudent man. We must feel proud of being Indian as Ahlawat. Other castes inhabiting Dighal are Brahmins, Banias, Khati, Teli, Nai, Lohar, Bairagi, Chhipi, Dhanak, Chure(Bhangi) and Chamar. Among the Brahmins, Pt. Har Narain Das, Subedar Major, has done a lot of social work after his retirement. He evinced keen interest in the education of Balgans (adults). He arranged stationery and other paraphernalia from his own resources for the education of Balgans. He also sponsored and arranged sports competitions, (particularly wrestling) and awarded the winners of these sports from his own side. During 'Mahamari' (illness), he nursed people to health by preparing and administering 'Desi' (indigenous) medicines made of herbs. He was also a great environmentalist and planted lot of trees near the pond (Johd) and other sites. He spread the environment awareness message among the masses. He was a champion of education in district Rohtak and played a vital role in establishing the Gaur Brahmin Education Society at Rohtak, which is running a number of educational institutions now. He was founder member of this society. Keeping with the tradition of the family, his nephew Pt. Rati Ram Bhardwaj is also dedicated to the cause of education and is running a school to impart the education to the rural children. He is also dedicated to the cause of sports and sponsors a number of sports activities. His son Suren Bhardwaj also takes keen interest in sports activities and other social causes like his father.