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Buria
Buria is a small town and earlier was a municipal committee now the part of Yamunanagr Nagar nigam situated on the banks of the Western Yamuna Canal approximately from the city of Jagadhri and 8 km from Jagadhri railway station. History Buri Fort, there is a fort in Buria, with ''Rang Mahal'' (pleasure palace) used by Hamayun when he came here for hunting in Shivalik forests, whereas some relate this Rang Mahal to Birbal, court advisor to the Mughal emperor Akbar.Yamunanagar History Gazatteer of Haryana: Yamunanagar. The presence of Birbal Dwar (Birbal Gate) in the village indicates relation to . During the |
Jagadhri
Jagadhri is a city and a municipal council in the Yamunanagar district of the Indian state of Haryana. This town lies adjacent to the city of Yamunanagar. The demarcation line between the two is difficult to discern. Jagadhri is around 90 km away from Chandigarh, the capital city of Haryana state. This town is known for the cluster of brass and copper industries. Jagadhri is known as the "Brass City" of India. Etymology Jagadhri, corrupted form of its old name Yugandhari, was named after the king of the Yugandharas. Yugandharas find mention in Mahabharata as well as Buddhist texts as region with warriors or mountains. Yugandhara likely was used for a region inhabited by a tribe of that name and it comprised some mountainous tracts also which were given the same name.Yamunanagar History Gazatteer of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadalpur
Amadalpur village is a part of tehsil Jagadhri of district Yamunanagar, situated in Haryana, India. Population The latest available information as per Census 2011 showed that a total of 2975 people stayed in the village consisting of 1564 males and 1411 females. 562 families were staying in this villages as per the latest census. The number of children (age 0–6 years) is 446. The sex ratio was determined to be 902 whereas child sex ratio was 939, both higher than respective Haryana's ratios of 902 and 834. Literacy This village reported to have a literacy rate of 66.47%, with literacy of males at 75.55% and female literacy at 57.66%: as per census 2011 data. Places of interest It is believed that the ancient Suryamandir Tirth, a sun temple of surya on the banks of a pond, was built in one night by Pandavas of Mahabharata during their Vanvas. There is a kund ( sacred water pond) in this temple complex which use to change colour in past but now its water is polluted. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugh Ancient Mound
Sugh Ancient Mound, also known as the Ancient Site of Sugh, is located in the village of Amadalpur Dayalgarh, in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, India. Suryamandir-Tirth in Amadalpur is nearby. Buddhist stupa here is identified with the Srughna. The circumference of the mound is about 5 km and it is situated on the west bank of the Yamuna river flood-plains. As featured in Hiuen Tsang's travel accounts of India, the Sugh mound has ancient associations with the town of Shrughna. It also has a historical significance for Buddhists, Hindus and Jains. The ancient Chaneti Buddhist Stupa is located nearby. Excavation Excavation was undertaken by Dr. Suraj Bhan from the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology at Panjab University. Additional excavation was conducted by Shri M. Acharya and Shri D. S. Malik of the Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Haryana. A 2000-year-old Vanar Sena terracotta was found here, possibly related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapal Mochan
Kapal Mochan is an ancient place of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Sikhs, 17 km north-east of Jagadhari town, on the Bilaspur road in Yamunanagar district. It is also called Gopal Mochan and Somsar Mochan. As per Legend, '' Brāhmanahatya'' i.e. killing of Brahmin is considered as a major sin, but one who kills a Brahmin and bath here, his ''Brāhmanahatya'' sins will be washed. Nearby Bilaspur, Haryana (not to be confused with Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh) in Yamuna Nagar District which takes its name from the corrupted form of "Vyas Puri", was the ashram of Ved Vyasa rishi where he wrote the Mahabharta on the banks of Sarasvati river near Adi Badri where Sarasvati river leaves Himalayas and enters the plains. It is one of the most ancient vedic religious site in Haryana along with 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra and Dhosi Hill. Demographics India census, Bilaspur had a population of 9620. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bilaspur has an average lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhachhrauli
Chhachhrauli is a ''tehsil'' and Gram Panchayat town consisting of 20 wards in Yamuna Nagar district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 11 km north-east of Jagadhari. Chachhraulli is often known as "Cherapunjii of Haryana" as it receives the most rain in the whole of Haryana . (The average for Haryana is 450mm in monsoon and Chachhraulli receives 1100 mm.) It was a municipal committee until 1998. Before independence in 1947, it was the capital of the princely state of Kalsia. The origin of word Chhachhrauli is believed to be "Sat Sherawali" due to a temple located near bus terminus. Chhachhrauli has two areas: :Khadar is a low lying area near the banks of the Yamuna River. The population is predominantly Hindu Gujjars. It has fertile lands for agriculture, often struck by floods. Average rainfall is 1050 mm. Khadar is also knows as Gujjar Land in Yammunagar district due to large number of Gurjar's :Ghaad is a high elevated area near shivalik hills. The population i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is a public funded agricultural university located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the biggest agricultural university in Asia. The university has of land (around at main campus, at outstations). It is named after India's fifth Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It was initially a satellite campus of Punjab Agricultural University at Hisar. It was established as a university by Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, ratified 2 February 1970 and was named as Haryana Agricultural University. So basically it is considered as the first established university of state Haryana. On 31 October 1991, it was renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. A. L. Fletcher was the first vice-chancellor of the university. The university publishes the largest number of research papers among agricultural universities in India. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Amritsar (1809)
The Treaty of Amritsar of 1809 was an agreement between the British East India Company and Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh leader who founded the Sikh empire. The EIC's intention of this treaty was to gain Singh’s support if the French invaded India and Singh’s intention was to further consolidate his territorial gains south of the Sutlej River after establishing the river as their respective border. Background Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) was a Sikh warrior who had been establishing a kingdom in then northern India. He had established a capital at Lahore in 1799, proclaimed himself maharajah of the Punjab in 1801 and expanded his territories to such an extent that by 1808 he had control of an area bounded by the Jhelum and Sutlej Rivers. The Sikh chiefs of the Malwa region appealed to the British for protection but were declined because of the rumored invasion from Napoleon and Singh as an ally because his kingdom was between Russia and India. Singh accepted the EIC’s invi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaneti Buddhist Stupa
Chaneti Buddhist Stupa is a 3rd century BC monument protected by the Government of India. The stupa is located in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, three kilometers east of Jagadhri, and about three kilometers northwest of the archaeological site Sugh. The stupa has been referred by traveller Hiuen Tsang. Architecture The stupa is hemispherical, made of baked bricks which are layered on each other in a concentric manner. See also * Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Haryana * Buddhist pilgrimage sites * Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or to a shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of every major religion par ... * Amadalpur References {{Haryana Stupas in India Monuments and memorials in Haryana Pagodas in India Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India Buddhist sites in India Yamunanagar district< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adi Badri, Haryana
Adi Badri, also Sri Sarasvati Udgam Tirath,Haryana Samvad , Jan 2018. is a tourist site of archaeological, religious and ecological significance in a forest area in the foothills of the in Bhabar area, situated in northern part of , of the north Indian state of . There are remains of many Buddhist stupas and monasteries, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegh Bahadur
Tegh ( hy, Տեղ) is a village and the center of the Tegh Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. Tegh is the last village on the Goris- Stepanakert Highway before passing the border with the Republic of Artsakh. Of significance in the village, are the dozens of visible caves present near Tegh. The village is underlaid by a soft stone layer of porous rock, replete with rows of caves that were once used for human habitation, now largely used for animals. There are also some very large ones facing highway M12. Rows of them are visible from the highway while driving east. Demographics Population The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 2,520 in 2010, up from 2,333 at the 2001 census. Gallery Cave City Tegh.jpg, "Cave City" in Tegh Tegh, Building complex Meliq-Barkhudaryan Amarath, 2014.05.11 - panoramio.jpg, Residential complex "Amarath" of the Melik-Barkhudaryans (1783) Տեղ գյուղի Արամայիս Սարգսյանի անվան մի� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagir
A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, starting in the early 13th century, wherein the powers to govern and collect tax from an estate was granted to an appointee of the state.Jāgīrdār system: INDIAN TAX SYSTEM Encyclopædia Britannica (2009) The tenants were considered to be in the servitude of the jagirdar. There were two forms of jagir, one being conditional and the other unconditional. The conditional jagir required the governing family to maintain troops and provide their service to the state when asked. The land grant wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
