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Pepsu Pradesh Congress Committee
The Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was a state of India, uniting eight princely states between 1948 and 1956. The capital and principal city was Patiala. The state covered an area of 26,208 km2. Shimla, Kasauli, Kandaghat and Chail also became part of PEPSU. History Princely states union It was created by combining eight princely states (7 Punjab State & 1 Punjab Hill State) , which maintained their native rulers : ; Six Salute states * Patiala, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 17-guns (19-guns local) * Jind, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns personal and local) * Kapurthala, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns personal and local) * Nabha, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns local): * Faridkot, title Raja, Hereditary salutes of 11-guns * Malerkotla, title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 11-guns ; and two Non-salute states * Kalsia, title Raja (till 1916 Sardar) * Nalagarh, title Raja. The state wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patiala And East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly
The Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly was the unicameral state-level legislative body of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union in India.''Economic and Political Weekly''. Punjab—PEPSU Merger' Two elections to the assembly were held; one in 1951 and the second one in 1954.Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PATIALA & EAST PUNJAB STATES UNION'Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1954 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PATIALA & EAST PUNJAB STATES UNION' The assembly had 60 seats. The assembly used to meet at the Durbar (Court) of Qila Mubarak, the royal fort at Patiala. In 1951 there were 40 single-member constituencies and 10 double-member constituencies (none of them reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes). The Indian National Congress won 26 seats in the election. The Akali Dal, with 19 seats, gathered support from independents and the Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabha State
Nabha State, with its capital at Nabha, was one of the Phulkian princely states of Punjab (British India), Punjab during the British Raj in India. This state was ruled by the Sidhu clan belonging to the Sikhs, Sikh religion. History Origin The ruling house of Nabha belonged to the Phulkian sardars, Phulkian dynasty, sharing a common ancestor named Tiloka with the Jind State, Jind rulers. Tiloka (r. 1652–1687) was the eldest son of Phul Sidhu of the Phulkian dynasty. The Nabha rulers descend from Gurditta (Gurdit Singh; r. 1687–1754), the elder son of Tiloka. Gurditta was the founder of the localities of Dhanaula and Sangrur. Sangrur was the headquarters of the state till it was captured by Jind State. Gurditta died in 1754. His only son Surat (or Suratya) Singh had died two years earlier in 1752, leaving his grandson, Hamir Singh, as the next in line. Hamir Singh was the founder of the locality of Nabha and the first ruler of Nabha State. Foundation of the locality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bawal
Bawal is a big industrial town located, near Rewari city in Rewari district in Indian state of Haryana. It lies in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. It is located on national highway NH 48 (formerly called NH 8), 11 km from Rewari, the district headquarter, 50 km from Gurugram and 91 km from New Delhi railway station. Bawal Tehsil is a part of the Rewari district. It was one of the three districts of the erstwhile Nabha State under British Raj. Geography Bawal is located at coordinates . It has an average elevation of 266 metres (872 feet). History Bawal was a part of the Rewari princely state prior to the events of the Indian Rebellion. The Raja of Rewari, Rao Tula Ram, lead the revolt against the East India Company. The Company authorities gave Bawal to Hira Singh, the ruler of Nabha, who had participated in the successful suppression of the revolt. He constructed a fort made from slate and stone masonry here in 1875. Its three-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charkhi Dadri District
Charkhi Dadri District is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in north west India near Rajasthan border, but not sharing border with Rajasthan. Created on 1 December 2016, the district headquarters is the city of Charkhi Dadri. History British colonial era During British raj, Charkhi Dadri was a princely state with an area of 575sq miles and revenue of Rs 103,000 annually. In Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Nawab of Dadri, Bahadur Jung Khan who had given token allegiance to mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, surrendered to British and tried by military court martial in Delhi on 27 November 1857. He was removed to Lahore. Dadri was awarded to Raja Swarup Singh of Jind State of the Phulkian dynasty for his services to British East India Company in the 1857 war. In May 1874, fifty villages revolted against his descendant Raja Raghubir Singh Jind but the rebellion was crushed with force. Three principal villages which took part in the rebellion, Charkhi, Mankawas and Jhoj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinjore
Pinjore is a town in Panchkula district in the Indian state of Haryana. This residential 'township', located close to Panchkula, Chandigarh, is set over 1,800 feet above the sea level in a valley, overlooking the Sivalik Hills. Pinjore is known for Pinjore Gardens, Asia's best 17th Century Mughal garden, and the Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) factory. History Etymology The town is named after the five Pandava brothers from Mahabharta, who during the time of their exile had stayed here for some time, hence the name Panchpura which later got corrupted to its current form, Pinjore.Haryana Samvad , Oct 2018, p38-40. Panchpura baoli Panchpura baoli, a step well has an inscription. |
Narwana
Narwana is a town and a municipal council, just 36 km from Jind city in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. History and etymology According to historical references and the ancestors, there are several myths related to the existence of the city's name. One of them is that it was named after a lake, Nirwana, near Baba Gaibi Sahib Temple. And another one is that people with the Jat surname ''Mor'' lived in Narwana with a large number of the population before and it was called ''Morwana'' before and later was changed to Narwana. Before the partition in 1947, 25% of Narwana's population were Muslims, mainly Arains, Lohars, Rajputs and Julahas, who all migrated to Pakistan and settled in the environs of Bahawalnagar and Minchinabad. Geography Narwana is located at . It has an average elevation of 213 metres (702 feet). Climate Narwana features a typical version of the humid subtropical climate. Summers are long and extremely hot, from early April to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jind
Jind is one of the largest and oldest cities in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the administrative headquarter of Jind district. Rani Talab is the main destination for tourists while Pandu Pindara and Ramrai are the main religious spots, attracting devotees for the holy bath during ''Amavasya''. Etymology Jind was named Jayantapura after the victory of Lord Jayant (Indra), whom Pandavas worshipped before the Mahabharata war. According to oral tradition, Pandavas built the Jayanti Devi Temple in honour of Jyanti Devi (the goddess of victory, daughter of Indra). The temple is in the centre and whole Jind city was built around it. They offered prayers for success and then started a battle against Kaurava. The town was built around the temple and named Jayantapuri (Abode of Jyanti Devi) which was later renamed to Jind. After Pandavas won the Kurukshetra War they again returned back and stayed here for 14 years in the wait for Somavati Amawasya. The vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jind District
Jind district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Jind town is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of Hisar Division and was created in 1966. Etymology The district derives its name from its headquarters town Jind that is said to be derived from ''Jaintapuri''. It is also said that this town had been founded at the time of the Mahabharata. According to a legend, the Pandavas built a temple in honour of ''Jainti Devi'' (the goddess of victory), offered prayers for success, and then launched the battle with the Kauravas. The town grew up around the temple and was named Jaintapuri (Abode of Jainti Devi) which later on came to be known as Jind. History Jind Fort Raja Gajpat Singh, a great-grandson of Chaudhary Phul Singh Sidhu Jat, the founder of the Phulkian Misl, established a kingdom by seizing a large tract of the country, which included the territory occupied by the present district of Jind, from the Afghan governor Zain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Reorganisation Act
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's States and union territories of India, states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 remains the most extensive change in state boundaries after the independence of India. The Act came into effect at the same time as the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, which (among other things) restructured the constitutional framework for India's existing states and the requirements to pass the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 under the provisions of Part I of the Constitution of India, Part I of the Constitution of India, Article 3. Political integration after independence and the Constitution of 1950 British Raj, British India, which included present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, was divided into two types of territories: the British India, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab State
Punjab () is a state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir to the north and Chandigarh to the east. To the west, it shares an international border with the identically named Pakistani province of Punjab, and as such is sometimes referred to as East Punjab or Indian Punjab for disambiguation purposes. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles), which is 1.53% of India's total geographical area, making it the 19th-largest Indian state by area out of 28 Indian states (20th largest, if Union Territories are considered). With over 27 million inhabitants, Punjab is the 16th-largest Indian state by population, comprising 23 districts. Punjabi, written in the Gurmukhi script, is the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab 1951-66
Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. Pakistan's major cities in Punjab are Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Sialkot, and Bahawalpur, while India’s are Ludhiana, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Patiala, Mohali, and Bathinda. Punjab grew out of the settlements along the five rivers, which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, Indus Valley civilization, dating back to , followed by Indo-Aryan migration, migrations of the Indo-Aryan peoples. Agriculture has been the chief economic feature of the Punjab and formed the foundation of Punjabi culture. The Punjab emerged as an important agricultural region, especially following the Green Revolution during the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalagarh State
Nalagarh is a city and a municipal committee, near the city of Solan in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Nalagarh is a gateway to Himachal Pradesh in North India, from Shimla, from Delhi and from Chandigarh. History The Fort of Nalagarh was built in 1421 during the reign of Raja Bikram Chand on a hillock at the foothills of the mighty Himalayas. It affords a panoramic view of the Shivalik hills beyond the Sirsa river and gave its name to the state. Nalagarh enjoyed indirect rule during the British Raj as a non-salute state. In the early twentieth century, Nalagarh State was one of the Simla hill states, under the government of Punjab. The country was overrun by Gurkhas for some years before 1815, when they were driven out by the British, and the raja was confirmed in possession of the territory. Grain and opium were the main agricultural products. Rulers Ramshehar Maharaja of Parmar Rajputs had established Ramshehar City, and shielded the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
