Badshapur is one of the 4 sub-division of
Gurugram district of
Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
state, situated on the Gurugram-Sohna road (
NH-248A). It is named after the Badshahpur Fort, which in turn was the abode of the wife of
Mughal Emperor
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Bahadur Shah Zafar
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History
The history of Badshahpur dates back to medieval times. The
paragana
Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mahallah, Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (province), Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Sultanate of Delhi, Delhi S ...
of Badshahpur-
Jharsa was ruled by
Begum Samru (b.1753 – d.1836).
[Begum Samru Palace, Gurugram]
, Haryana Tourism
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. It was later under the rule of
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Bahadur Shah II, (Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad; 24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862), usually referred to by his poetic title Bahadur Shah ''Zafar'' (; ''Zafar'' ), was the twentieth and last List of emperors of the Mughal Empire, Mughal emp ...
.
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Fort Badshahpur
Fort Badshahpur was the palace of one of the wives of mughal emperor
The emperors of the Mughal Empire, who were all members of the Timurid dynasty (House of Babur), ruled the empire from its inception on 21 April 1526 to its dissolution on 21 September 1857. They were supreme monarchs of the Mughal Empire in ...
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Bahadur Shah II, (Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad; 24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862), usually referred to by his poetic title Bahadur Shah ''Zafar'' (; ''Zafar'' ), was the twentieth and last List of emperors of the Mughal Empire, Mughal emp ...
. The unprotected fort is in ruins and needs restoration.[Badshahpur Fort and Baoli]
Haryana Tourism
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. It has been encroached by the people.[Intach writes to state, seeks preservation of 100-year-old stepwell]
Hindustan Times
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, 20 January 2018.
Begum Samru Place
Begum Samru Place at Gurugram lies between Badshahpur- Jharsa. The paragana
Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mahallah, Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (province), Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Sultanate of Delhi, Delhi S ...
of Badshahpur-Jharsa was ruled by Begum Samru (b.1753 – d.1836) and she built a palace for herself between Badshahpur and Jharsa.[ Her palace has been completely lost to encroachments. Palace building is located between Gurgaon and Jharsa village, much of which was used as district collector's residence or camp office. Built in Islamic style, the ruins of this palace survived till about 2008 in Gurgaon.
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Badshahpur Stepwell
Badshahpur Mohanlal Stepwell, built in 1905 by Mohan Lal and currently owned by his grandson Ved Prakash Mangla (c. 2018), is a stepwell
Stepwells (also known as vav or baori) are wells, cisterns or ponds with a long corridor of steps that descend to the water level. Stepwells played a significant role in defining subterranean architecture in western India from the 7th to the ...
on sector road near Sohna Road in Badshahpur in Gurugram.[ It was built to conserve the water due to the crisis,][ and also as a source of water for the domesticated animals.][ Ansal University's ]Sushant School of Art and Architecture
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(SSAA) students conducted a research on it in 2005.[
The catchment area has been obliterated due to construction and encroachment.][ The neglected unkempt flies-ridden stepwell is without any protective wall.][ INTACH had offered to preserve the stepwell and also written to the ]Government of Haryana
Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the Haryana Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led ...
to reserve it.[ INTACH could not preserve it due to lack of agreement on terms with the owner who wants to maintain it himself.][Will history be buried for a road? A Gurgaon village waits]
Indian Express
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, 18 January 2018.
In January 2018 SSAA and INTACH discovered that HUDA is in the process of constructing a road which might lead to the destruction of this stepwell.[ HUDA officials agreed to review it and if needed will alter the road to avoid risk to the stepwell, deputy commissioner assured to have it preserved.][
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Akhara Stepwell
Akhara Stepwell, also Akhara Baoli, is a stepwell
Stepwells (also known as vav or baori) are wells, cisterns or ponds with a long corridor of steps that descend to the water level. Stepwells played a significant role in defining subterranean architecture in western India from the 7th to the ...
in inside a functional akhara
Akhara or Akhada (Hindi: अखाड़ा, romanised: ''Akhāṛā'') is an Indian word for a place of practice with facilities for boarding, lodging and training, both in the context of Indian martial artists or a ''sampradaya'' monastery fo ...
on the same road as the "Badshahpur Baoli", only few km away, in Badshahpur. Constructed with local materials, such as stone, all these baolis of Gurugram district have mixed Ahir-Rajput-Jat-Mughal architectural style of 18th-20th centuries with Islamic pointed arches and cusped or segmental arches.[Forgotten stepwells fine examples of our heritage]
Hindustan Times, 16 September 2019. Both baolis in Badhshapur are based on the square plan with three side steps and a rectangular single steps to move down into the baoli. A stepped pond was usually built near a temple and the stepped well was built on travel routes or the outskirts of towns by nobles, queens, rich traders and philanthropists of the community to provide drinking water to the passers-by. In 2018, activists filed the case against the church which tried to illegally grab and destroy this legally protected baoli through fraud.[
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Dhumaspur Stepwell
Dhumaspur Stepwell, also Dhumaspur Baoli, is a 200 years old Zila Parishad-managed five-story stepwell
Stepwells (also known as vav or baori) are wells, cisterns or ponds with a long corridor of steps that descend to the water level. Stepwells played a significant role in defining subterranean architecture in western India from the 7th to the ...
on the "Jail Road" in Dhumaspur village near Badshahpur in Gurugram. If was built on 2 kanal
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* Kanal (unit), a unit of area equivalent to one-eighth of an acre, used in northern India and Pakistan
* ''Kanał'', a 1956 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda
* ''Kanal'' (1979 film), a 1979 Turkish film
* ''Kanal'' (2015 ...
land from the stones brought from Makrana and Jaipur
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mines.[The allegations of the ancient Bawdi disappearing on church management]
11 January 2018. In 2018, activists filed the case against the church which tried to illegally grab and destroy this legally protected baoli through fraud.[
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Assembly constituency
Badshapur assembly constituency is dominated by Yadav
Yadavs are a grouping of non-elite, peasant-pastoral Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern states l ...
/Ahir
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voters which are nearly 45,000 in number. Rakesh Daulatbad is the sitting MLA from Badshahpur. Caste composition of Badshahpur is 45,000 Ahir
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/Yadav
Yadavs are a grouping of non-elite, peasant-pastoral Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern states l ...
s, 12000 Jats, 20,000 Gujjar
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s, 15,000 Brahmin
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s, 10,000 Rajput
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s, 11,000 Punjabis and 10,000 Banias
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7,000 Prajapati
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.
Badshahpur is quite a large constituency it includes nurpur jharsa, Manesar
Manesar is a town and municipal corporation, known as New gurgaon city in the Gurugram district of the state of Haryana, India and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. It is an Industrial Model Township home to factories and ...
, Farrukhnagar
Farrukhnagar is a small town and municipality in Farrukhnagar tehsil of Gurugram district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is situated from Gurgaon and shares its border with Jhajjar district.
It was established in 1732 by Faujdar Khan, the ...
, and some urban areas of Gurgaon. Villages under Badshahpur are Palda, Sakatpur, Narsinghpur, Mohammadpur Jharsa, Sadhrana, Garhi, Harsaru, Palam Vihar, Mullaheda, Sector 15 Part 2,Sec - 67, Sec - 68, Gadoli, Naharpur, Rampur, Aklimpur, Kadipur, Sarhaul, Shikohpur, Teekli, sector 10A
Daultabad, Dundahera, Wazirpur, Hamirpur, Jhund Sarai, Dhanawas, Dhorka, Bhawani Enclave, Dhana Manesar, Saidpur, Mohammadpur, Patli, Bhangrola, kankrola, hayatpur, Judola, Narsighpur, Nurpur, Baskusla Manesar
Manesar is a town and municipal corporation, known as New gurgaon city in the Gurugram district of the state of Haryana, India and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. It is an Industrial Model Township home to factories and ...
, Chandan Nagar Dhani, Basai Enclave, Sikandarpur Ghosi, Nathupur, DLF Phase 3, Rail Vihar, Sector 57, Greenwood City Sector 45, Tigra
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, Darbaripur, Hasanpur, Begampur Khatola, DLF Phase 2, Dankot, Ikbal Pur, Kaliyawas, Sultanpur, Sikandarpur Ghosi, Darbaripur, Khandsa, Islampur, Jharsa, Nathupur, Palam Vihar, Ramgarh and Kherki Daula all significant landmarks of Gurgaon city fall under Badshapur assembly constituency.
References
See also
* Leopards of Haryana
* Haryana Tourism
Haryana Tourism Corporation (HTC) is an agency of the Government of Haryana, India established in 1974. The organisation operates 44 tourist facilities spread across the state of Haryana. These facilities offer visitors lodging, dining, and r ...
* List of Monuments of National Importance in Haryana
This is a list of Monuments of National Importance (ASI) as officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state Haryana. The monument identifier is a combination of the abbreviatio ...
*
* List of Indus Valley Civilization sites
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in Haryana
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* List of National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana, India
* Pinangwan
Pinangwan is a town and eponymous block in Nuh district of Haryana state of India. It lies in the Mewat region of Delhi NCR and Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It is located on the MDR131 to Punhana and is also adjacent to the Delhi–Mumb ...
* Bandhwari
* Gurugram Airstrip
Citations
{{Districts of Haryana
Forts in Haryana
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Tourist attractions in Haryana
Buildings and structures in Haryana
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