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 Jagadhri is a city and a municipal council in the Yamunanagar district of the Indian state of Haryana. The town is adjacent to the city of Yamunanagar, around 90 km from Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern ...

and 8 km from

Jagadhri railway station Yamunanagar-Jagadhri railway station is a station on the Moradabad–Ambala line. It is located in the Indian state of Haryana. History The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the -long Amritsar–Ambala–Jagadhri–– line in 1870 con ...

. Buria was ruled by

Jats The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in ...

of Mannan clan from 1764 to 1947.

History

Buri Fort, there is a fort in Buria, with ''Rang Mahal'' (pleasure palace) used by

Hamayun Nasir al-Din Muhammad (6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun (), was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from ...

when he came here for hunting in Shivalik forests, whereas some relate this Rang Mahal to

Birbal Mahesh Das (; 1528 16 February 1586), popularly known by his title Rajah Birbal (), was an Indian minister and commander of the Mughal Empire. He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. He was app ...

, court advisor to the Mughal emperor

Akbar Akbar (Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, – ), popularly known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expa ...

.Yamunanagar History
, Gazatteer of Haryana: Yamunanagar. The presence of Birbal Dwar (Birbal Gate) in the village indicates relation to

. During the

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

, Buria was captured by the Sikhs in 1760, and became the headquarters of a

Jat The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in l ...

principality, which before the

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 invade ...

between the British and

Maharaja Ranjit singh Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, in the northwest Indian subcontinent, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839. Born to Maha Singh, the leader of the Sukerchakia Misl ...

had been divided into two chiefships of Buria and Dialgarh. Contention between the widows of the last male holder of Dialgarh led to its subdivision into the estates of Jagadhri and Dialgarh which after few years came under British protection. Jagadhri jagir lapsed in 1829 and came under direct British control. The Rani of Dialgarh was one of the nine chiefs who were retained as independent protected chiefs. She retained her position until her death in 1852, after which jagir of Dialgarh also lapsed and it came under direct British rule. Buria proper was also reduced to the status of an ordinary

jagir A jagir (), ( Hindustani: जागीर/جاگیر, ''Jāgīr''), ( Marathi: जहागीर, ''Jahāgīrá'') also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar ( Zamindar ...

in 1849. Other attractions include the medieval ''"Pataleshwar Mahadev Shiv Mandir"'', the ''"Sanatan Dharam Hanuman Mandir"'' and a Gurudwara (Sikh temple) in remembrance of the ninth Sikh Guru

Tegh Bahadur Guru Tegh Bahadur ( Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦਰ ( Gurmukhi); ; 1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) was the ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion and was the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading i ...

Buria CCS HAU Regional Research Station

Buria CCS HAU Regional Research Station, with of orchard, is a Regional Research Station of

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is a Public university, public funded List of agricultural universities and colleges, agricultural university located at Hisar (city), Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the bigges ...

. This research station is meant for the Horticultural Research in the region. Presently, the work is based on the germplasms of mango, litchi, pear, peach, plum, sapota, guava, apple, loquat and lemon. The research station is equipped with one tractor, one hydraulic trolley, one power weeder as implements. Also the mulching experiments were going on based on litchi, mango, and sapota. There are two scientists working as Assistant Scientist (Agronomy) and one Assistant Scientist (Horticulture).

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Buria had a population of 9829. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Buria has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 65% and female literacy of 50%. 14% of the population is under six years of age. Now Buria has a good education facility two private and one Govt sen Sec School along with one primary school.

References

Cities and towns in Yamunanagar district {{Haryana-geo-stub

History

Buria CCS HAU Regional Research Station

Demographics

See also

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