Jharsa is a

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in Sector 39, Gurugram city of

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State,

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. It has a population of about 32,709; it is located from the Gurugram city centre and from the state's main city,

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. It is surrounded by Mohyal Colony, Patel Nagar, Kirti Nagar, Sectors 15, 31, 32, 39, 40, 46, and Indra Colony. The history of Jharsa dates back to medieval times. During the

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and British colonial era, Jharsa was a

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in Delhi

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, and Gurgaon was just a small village. The ''Report of a Tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83'', published in 1885 by

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(the then Director-General of the

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), mentions a stone pillar at Gurgaon of a local feudal lord "Durgga Naga" with the 3-line inscription ''"

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729 or 928,

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badi 4, Durgga Naga lokatari bhuta"'', dating back to 672 or 871 AD. The

Badshahpur Badshapur is one of the 4 sub-division of Gurugram district of Haryana 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 Bahadur Shah Zafar. ...

-Jharsa was ruled by Begum Samru (b.1753 – d.1836), who built a palace for herself between Badshahpur and Jharsa.Begum Samru Palace, Gurugram

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. Jharsa was the place of Samru's principal cantonment. She built palaces at Sardhana,

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in Delhi and Jharsa; parts of her fort compound have been completely lost to encroachments. Jharsa was taken over by the British in 1836 after Samru's death; they established a civil line at Jharsa, and a cavalry cantonment at nearby Hiyadatpur.Gurugram plan a misdirected govt move from history to myth
Times of India. A palace building located between Gurgaon and Jharsa village was used as the official residence and camp office of the

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of Gurugram district. Built in Islamic style, the ruins of this palace survived till about 2008 in Gurgaon. Major Jean Etienne's tomb (also known as the "French Memorial of Jharsa") is the tomb of a Bordelais soldier in Begum Samru's army, presently located in a park at Mohyal colony in Jharsa of Sector-40 of Gurugram.Hope for decrepit French memorial in Gurugram as official issues directions for restoration
Hindustan Times, Jun 2018. Etienne, born in 1746, served Begum Samru from 1786 until his death on 5 June 1821. A restoration project for the tomb, to be undertaken by

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, was approved by the government in 2018. An idol of Sitla Mata in Gurugram, according to an 1882 land revenue settlement report, was brought there 400 years earlier (in the

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). Begum Samru claimed the offerings from the Sitla Mata temple of Gurugram during the

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month, and the revenue from the offerings given to the deity during other months was distributed among prominent

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s of the area. In 1818, Bharawas district was disbanded and Gurugram was made a new district, and in 1821, the Bharaswas cantonment was also moved to Hidayatpur in Gurugram. Several people from Jharsa took part in the

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. Among them was Bhakhtawar Singh Thakran, a jagirdar who aided the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah, and was caught and hanged by the British for doing so. His property was given by the British to a native of Badshahpur village, as a reward for help against the rebels. An idol of jain tirthankar Bhagwan chanderprabhu which is around of the year 1450-1500 is situated in Village Jharsa also have one of the oldest Jain temple in Gurugram also known as Shree 1008 Chander Prabhu Digambar jain mandir jharsa…Jains of jharsa are situated in various parts of Delhi ncr

Geography

Location

Jharsa lies near the

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, within the Gurugram city in the National Capital Region. Other villages in the vicinity are

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, Samaspur, Islampur,

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, Ghata, and KanhaiJharsa.

Climate of Jharsa

Notable residents

* Pritam Rani Siwach, a former women's hockey team captain of

* Virender Singh (Dheeraj Pahalwan), a wrestler who won a bronze medal in the Junior World Wrestling Championship and won a silver medal in Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in 1995 Vinay thakran (vicky Pahalwan) 7 school national gold medals 3 university national gold medals 2 junior national silver medals 1 beach national gold medal

References

{{Haryana Villages in Gurgaon district Cantonments of British India

Geography

Location

Climate of Jharsa

Notable residents

See also

References