Kaithal district
Kaithal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, a state in northern India. Kaithal town is the district headquarters.
History
This district came into existence on 1 November 1989.
Theh Polar archaeological site
Theh Polar, the ...
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 ...
, India. Earlier it formed part of the
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra () is a city and administrative headquarters of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita".
Legends
According to the Puranas ...
and
Karnal
Karnal () is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. The city is well connected as it lies on National Highway 01, in the south of the city lies the cities of Panipat and Sonipa ...
districts. Kaul is 38 km by road northwest of the city of
Karnal
Karnal () is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. The city is well connected as it lies on National Highway 01, in the south of the city lies the cities of Panipat and Sonipa ...
, 32 km by road southwest of the town of
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra () is a city and administrative headquarters of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita".
Legends
According to the Puranas ...
and 5 km by road southeast of the village of Dhand, where the nearest railway station is located.
The population of Kaul village was 12,826 in 2011, which was almost five times the average size for villages in the district. Kaul is relatively well-developed and often thought of as a town. The infrastructure is well-developed, including a nearby 220 kv power station.
An old fort survives in a now-uninhabited part of the village and ascetics and saints stay there. Folklore has it that the wheel of
Karna
Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: ''Karṇa''), also known as Vasusena, Anga-Raja, Sutaputra and Radheya, is one of the major characters in the Hindu epic ''Mahābhārata''. He is the son of Surya (the Sun deity) and princess Kunti (later ...
's chariot got stuck at that spot during his final fight with
Arjuna
Arjuna (, , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, �ɾd͡ʒun̪ə is one of the central characters of the ancient Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. He is the third of the five Pandava brothers, and is widely regarded as the most important and renowned among them. ...
in
Mahabharat
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succes ...
. Historically, Kaul was a major center of learning. A famous
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...
Mahavidyalaya joined the ''
ashram
An ashram (, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions, not including Buddhism.
Etymology
The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (< Kapil Muni, one of the most learned and revered Hindu sages of ancient India. Kapil Muni was mentioned by
Krishna
Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...
during the sermon of
Gita
The Bhagavad Gita (; ), often referred to as the Gita (), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata. The Gita is a synthesis of various strands of Indian religious thought, ...
to Arjuna in Mahabharat. The village has a ''Surya Kund'' (a sacred tank dedicated to the Sun God).
Education
Kaul has many schools and two colleges. Kaul has College of Agriculture and Regional Research Station (Rice) which are part 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 ...
(CCSHAU) . The Kaul campus of the CCSHAU focuses its research on wheat and rice. Apart from agricultural education, Babu Anant Ram Janta College and united college of education confers degrees.Janta College website /ref> many students of village had been studied in national institute like NIT's and IIT's.
Notables
* Balwant Singh, Arjun Awardee, former captain of Indian national volleyball team
* Ishwar Singh, former speaker of Haryana Legislative Assembly
* Makhan Singh, former speaker of Haryana Legislative Assembly, MLA
* Amit Malaan, Former NCC Air Wing Cadet who attended the All India Vayu Sainik Camp in Bangalore in 2010