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Bhiwani | |
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  Bhiwani Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Bhiwani Bhiwani (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:28°47′N76°08′E / 28.78°N 76.13°E /28.78; 76.13 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Bhiwani |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Bhiwani Municipal Council[1] |
| Elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 196,057 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi,haryanvi, RegionalHaryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 127021 |
| Telephone code | 91-1664 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-16 HR-61 |
| Website | bhiwani |
Bhiwani is a city and amunicipal council inBhiwani district in the state ofHaryana. Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of three former Haryana chief ministers:Bansi Lal,Banarsi Das Gupta andHukum Singh. It is located 128 km west of national capitalNew Delhi.
The city has a conventional school of boxing, with almost all of the members of the Indian Boxing Squad coming from itsSports Authority of India (SAI) hostel. The late Capt.Hawa Singh, the legendary boxer, helped establish the boxing academy in Bhiwani.
Bhiwani is also known as Choti Kashi[2] because of so many ancient Hindu temples in city like Kirorimal mandir, Khaki baba temple, Jogiwala mandir.
Bhiwani is a corrupted form ofBhani. The town was founded by a rajput chief called Neem Singh. His wife namedBhani once saved his life from treachery. Consequently, he named the town after her.[3] The corrupted name of the town fromBhani toBhiani (natives still use this pronunciation) eventually came to be known asBhiwani.[4] Otheroral tradition avers that the town is named after the goddessBhavani, the wife of LordShiva.[5]
The old town had a protective wall with 12 gates which are ruined now, includingBapora Gate to the north-west,Rohtak Gate to the east, andDadri Gate to the south-east. Buildings are inrajput architecture with pavilions and carved wood.
Samadhi of Todar Singh, is asamadhi (shrine) near Bichhwa lake.Mughal emperorHumayun came toCharkhi Dadri for hunting. Bhani Singh attacked a nearbyBaliali village withHumayun's forces, which resulted in a retaliatory attack on Mughal forces byJats of Bhiwani led byTodar Singh. Jats of Bhiwani were defeated and Todar was killed in the battle. Samadhi was built in his memory.[4]
In 1809, Bhiwani was annexed by theBritish Raj from theMaratha Empire. In 1817,William Frazer built a mandi (grain and goods market) here, resulting in the emergence of town as the regional hub of trade.[4]
Bhiwani has six major institutes, one of them being the country's top and oldest textile research institute, theTechnological Institute of Textile & Sciences, established by the Birla Group. There are also four-degree colleges (two of them are girls college) three colleges of education and a school of nursing. The Board of School Education, Haryana (BSEH) is also situated in the city while the government P.G College is located on Hansi road. Recently,[when?] the newChaudhary Bansi Lal University has been established in Bhiwani in memory of the late Choudhary Bansi Laal.
Bhiwani railway Junction is on theBathinda-Rewari line. It is a Junction of railway lines and three railway lines are originating from Bhiwani; one is towards the Rewari side. The second line towards Hisar side. The third branch line goes towards Rohtak and connects to Delhi.
The city is very well connected through state roadways with all the major towns in the region. District Bhiwani is situated in the western part of Haryana. It shares its boundary with the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. Bus service is the major means of public transport in the Bhiwani district.
Bhiwani is located at28°47′N76°08′E / 28.78°N 76.13°E /28.78; 76.13.[6] It has an average elevation of 225 metres (738 ft). Bhiwani lies 285 kilometres (177 mi) from the state capital Chandigarh and 124 kilometres (77 mi) from the national capital Delhi.
Bhiwani was considered a deserted place. Farming could be done with the help of rain. After every two or three years, there would be a drought. Men, women, animals and birds suffered due to a lack of water and greenery. Things changed when in 1893 a canal was first constructed in Bhiwani.
During the late 18th century, early merchants like Seth Nand Ram Ji Katla Wale played a significant role in establishing Bhiwani as a growing trade and commercial hub through their contributions to infrastructure and community welfare.
It was a religious region, and gradually the people started taking part in politics and the Indian struggle for independence. Pandit Neki Ram, Fateh Chand, K.A. Desai and Babu Gupta accounted for the growth of a branch of theCongress party here in 1939.
In 1922 India's seekers of freedom society took part in the BardoliSatyagraha. They were Neki Sharma, Uma Sharma, Ram Kumar, Gokul Chand, Fateh Chand, Lala Vith, Lala Karanji, Diwan Chand, Lala Moda, Mansingh Bohra etc. Neki Sharma Later known as Haryana Kesri.
Bhiwani was visited twice byNehru,Madan Mohan Malviya andMahatma Gandhi.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,Lala Lajpat Rai, Sh.Subash Chandra Bose, Smt.Sarojini Naidu, Dr. Munje, Dr. Ansari, Sh. Asif Ali, Ali Bandhu and MaulanaAbdul Ghaffar Khan also came to Bhiwani, took meetings and praised Bhiwani's people for their taking part in the independence war.
Bhiwani is the home town of Renowned freedom-fighter and social-reformer Late Sh. Pt. Nekiram Sharma, Sh.Banarsi Das Gupta, (former Chief Minister of Haryana, Member of Parliament, Member of Legislative Assembly, Dy. Chief Minister, Speaker of Haryana Assembly and Minister in Haryana Cabinet) who also known for his contribution in Bhiwani by establishing many educational institutions like Adarsh Mahila Mahavidyalaya (awarded best women's college in Haryana), Vaish educations institutes (PG College, schools), Nature Cure Hospital (Prakritik Chikitsalya) Bhiwani and many more charitable and social organisations.
It is also the home town of Late Ch.Bansi Lal, former Chief Minister, Defense Minister, Railway Minister and Civil Aviation Minister, Ch Bansi Lal, who was a popular politician.
The former chief of Army Staff of the Indian army, GeneralVijay Kumar Singh is also from Bhiwani (Born: Village Bopara). Justice Raj Mohan Singh, Judge Punjab and Haryana High Court, also belongs to district Bhiwani.
Ghanshyam Saraf:Ghanshyam Saraf is the current MLA representing the Bhiwani Assembly constituency. He won the 2019 election on a BJP ticket.
The city entered the spotlight in 2008 as four of the fiveboxers who represented India at the2008 Summer Olympics were from Bhiwani.Sports Authority of India coach and boxer, two timesAsian Games gold medalist and 11-time national champion late captainHawa Singh is credited with establishing the Bhiwani.Kavita Chahal won two timesAiba world women's boxing championship Chahal won 4 times Asian medals, With 8 times gold medalist she is the record holder in women's national championship. Boxing Club or "BBC" as it is known locally.[7][8]
Among the 2008 Olympians,Jitender Kumar (Flyweight) (51 kilograms (112 lb)) andAkhil Kumar (54 kilograms (119 lb)) went on to qualify for the quarter-finals, whileVijender Singh (75 kilograms (165 lb)) won a bronze medal andVikas Krishan Yadav from Bhiwani district won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category. In the2010 Asian Games inGuangzhou, China, Vijender Singh claimed gold.Kavita Chahal first women boxer from Haryana Bhiwani gotArjun Award. Bhiwani is known as "Mini Cuba" in India due to the large number of boxers who hail from the region.[7]
As of 2011[update] Indiacensus,[9] Bhiwani had a population of 196,057. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Bhiwani has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 76% and female literacy of 62%. 13% of the population is under 7 years of age.
| Religion | Population (1911)[10] | Percentage (1911) | Population (1941)[11]: 30 | Percentage (1941) |
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Hinduism | 25,603 | 82.32% | 33,774 | 76.9% |
Islam | 5,095 | 16.38% | 9,316 | 21.21% |
Christianity | 52 | 0.17% | 160 | 0.36% |
Sikhism | 13 | 0.04% | 360 | 0.82% |
| Others[a] | 338 | 1.09% | 311 | 0.71% |
| Total Population | 31,100 | 100% | 43,921 | 100% |
| Religion | Population (1941)[11]: 58 | Percentage (1941) |
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| Hinduism | 127,740 | 80.55% |
| Islam | 29,554 | 18.64% |
| Sikhism | 533 | 0.34% |
| Christianity | 169 | 0.11% |
| Others[b] | 591 | 0.37% |
| Total Population | 158,587 | 100% |
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