Buria Buria sahib | |
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  Buria Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Buria Buria (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:30°09′N77°21′E / 30.15°N 77.35°E /30.15; 77.35 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Yamunanagar |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 9,829 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 135101 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR02 |
| Website | haryana |
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 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the city ofJagadhri and 8 km fromJagadhri railway station. Buria was ruled byJats of Mannan clan from 1764 to 1947.[1]
Buri Fort, there is a fort in Buria, withRang Mahal (pleasure palace) used byHamayun when he came here for hunting in Shivalik forests, whereas some relate this Rang Mahal toBirbal, court advisor to the Mughal emperorAkbar.[2] The presence of Birbal Dwar (Birbal Gate) in the village indicates relation toBirbal.
During theBritish Raj, Buria was captured by the Sikhs in 1760, and became the headquarters of aJat principality, which before theTreaty of Amritsar (1809) between the British andMaharaja Ranjit singh 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 ordinaryjagir in 1849.[2]
Other attractions include the medieval"Pataleshwar Mahadev Shiv Mandir",[2] the"Sanatan Dharam Hanuman Mandir" and a Gurudwara (Sikh temple) in remembrance of the ninth Sikh GuruTegh Bahadur.
Buria CCS HAU Regional Research Station, with 26 acres (11 ha) of orchard, is a Regional Research Station ofChaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University.
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).[3]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[4] 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.
