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Rewari
—  city  —
Rewari Location of Rewari in Haryana and India
Coordinates	28°11′N 76°37′E / 28.18°N 76.62°E / 28.18; 76.62Coordinates: 28°11′N 76°37′E / 28.18°N 76.62°E / 28.18; 76.62
Country	India
State	Haryana
District(s)	Rewari
Population • Density	140,864 (2011[update]) • 483 /km2 (1,251 /sq mi)
Sex ratio	899 ♂/♀
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 245 metres (804 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 123401 • Telephone • +01274
Website	http://rewari.nic.in/

Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km (51 mi)^[1] from Delhi and 51 km (32 mi) from Gurgaon.

History[link]

Rewari was founded by Nand Ram, an Ahir leader of Bolni village.^[2]

Medieval[link]

Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, otherwise known as Hemu.

Hemu, who reigned as king of Delhi for one month in 1556, was educated and brought up in what is now Rewari, although he was born elsewhere.^{[3][Full citation needed]} His haveli (house) still stands in the Qutabpur area of the city, which in his day was a village in its own right.^{[4][Full citation needed]} He became Chief of the Army and Prime Minister of Adil Shah in 1553, then defeated the army of Akbar, a Moghul emperor, at Delhi on 6 October 1556.^[5] At that point he declared himself king of Delhi. He was defeated by Akbar's army at the Second Battle of Panipat on 5 November 1556 and beheaded.

Hemu had developed a cannon foundry in Rewari, laying the foundation of a metalwork industry in brass, copper sheets and utensils manufacture for which Rewari is still known.^[4]

Modern[link]

Rewari formed a part of the Gurgaon district of Punjab, in which it was placed by the administrators of the British Raj following the unsuccessful Indian Rebellion of 1857, in which a local leader, Rao Tula Ram, played a significant role. It remained a part of Gurgaon district until reorganisation in 1972 saw it transferred to Mahendragarh district. Further changes, in 1989, led to the creation of the eponymous Rewari district.^[6]

Geography[link]

Location[link]

Rewari, which forms a part of the National Capital Region,^[7] is adjacent to Rajasthan and, therefore, has dust storms in summer. Rugged hilly terrain of Aravali ranges as well as sandy dunes in the district affect the city's climate.^[8]

Climate[link]

Rewari has a dry, semi-arid climate. The mean minimum and maximum temperature range from 6 °C to 41 °C during January (winter) and May–June (summer) respectively. The summer temperature can go up to 46 °C from May to July. Winter is from November to February and the temperature can fall to 2 °C in December and January.^[1][8] The temperature was recorded as 0 °C on 12 January 2012 and 31 January 2012.^[9]

Rain falls from July to September. A little rain is experienced during winter also. Average annual rainfall in Rewari city is 553 millimetres (21.8 in).^[8] Rain-fed Sahibi river that originates in Rajasthan passes through Rewari and falls in Najafgarh lake in Delhi. Extremely heavy rains in 1978 flooded Sahibi (and Rewari) which in turn flooded Delhi. A barrage was then constructed at Masani village on junction of NH8 and NH71B to impound the water coming from Rajasthan. However, the barrage has hardly collected any water as the rains have not been heavy for the last 30 years and Rajasthan has built check-dams upstream on Sahibi. A canal has been constructed in 2009 to carry excess rain water to the barrage to recharge the ground drinking water for Rewari town. The canal takes off from the existing canal near the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rewari.

Demographics[link]

As of 2011^[update],^[10], Rewari city had a population of 140,864 (compared to 100,946 in 2001 and 75,342 in 1991) showing 40% growth in 2001-11 decade against 34% growth in 1991-2001 decade. Males constituted 53% and females 47% of the population. The overall sex ratio (female:male) was 886 compared to national average 940, and in the 0 to 6 year age group was 785 compared to national average 918. Rewari had an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 64.3% for entire population and 74.0% for population excluding 0 to 6 year age group in 2011.^[11] Male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 73% (compared to 79% and 67% respectively in 2001). In Rewari, 11.3% of the population is under six years of age.^[12][10]

Transport[link]

Air[link]

The nearest airport is Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, about 60 km (37 mi) away.

Railway[link]

Rewari was first connected by a railway line in 1873 when the first metre gauge railway track in India was opened. This track was laid between Delhi and Rewari.^[13] The gauge was converted to broad gauge in 1995 for one of the tracks under Project Unigauge.^[14] This allowed metre gauge trains from Rajasthan to continue up to Delhi Sarai Rohilla on the remaining track. The second track from Rewari to Delhi was converted to broad gauge in 2007^[15][16] as all the metre gauge tracks from Rewari to cities in Rajasthan had been converted to broad gauge by then.^{[citation needed]} Thus all the railway tracks from Rewari have been converted to broad gauge obviating the need for change of trains at gauge-change stations such as Delhi and Ahmedabad.^[17]

Rewari is a major junction on the Indian railway network and has connections to major cities in India by direct trains. Five railway lines branch out from it to Delhi, Ajmer via Ringas, Ajmer via Alwar, Loharu and Hisar. The sixth line to Jhajjar and Rohtak is planned to become operational in 2012 after approval from Commissioner of Railway Safety.^{[citation needed]}

There are plans to electrify the Rewari-Delhi railway line.^[18]

Road[link]

Rewari is connected by three national highways: NH8 (Delhi-Jaipur-Mumbai), NH71 (Jalandhar-Rohtak-Jhajjar-Rewari) and NH71B (Rewari-Dharuhera-Sohna-Palwal). State highways connect Rewari to all major towns in Haryana and adjacent districts of Rajasthan.

There are frequent bus services between Rewari and Delhi, as well as other towns of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.

Rewari steam locomotive shed[link]

Rewari Steam Locomotive Shed is the only surviving steam loco shed in India housing some of India's last surviving steam locomotives. Built on the track connecting Delhi with Peshawar in 1893, a decade before the Old Delhi Railway Station, it was the only loco shed in North India for many years.^[19] The shed fell into neglect with the phasing out of steam locomotion in the early 1990s but in December 2002 Indian Railways revived it as a heritage museum.^[20] The Rewari steamers have been rented out for various film shoots, and a part of the film Gandhi, My Father was shot here.^[19][21]

Ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the shed was further refurbished as a heritage tourism destination, with restoration of the structure and the addition of a museum holding Victorian-era artefacts and other items used on the Indian rail network.^[19][22][23]

Education[link]

Rewari has three degree colleges, two BEd colleges, thirteen secondary / higher secondary schools, one industrial training institute and one footwear training institute. Government Higher Secondary School was started in the year 1887. Hindu High School was started by the Bhargava community in 1890 in the building now known as Bhargava Boarding House located near Bharawas Gate. The nearest college was in the nearby princely state of Alwar until independence. Ahir College was set up in 1945 by Rao Balbir Singh, a descendant of Rao Tula Ram. Kishanlal Public College is another educational institute. Shishu Shala was the first English school, established in 1950 in Model Town.^{[citation needed]}

A Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School) has existed in Rewari since 1980. A Sainik School is started in the year 2009. It is temporarily housed in Rewari city awaiting completion of construction of its permanent campus at village Pali-Gothra, west of the city.

A postgraduate regional centre of Rohtak University (MDU) has been set up in Mirpur village.

Several private colleges have been set up around Rewari in the last decade to teach engineering, management, law, and nursing though the quality of education in some of them is low as in the rest of the country.^[24]

Healthcare[link]

Rewari city has a civil hospital run by the civil administration. It has fifty beds^[25] and the capacity has been planned to increase to one hundred beds. It also has a trauma centre ( Sir Shadi Lal Trauma Centre)^[26] for attending to accidents on highways.^[27] Indian Railways has a hospital with 20 beds near Rewari railway station.^[28] Rewari also has a number of private hospitals and nursing homes.^[29]

Industry[link]

Rewari town has a variety of industries, from cottage industries to small-scale integrated units. The traditional industries are brass metalwork and ornamental shoes (Tilledar Jooti) (The Hindi word jooti means a kind of low-rise shoe without laces. It does not cover ankles.) Rewari has kept the traditional art of Tilledar Jooti alive and is famous for such ornamental local shoes.

Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor[link]

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project is a mega infra-structure project of USD 90 billion with the financial & technical aids from Japan, covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the political capital and the business capital of India, i.e., Delhi and Mumbai.^[30] It will initially link Rewari to Mumbai.

Rewari metal work[link]

Rewari is famous for its traditional metalwork, particularly brass work. The brass industry began around 1535, with the help of Portuguese.^{[citation needed]} During the time of Hemu cannons were cast in Rewari for the army of Sher Shah Suri.^[4]

See also[link]

• Dharuhera
• Karoli, India
• Lookhi
• Manesar
• Pataudi
• Sardar Bahadur Tafazzul Hussain Khan, Jagirdar
• Bakshi Ghulam Haider, Jagirdar
• FATEHPURI ( DARAULI )tappa dahina distt. rewari

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rewari.nic.in
• Rewari travel guide from Wikitravel

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Rao Tula Ram राव तुला राम
Born	(1825-12-09)December 9, 1825 village Rampura, Rewari, Haryana
Died	September 23, 1863(1863-09-23) Kabul
Political movement	Indian Rebellion of 1857

Rao Tula Ram (Hindi: राव तुला राम) (c. 9 December 1825–1863) was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.^[1]

He is credited with having "obliterated every vestige"^{[citation needed]} of the British rule from the region that today is southwest Haryana during the Rebellion, and also helping rebel forces fighting in the historic city of Delhi with men, money and material. Noted as a good administrator and military commander, after the 1857 uprising ended, he left India, met rulers of Iran and Afghanistan and also established contacts with the Tsar of Russia, to seek their help to fight a war to free India from the British.^{[citation needed]} His plans were cut short by his death from dysentery in Kabul on September 23, 1863, at the age of 38.^[2]

Early life[link]

Rao Tula Ram was born on 9 December 1825 in a noble Rao Bahadur Nirpur^{[clarification needed]} Yadav family of Rao Bhadur Garhi-Bolni in the village of Rampura (Rewari).^{[citation needed]} His father was Puran Singh, his grandfather Rao Tej Singh and his mother's name was Gyan Kanwar, daughter of Rao Zahari Singh, a local jagirdar.^[3]

Rao Tula Ram's Istemraree estates were confiscated by the British in 1859, though proprietary rights of his two wives were retained. In 1877, his title was restored to his son Rao Yudhister Singh, who was made zaildar.^[4]

See also[link]

• Ahir
• Pran Sukh Yadav
• British East India Company
• Mufti Yaqinuddin
• Qazi Mir Imdad Ali
• Syed Mohammad Ashraf

Notes[link]

References[link]

• K.C. Yadav, Rao Tula Ram, National Book Trust of India (2008). ISBN 978-81-237-5110-8

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