Palwal
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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Palwal |
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| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi, Regional Braj Bhasha, Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 121102 |
| Telephone code | 01275 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-30 |
| Sex ratio | 879 ♂/♀ |
| Website | haryana |
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Palwal is a city and a municipal council. It is the headquarters of Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana state in northern India. It is a centre of the cotton trade in the area. It is part of Braj region. It is also a part of National Capital Region.[1]
Etymology and legend
The origin of Palwal is related to the local legend related to the Mahabharata, according to which the town is named after an asura called "Palwasura" who was slain by Balarama, the brother of Krishna. To commemorate this event an annual festival called "Baldev Chhat Ka Mela" is held here, and a "Dauji temple" in honor of Balrama is situated in Banchari village 25 km from Palwal on Grand Trunk Road.[2]
History
The local tradition identifies Palwal with the Apelava town mentioned in the Mahabharata, which was later restored by Vikramaditya.[3]
Matia Fort or Palwal Fort was built during Sher Shah Suri's reign. Excavations have unearthed evidence of a grand palace at the bottom of the fort. As of 2021, it lies in ruins.[4]
A historical building by the name 'Gandhi Seva Ashram' and a Museum was made in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi. The Gandhi Museum is close to Palwal Railway Station. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested on 10 April 1919 at Palwal railway station while going to Punjab against the Rowlatt Act. Keeping this memory alive lasting on October 2, 1938, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had kept it. Gandhi exhibition was established in Gandhi Seva Ashram in the year 1962. In it, history related to Gandhiji was preserved. Pictures for the exhibition were brought from the National Gandhi Museum of Delhi. Later, they started getting damaged, they were upgraded and the exhibition site was changed to the museum.[5]
Post-independence
On 15 August 1979, Gurgaon district was further divided to form a new Faridabad district, and Palwal became a part of it.[6] On 15 August 2008, Palwal became the administrative headquarters of the newly formed Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana.
Geography
Palwal is located at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.. It has an average elevation of 195 metres (640 ft).
Palwal is 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Delhi, 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Faridabad, 314 kilometres (195 mi) from Chandigarh and 143 kilometres (89 mi) from Agra.The latitude of the town is 28° 40' N and longitude is 76° 59' E. The area of town is 22.10 square kilometres (8.53 mi2).[7]
Demography
| Religion | Population (1911)[8]Template:Rp |
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| Hinduism File:Om.svg[a] | 6,061 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | 8,831 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". |
| Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg | 3,280 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | 4,404 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". |
| Christianity File:Christian cross.svg | 53 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | 244 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". |
| Sikhism File:Khanda.svg | 1 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | 30 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". |
| Others[b] | 63 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | 97 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". |
| Total Population | 9,458 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | 13,606 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". |
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Capital Region Planning Board".
- ^ Haryana’s Palwal town is closely linked to a demon, the Pandavas and Gandhi, India Times, 23 Sept 2019.
- ^ Palwal Town The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 19, p. 375.hh
- ^ Sohan Singh Khattar and Reena Kar, 2021, Know Your State Haryana, Arihant Publications, pp 308.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gandhi Museum | District Palwal". palwal.gov.in. GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ History Script error: No such module "webarchive". Official website Gurgaon.
- ^ Palwal Geography Script error: No such module "webarchive". Yamuna Action Plan official website.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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- ^ 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis
- ^ Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, others, or not stated
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External links
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- History of Haryana
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