Jharsa
Jharsa | |
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Village | |
  Jharsa Location in Haryana, India | |
| Coordinates: 28°26′42″N 77°04′25″E / 28.444921°N 77.073627°ECoordinates: 28°26′42″N 77°04′25″E / 28.444921°N 77.073627°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| Region | North India |
| District | Gurgaon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-26-XX-XXXX |
| Website | haryana |
Jharsa is a village in Gurugram (city and tehsil) of Haryana State, India. It has a population of about 32,709; it is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Gurugram city centre and 254 kilometres (158 mi) from the state's main city, Chandigarh.[1] It is surrounded by Mohyal Colony, Patel Nagar, Kirti Nagar, Sectors 15, 31, 32, 39, 40, 46, and Indra Colony.
History[]
The history of Jharsa dates back to medieval times. During the mughal and British colonial era, Jharsa was a paragana in Delhi subah, and Gurgaon was just a small village. The Report of a Tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83,[2] published in 1885 by Alexander Cunningham (the then Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India), mentions a stone pillar at Gurgaon of a local feudal lord "Durgga Naga" with the 3-line inscription "Samvat 729 or 928, Vaisakh badi 4, Durgga Naga lokatari bhuta", dating back to 672 or 871 AD. The paragana of Badshahpur-Jharsa was ruled by Begum Samru (b.1753 – d.1836), who built a palace for herself between Badshahpur and Jharsa.[3] Jharsa was the place of Samru's principal cantonment.[4] She built palaces at Sardhana, Chandni Chowk in Delhi and Jharsa; parts of her fort compound have been completely lost to encroachments.
Jharsa was taken over by the British in 1836 after Samru's death; they established a civil line at Jharsa, and a cavalry cantonment at nearby Hiyadatpur.[5]
A palace building located between Gurgaon and Jharsa village was used as the official residence and camp office of the district collector of Gurugram district. Built in Islamic style, the ruins of this palace survived till about 2008 in Gurgaon.[6]
Major Jean Etienne's tomb (also known as the "French Memorial of Jharsa") is the tomb of a Bordelais soldier in Begum Samru's army, presently located in a park at Mohyal colony in Jharsa of Sector-40 of Gurugram.[7][4][8] Etienne, born in 1746, served Begum Samru from 1786 until his death on 5 June 1821.[4] A restoration project for the tomb, to be undertaken by INTACH, was approved by the government in 2018.[8]
An idol of in Gurugram, according to an 1882 land revenue settlement report, was brought there 400 years earlier (in the 15th century). Begum Samru claimed the offerings from the Sitla Mata temple of Gurugram during the Chaitra month, and the revenue from the offerings given to the deity during other months was distributed among prominent Jat zamindars of the area.[5] In 1818, Bharawas district was disbanded and Gurugram was made a new district, and in 1821, the Bharaswas cantonment was also moved to Hidayatpur in Gurugram.[9]
Geography[]
Location[]
Jharsa lies near the Aravalli Range, within the Gurugram city in the National Capital Region. Other villages in the vicinity are Wazirabad, Samaspur, , Silokhera, Tigra, Ghata, and Kanhai.[10]
Climate of Jharsa[]
| hideClimate data for Jharsa | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 70.0 (21.1) |
75.6 (24.2) |
86.0 (30.0) |
97.2 (36.2) |
103.3 (39.6) |
102.7 (39.3) |
95.2 (35.1) |
91.9 (33.3) |
93.0 (33.9) |
91.2 (32.9) |
82.9 (28.3) |
73.4 (23.0) |
88.5 (31.4) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 45.1 (7.3) |
50.2 (10.1) |
59.7 (15.4) |
70.7 (21.5) |
78.6 (25.9) |
82.9 (28.3) |
79.9 (26.6) |
78.6 (25.9) |
75.9 (24.4) |
67.1 (19.5) |
55.0 (12.8) |
46.8 (8.2) |
65.8 (18.8) |
| Average rainfall inches (mm) | 0.80 (20.3) |
0.59 (15.0) |
0.62 (15.8) |
0.26 (6.7) |
0.69 (17.5) |
2.16 (54.9) |
9.11 (231.5) |
10.19 (258.7) |
5.03 (127.8) |
1.43 (36.3) |
0.20 (5.0) |
0.31 (7.8) |
31.39 (797.3) |
| Average rainy days | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 39.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 213.9 | 217.5 | 238.7 | 261.0 | 263.5 | 198.0 | 167.4 | 176.7 | 219.0 | 269.7 | 246.0 | 217.0 | 2,688.4 |
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Notable residents[]
- Pritam Rani Siwach, a former women's hockey team captain of India
- Virender Singh (Thakran) (Dheeraj Pahalwan), a wrestler who won a bronze medal in the Junior World Wrestling Championship and won a silver medal in Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in 1995.
See also[]
- List of National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana, India
- List of Monuments of National Importance in Haryana
- List of State Protected Monuments in Haryana
- Indus-Sarasvati Valley Civilization sites in Haryana
- Haryana Tourism
References[]
- ^ "Local information for Jharsa - Location coordinates (lat long) on map, businesses, tourist places, hotels & restaurants, user added information, local resources". Geolysis.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ https://archive.org/details/reportatourinea01cunngoog
- ^ Begum Samru Palace, Gurugram, Haryana Tourism.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Hope for decrepit French memorial in Gurugram as official issues directions for restoration, Hindustan Times, Jun 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gurugram plan a misdirected govt move from history to myth, Times of India.
- ^ "A queen's magnificent church". The Indian Express. 2 September 2012.
- ^ A 200-year-old memorial in Gurugram dedicated to the Begum who commanded an army
- ^ Jump up to: a b 200-year-old memorial in Gurugram dedicated to the Begum who commanded an army, Hindustan Times, Jun 2018.
- ^ Yashpal Gulia, 2012, Heritage of Haryana.
- ^ "Jharsa Gurgaon PinCode". citypincode.in. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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