Palwal

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Palwal
Kos Minar at Palwal along Grand Trunk Road
Kos Minar at Palwal along Grand Trunk Road
Palwal is located in Haryana
Palwal
Palwal
Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates: 28°08′35″N 77°19′44″E / 28.143°N 77.329°E / 28.143; 77.329Coordinates: 28°08′35″N 77°19′44″E / 28.143°N 77.329°E / 28.143; 77.329
Country India
StateHaryana
Government
 • BodyBJP
Elevation
199.49 m (654.49 ft)
Population
 • Total131,926
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
121102
Telephone code01275
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR30
Sex ratio879 ♂/♀
Websiteharyana.gov.in

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 for the cotton trade in the area.

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.[1]

History[]

The local tradition identifies Palwal with the Apelava town mentioned in the Mahabharata, which was later restored by Vikramaditya.[2]

Palwal, which lies in the cultural region of Braj is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi sarkar, producing a revenue of 1,769,493 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 500 infantry and 25 cavalry. It is mentioned as having a brick fort at the time and being located on top of a mound.[3]

Matia Fort or Palwal Fort was built during the Sher Shah Suri time. 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 Gandhi Seva Ashram and 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. Here it is Matia Mahal & Rani Kisori Bai Mahal at Hodal.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 15August 2008, Palwal became the administrative headquarters of the newly formed Palwal district, 21st district of Haryana.

Geography[]

Palwal is located at

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28°07′N 77°20′E / 28.12°N 77.33°E / 28.12; 77.33. 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 sq mi).[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Haryana’s Palwal town is closely linked to a demon, the Pandavas and Gandhi, India Times, 23 Sept 2019.
  2. ^ Palwal Town The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 19, p. 375.hh
  3. ^ Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak; Jarrett, Henry Sullivan (translator) (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 286. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ^ Sohan Singh Khattar and Reena Kar, 2021, Know Your State Haryana, Arihant Publications, pp 308.
  5. ^ "Gandhi Museum | District Palwal". palwal.gov.in. GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. ^ History Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Official website Gurgaon.
  7. ^ Palwal Geography Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Yamuna Action Plan official website.

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