Pinangwan
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Geography

Pinangwan is located at 27.90°N, 77.10°E in National Capital Region of Delhi (NCR), in Mewat district
Mewat District
Mewat district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. The district was carved out as the 20th district of Haryana from erstwhile Gurgaon and Hathin Block of Faridabad districts on 4 April 2005...

 (formerly Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...

) in Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

. It is located at Main District Road 131 of Haryana, 9 km from Gurgaon Alwar State Highway and 28 km from National Highway 2(Delhi to Mathura). It is located around 100 km south of Delhi, and about 370 km south of Chandigarh, the capital of Haryana. As the town falls on southern edge of the border of Haryana, it is very near to Alwar and Bharatpur Districts of Rajasthan and Mathura District of Uttar Pradesh.

Demography

According to 2001 census, Pinangwan had a population of 8441. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pinangwan has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 57%, and female literacy is 30%.

History

Pinangwan is an old town. Qazi Dost Mohammad was the Qazi of Pinangwan during 17th century. He had one daughter Bibi Rabiya and two sons Deewan Idris Mohammad and Durwesh Mohammad. Bibi Rabiya was married to Qazi Abdul Baqi son of Qazi Ibrahim ibn Qazi Mahmood ibn Hākim-e
Hakim (title)
' and ' are two Arabic titles derived from the same triliteral ḤKM "appoint, choose, judge". Compare the Hebrew title hakham.-Hakīm :...

 Shariah Shareef Qazi-e Aazam ibn Qazi Ziauddin.

Emperor Akbar awarded 2 thousands Bigha Arazi Sowar
Sowar
Sowar , meaning 'The one who rides' in Persian, was originally a rank during the Mughal period. Later during the British Raj it was the name in Anglo-Indian usage for a horse-soldier belonging to the cavalry troops of the native armies of British India and the feudal states...

 to Hākim-e
Hakim (title)
' and ' are two Arabic titles derived from the same triliteral ḤKM "appoint, choose, judge". Compare the Hebrew title hakham.-Hakīm :...

 Shariah Shareef Qazi-e Aazam (supreme judge) at Tijara
Tijara
Tijara is a city and a municipality in Alwar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara is situated 48 km to the north east of Alwar, the nearest Railwau station is Khairthal. It was founded by Tajpala, Raja of Sarahata, 6 km from Tijara. A scion of Yadav family, he built palaces at...

 on 4 Jumada al-Thani
Jumada al-thani
Jumada al-Thani is the sixth month in the Islamic Calendar.It is also known as Jumaada al-Akhir and Jumada al-Akhira.This is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar...

 976 AH.

Qazi Mahmood (died 1005 AH / 1596 AD) was 'Qazi-e Qaza' (authority to appoint qazi) after his father Qazi-e Aazam (supreme judge). His brother Mohammad Hashim and his son Abdul Hafeez had also received many 'Farman' like Qazi Mahmood.

Similarly, Qazi Ibrahim (son of Qazi Mahmood) was also 'Qazi Qaza' at Tijara
Tijara
Tijara is a city and a municipality in Alwar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara is situated 48 km to the north east of Alwar, the nearest Railwau station is Khairthal. It was founded by Tajpala, Raja of Sarahata, 6 km from Tijara. A scion of Yadav family, he built palaces at...

. Shahjahan awarded him Farman
Farman
Farman Aviation Works was an aeronautic enterprise founded and run by the brothers; Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman. They designed and constructed aircraft and engines from 1908 until 1936; during the French nationalization and rationalization of its aerospace industry, Farman's assets were...

 first on 22 Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Ḥijjah is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar.This is a very sacred month in the Islamic calendar, marking the end of the year. It is in this month in which the Hajj takes place....

 1054 AH (Juloos 18) and second on 19 Ramadan
Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and...

 1055 AH. Some parts of his ruined haveli is still seen at Tijara
Tijara
Tijara is a city and a municipality in Alwar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara is situated 48 km to the north east of Alwar, the nearest Railwau station is Khairthal. It was founded by Tajpala, Raja of Sarahata, 6 km from Tijara. A scion of Yadav family, he built palaces at...

. He died on 5 Moharram 1074 AH / 1665 AD.

Qazi Abdul Baqi (husband of Bibi Rabiya from Pinangwan) had close relations with the Durbar of Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb
Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...

 and had given him charge of appointing 'Qaza' at Tijara
Tijara
Tijara is a city and a municipality in Alwar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara is situated 48 km to the north east of Alwar, the nearest Railwau station is Khairthal. It was founded by Tajpala, Raja of Sarahata, 6 km from Tijara. A scion of Yadav family, he built palaces at...

. He also built various orchards and Havelis like Haveli Kalan, Deewan Khana, Kothi Bagh, etc. at Tijara
Tijara
Tijara is a city and a municipality in Alwar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara is situated 48 km to the north east of Alwar, the nearest Railwau station is Khairthal. It was founded by Tajpala, Raja of Sarahata, 6 km from Tijara. A scion of Yadav family, he built palaces at...

. He had business of Arabic horses.

The daughter of Durwesh Mohammad, Bibi Rasheedi was married to Qazi Syed Inayatullah
Qazi Syed Inayatullah
Qazi Syed Inayatullah was a scholar of Fiqh from Sakras, District Gurgaon . He belonged to the family of Gardēzī Sadaat.-Biography:...

 of Sakras while the another daughter Hafizi was married to Shaikh Mohammad of Khilora. Earlier Shaikh Mohammad had married to Raj Bibi daughter of Qazi Ibrahim of Tijara
Tijara
Tijara is a city and a municipality in Alwar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara is situated 48 km to the north east of Alwar, the nearest Railwau station is Khairthal. It was founded by Tajpala, Raja of Sarahata, 6 km from Tijara. A scion of Yadav family, he built palaces at...

. With second wife Hafizi, Shaikh Mohammad had three sons - Abdul Karim, Mohammad Ibrahim and Mohammad Aslam.

During first War of Independence in 1857

The town's role in First War of Independence is mentioned as ,"On November 27, 1857, another rebel force commanded by a Meo leader Sadar-ud-din attacked the Pargana of Pinangwan. A British force under Captain Ramsay from Palwal and Gurgaon was despatched at once to meet the danger. The force reached Pinangwan on November 29. But the rebels were then at a small village. They made for that village next day and reached there at 7 am. The Meos took the defence in the village. Exchange of shots continued till mid-day. Then the British troops bombarded the village with guns. Three Gorkha regiments took the defence, advanced upon the village from three directions, and they seized the village in a short time. The entire village was destroyed by fire. They cut down 28 Meos in the village including Sadar-du-din's son, and 42 more in the neighbouring villages. Making an assessment of the whole affair, Macpherson, the Joint Magistrate of Gurgaon, and the chief actor in the action at Mahun, observed: "Altogether I look upon it as a most successful affair, I should say about 70 rebels killed.The whole number of the rebels assembled was so small that their resistance was to me a subject of the greatest surprise".

Recent developments

Recently Government of Haryana has planned to make a new 30 beded 'Community Health Centre'(CHC) upgrading the present Primary Health Centre(PHC) and planning to make a Industrial training institute in outskirts of town. Updation of survey of Palwal to Alwar railway line is under process which will pass through town, besides this widening of Nagina-Hodal Road(MDR 131) is also under progress. Mewat Development agency have several achemes for developments like Proposed hostel of Mewat Model School, Horicultural nursery on 5 acers of land and many more.A Model School by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has been opened in HavanNagar Village near town on 9 acres of land on MDR 131.

In 2004 Huryana urban development authority(HUDA) also announced to make a residential colony at town under the rural housing scheme.

India's first of its kind a Mobile court is operational here to provide justice at town's doorstep.that has been set up in a bus, moves from one location to another according to a well-prepared plan and schedule, presently at 'Kissan Vishram Griha' on MDR 131.

Another scheme named Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Supply Augmentation Project, in order to solve the problem of scarcity of drinking water in 503 villages including town is operational. Villages of District Mewat, a project estimating Rs. 425.00 crore have been framed for the prospective population of 2034 for water allowance of 70 lpcd (litres per capita per day). The Phase – I of the scheme, which would provide water supply at 55 lpcd for the prospective population 2019 has been approved by the National Capital Region Planning Board in the year 2004.

Schools

  • Adarsh Arya High School
  • Green Field High School
  • Government Boys Senior Secondery School (Estd. 1942)
  • Government Girls Senior Secondery School (Estd. 1948)
  • Government Boys Primary School (Estd. 1942)
  • Government Girls primary School (Estd. 1948)
  • Government Primary School, Harijan Basti
  • I K M Public School ( Estd. 2004)(managed by the Tribal/Social Welfare Department)
  • Mewat Adarsh High School
  • Shri Tula Ram Geeta Vidya Mandir (Senior Wing)(Estd. 1997)
  • Shri Tula Ram Geeta Vidya Mandir (Junior Wing)(Estd. 1997)

Nearby Colleges

  • Mewat Engineering College, Palla, Nuh
  • Government College, Nagina
  • Modish Polytechnic, Punhana
  • Shanti Sagar Jain Girls College, Ferozepur Jhirka
  • Yasin Mev Degree College, Nuh
  • Government Polytechnic, Uttawar
  • Industrial Training Institute, Nagina
  • Industrial Training Institute, Ferozepur Jhirka
  • Industrial Training Institute, Nuh
  • S.D.Mewat Institute of Technology and Management, Raoli, Ferozepur Jhirka
  • Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical college, Nalhar, Nuh

Proposed Colleges

  • Industrial Training Institute, Pinangwan
  • Industrial Training Institute, Punahana
  • Government Medical College, Nalhar, Nuh

HavanNagar

This site lies 6 kilometres east of Nagina-Hodal road. Tradition has it that the Pandavas performed Yajna on the site during their exile. Therefore, the site was called after the yajna as Havananagar. It has yielded Painted Grey Ware, early historic pottery and some late medieval remains. Other finds include terracotta balls and beads and glass bangles. The burnt bricks found at the site measure 34.29x20.32x6.35 c.m.

Autha

This village lies 6 kilometres east of Pinangwan on Nagina-Hodal road At the time of Budha, it might have been called 'Atula' from which the present name of the village Autha might have been derived. Probably, Lord Buddha visited the site while he was going from Mathura to Sravasthi Veranja.

An excavation at the site was undertaken by K.M. Srivastava to determine the age of skelton of an elephant found here. On the basis of stratification, the elephant skeleton has been roughly placed in the last stage of the Northern Black Polished Ware period i.e. circa second century BC.

The earliest occuptions were represented by the Painted Grey Ware. Iron, mostly in lumps, was found to be associated with this Ware at all stages. Glass objects, terracotta wheels and animal figurines, stone pestles and balls comprise the other important finds of the period.

Bhadas

This village located 10 kilometres from Pinangwan on Gurgaon-Alwar road. The Bhadanakas, who fought against Chahamana (Chauhan) rulers, belonged to this place. It has yielded Painted Grey Ware, early historic wares and late medieval remains. The other finds include terracotta balls, beads and glass bangles. Besides, a stone railing pillar of Sunga period has also been located at the site.

Ujina

This village lies 10 kilometres east of Nuh and Nuh-Hodal road. The village is known for its lake. The mound has yielded Painted Grey Ware and historic wares. The other finds recovered from the site include pieces of faiences bangles, terracotta beads and glass bangles. The stone sculptures located at the site represent Varaha and Narsimha (incarnations of Vishnu) of medieval period, and Lakshmi of late medieval period.

Nearby Tourist Places

  • Shiv Mandir, Ferozepur Jhirka (40 km)
  • Dubchik Tourist Complex,NH 2, Hodal (30 km)
  • Vrindavan, Mathura (84 km)
  • Goverdhan, Mathura (65 km)
  • Jain Temple, Tijara, Rajasthan (50 km)
  • Pataudi Palace, Pataudi (70 km)
  • Sultanpur Bird Sanctury, Gurgaon (85 km)

Nearby Towns and Villages

  • Punhana (9 km)
  • Nagina (10 km)
  • Hathin
    Hathin
    Hathin is a town and a municipal committee in the Palwal district in the Indian state of Haryana.It is a Haryana Legislative Assembly constituency segment, within the Faridabad Lok Sabha constituency.-Demographics:...

     (24 km)
  • Ferozepur Jhirka
    Ferozepur Jhirka
    -History:Abu Mohammad along with Makhdoom Tahir made a big estate in Ferozepur Jhirka. Qazi Ghulam Mustafa, who was honoured By Bahadur Shah I belonged to this family. He was married to Bibi Rasti , the daughter of Qazi Syed Rafi Mohammad...

     (28 km)
  • Hodal
    Hodal
    Hodal is a city and a municipal committee in Palwal district in the Haryana state of India. Hodal is near the Kaman, Rajasthan, at the border of Uttar Pradesh on National Highway 2 ....

     (29 km)
  • Nuh
    Nuh
    Noah, , is a prophet and messenger in the Qur'an. He is a highly important figure in Islamic history, as he is counted amongst the earliest prophets sent by God to mankind. According to Islam, Noah's mission was to a wicked world, plunged in depravity and sin...

     (31 km)
  • Palwal
    Palwal
    Palwal is a city and a municipal council. It is the headquarters of Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana state in northern IndiaIt is situated at a distance of 60 km from Delhi on the Delhi-Mathura highway. The latitude of the town is 28° 40' N and longitude is 76° 59' E...

     (39 km)

Villages

  • Autha
  • Akbarpur
  • Lahabas
  • Autha
  • Dhana
  • Gangwani
  • Chandanki
  • Falendi
  • HavanNagar
  • Jhimrawat
  • Katpuri
  • Khanpur Ghati
  • Mohammadpur Ter
  • Mundheta
  • Naseerpuri
  • Papra
  • Rehpuwa
  • Satakpuri
  • Shikrawa
  • Shah Chokha
  • Ujina

Banking Facilities

  • State Bank Of India, Hodal Nagina Road(MDR 131), (Code: 03624)
  • Gurgaon Gramin Bank, Hodal Nagina Road(MDR 131), (Code: 1192)
  • Gurgaon Central Co-operative Bank, Hodal Nagina Road (MDR 131)

Nearby

  • Syndicate Bank, MDR 131, Punhana
  • Canara Bank, Punhana
  • Oriental bank of Commerce, Badkali Chowk, Nagina

See also

  • Mewat
    Mewat
    Mewat is a historical region of Haryana and Rajasthan states in northwestern India. The loose boundaries of Mewat are not precisely determined but generally include Mewat District of Haryana and parts of Alwar, Bharatpur, and Dholpur districts of Rajasthan...

  • Qazi Syed Hayatullah
    Qazi Syed Hayatullah
    Qazi Syed Hayatullah was a Muslim scholar of Fiqh from Sakras, District Gurgaon . He belonged to the family of Gardēzī Sadaat.-Biography:...

  • Qazi Syed Inayatullah
    Qazi Syed Inayatullah
    Qazi Syed Inayatullah was a scholar of Fiqh from Sakras, District Gurgaon . He belonged to the family of Gardēzī Sadaat.-Biography:...

  • Syed Afzal Ali
    Syed Afzal Ali
    Syed Afzal Ali was the famous personality from Bulandshahr. Three of his sons got the title of Khan Bahadur by British India, a rare distinction in a family of Indian history.-Family history:...


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