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Safidon is a city and a municipal committee in Jind district
in the India
n state
of Haryana
.
Safidon is located at 29.42°N 76.67°E. It has an average elevation of 221 m (725 feet). Safidon is the center of Panipat
and Jind. The town
is the headquarters of the tehsil
of the same name. It is situated on the bank of the Hansi
branch of the Western Yamuna
canal, 35 hm northeast of Jind. The Safidon Sub-Division comprises Safidon tehsil and sub-tehsil Pillukhera. There are 71 villages under Safidon Tehsil. Safidon is the constituency no. 50 of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. It is located on the Panipat-Jind railway line.
and Vamana Purana
. It is associated with snake
sacrifice
of Janamejaya
, son of Parikshit. The latter lost his life in the struggle against the Nagas of Taxiles
, which was later avenged by his son Janamejaya, symbolised in the epic tradition of Sarpasastra (snake sacrifice) which possibly took place at Sarpadevi. There are three ancient temple
s and tirtha
s of Nagesvara Mahadeva, Nagadamni Devi and Nagashetra.
The area was first occupied by a Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic agricultural community, whose pottery
has been recovered from a number of places near Safidon, including Anta, Morkhi, and Beri Khera.
The area was irrigated during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351-1388) of the Tughlaq dynasty
, who built a canal
from the Yamuna
which entered the district at Anta, and thence flowing through the present Jind tahsil from east to west in the line of the old Chutang nadi past the town of Safidon and Jind, reached up to Hisar. Firoz also made administrative changes, creating a separate Iqta of Safidon and placed the entire area of the present district under its Mukta, Yalkhan, a trusted noble. He also changed the name of Safidon to Tughluqpur.
After Firoz's death, discord disrputed the Delhi Sultanate
, and the Tughlaq dynasty lost Safidon and Jind. Timur attacked northern India in 1398, entering Haryana
from Punjab
. The district of Jind did not suffer much at his hands; during his march from Kaithal
to Panipat
he touched only the outskirts of the district except for a short distance of a few kilometres from Moana (a small village)to Safidon and a little beyond. While local inhabitants fled, the fort of Safidon was burned.
Gajpat Singh, a great grandson of Phul, the founder of the Phulkian Misl
, one of the 12 confederacies of the Sikhs in the 18th century took advantage of the above situation. He took part in the attack of the Sikhs on the province of Sirhind in 1763 in which Zain Khan, The Afghan
governor
of the province was killed. Gajpat Singh occupied a large tract of the country including Jind and Safidon as his share of the spoil.
During the reorganization of the Punjab in 1966, the Sangrur district
was divided and Jind and Narwana Tehsils were allocated to Haryana and were constituted into Jind district
. The Jind tahsil was divided into two tehsils of Jind and Safidon in 1967. In January 1973, five villages of Kaithal Tehsil were transferred to Safidon Tehsil
.
cultivation, with major exports of the Basmati
rice.
Safidon is connected by railway and road to Panipat
, Jind
, Rohtak
, Delhi
, and Chandigarh
. Safidon is the sub-depot of the Haryana Roadways (Haryana state transport). Safidon is also the site of a container rail terminal of the Container Corporation of India
(CONCOR).
As infrastructure
and public services
in town have developed, real estate prices in the city have soared. Available mobile networks and services include CellOne
, Airtel
, Vodafone
, Idea
, Reliance
, Tata Indicom, Virgin Mobile
, Tata DoCoMo
, Aircel
, Videocon, and MTS.
There are many clubs where families socialize, including the Lions Club, Jaycees, Rotary Club, and Bharat Vikas Parishad.
* Munjal Filling Station ( Assandh Road ) Safidon
:
Jind district
Jind district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Jind town is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of Hisar Division....
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of 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...
.
Safidon is located at 29.42°N 76.67°E. It has an average elevation of 221 m (725 feet). Safidon is the center of Panipat
Panipat
Panipat بَنِبَت is an ancient and historic city in Panipat district, Haryana state, India. It is 90 km north from Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three battles fought at the city were turning points in Indian history. The city is famous in India by the name of "City of...
and Jind. The town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
is the headquarters of the tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
of the same name. It is situated on the bank of the Hansi
Hansi
Hansi is a city and a municipal council in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. Its 2011 population is estimated to be 1,34,568. It is located at a distance of east of Hisar on National Highway 10. Geographically, it is semi-arid with around 46 cm of annual rainfall. It appears...
branch of the Western Yamuna
Yamuna
The Yamuna is the largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India...
canal, 35 hm northeast of Jind. The Safidon Sub-Division comprises Safidon tehsil and sub-tehsil Pillukhera. There are 71 villages under Safidon Tehsil. Safidon is the constituency no. 50 of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. It is located on the Panipat-Jind railway line.
History
The place is possibly the site of Sarpadevi or Sarpidadhi referred in MahabharataMahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
and Vamana Purana
Vamana Purana
The Vamana Purana, , one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of Hindu religious texts, is devoted to the Vamana Avatar of Vishnu. It has a eulogy praising both Vishnu and Shiva....
. It is associated with snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
sacrifice
Sacrifice
Sacrifice is the offering of food, objects or the lives of animals or people to God or the gods as an act of propitiation or worship.While sacrifice often implies ritual killing, the term offering can be used for bloodless sacrifices of cereal food or artifacts...
of Janamejaya
Janamejaya
Janamejaya was a Kuru king. He was the son of Parikshit and Madravati. He was the grandson of Abhimanyu and the great-grandson of Arjuna, the valiant warrior hero of the Mahābhārata. He was ascended to the Kuru throne following the death of his father. His significance comes as the listener of the...
, son of Parikshit. The latter lost his life in the struggle against the Nagas of Taxiles
Taxiles
Taksxila was the Greek chroniclers' name for a prince or king who reigned over the tract between the Indus and the Hydaspes Rivers in the Punjab at the period of the expedition of Alexander the Great, 327 BC...
, which was later avenged by his son Janamejaya, symbolised in the epic tradition of Sarpasastra (snake sacrifice) which possibly took place at Sarpadevi. There are three ancient temple
Temple
A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out...
s and tirtha
Tirtha
In Jainism, a tīrtha |ford]], a shallow part of a body of water that may be easily crossed") is used to refer both to pilgrimage sites as well as to the four sections of the sangha...
s of Nagesvara Mahadeva, Nagadamni Devi and Nagashetra.
The area was first occupied by a Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic agricultural community, whose pottery
Pottery
Pottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...
has been recovered from a number of places near Safidon, including Anta, Morkhi, and Beri Khera.
The area was irrigated during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351-1388) of the Tughlaq dynasty
Tughlaq dynasty
The Tughlaq dynasty of north India started in 1321 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. The Tughluqs were a Muslim family of Turkic origin...
, who built a canal
Canal
Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...
from the Yamuna
Yamuna
The Yamuna is the largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India...
which entered the district at Anta, and thence flowing through the present Jind tahsil from east to west in the line of the old Chutang nadi past the town of Safidon and Jind, reached up to Hisar. Firoz also made administrative changes, creating a separate Iqta of Safidon and placed the entire area of the present district under its Mukta, Yalkhan, a trusted noble. He also changed the name of Safidon to Tughluqpur.
After Firoz's death, discord disrputed the Delhi Sultanate
Delhi Sultanate
The Delhi Sultanate is a term used to cover five short-lived, Delhi based kingdoms or sultanates, of Turkic origin in medieval India. The sultanates ruled from Delhi between 1206 and 1526, when the last was replaced by the Mughal dynasty...
, and the Tughlaq dynasty lost Safidon and Jind. Timur attacked northern India in 1398, entering 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...
from Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
. The district of Jind did not suffer much at his hands; during his march from Kaithal
Kaithal
Kaithal is a city and a municipal council in Kaithal district in the Indian state of Haryana. Kaithal was previously a part of Karnal District and later, Kurukshetra District until 1 November 1989, when it became the headquarters of the Kaithal District of Haryana. Kaithal shares common boundary...
to Panipat
Panipat
Panipat بَنِبَت is an ancient and historic city in Panipat district, Haryana state, India. It is 90 km north from Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three battles fought at the city were turning points in Indian history. The city is famous in India by the name of "City of...
he touched only the outskirts of the district except for a short distance of a few kilometres from Moana (a small village)to Safidon and a little beyond. While local inhabitants fled, the fort of Safidon was burned.
Gajpat Singh, a great grandson of Phul, the founder of the Phulkian Misl
Misl
Misl generally refers to the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy. The states formed a commonwealth that was described by Antoine Polier as an "aristocratic republic"...
, one of the 12 confederacies of the Sikhs in the 18th century took advantage of the above situation. He took part in the attack of the Sikhs on the province of Sirhind in 1763 in which Zain Khan, The Afghan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of the province was killed. Gajpat Singh occupied a large tract of the country including Jind and Safidon as his share of the spoil.
During the reorganization of the Punjab in 1966, the Sangrur district
Sangrur district
Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. Earlier Barnala was part of Sangrur district, but now Barnala is a separate district.-Sangrur consists of following cities:DHURIMALERKOTLA...
was divided and Jind and Narwana Tehsils were allocated to Haryana and were constituted into Jind district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...
. The Jind tahsil was divided into two tehsils of Jind and Safidon in 1967. In January 1973, five villages of Kaithal Tehsil were transferred to Safidon Tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
.
Distance from other cities
- New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
: 110 km; - PanipatPanipatPanipat بَنِبَت is an ancient and historic city in Panipat district, Haryana state, India. It is 90 km north from Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three battles fought at the city were turning points in Indian history. The city is famous in India by the name of "City of...
: 30 km; - JindJindJind is a town in Jind District, Harayana state, India.It is one of the oldest districts of Harayana. It is one of the first Sikh Kingdoms. It lies in central Haryana and is the fourth district of the Jat belt .The city is beautiful...
: 30 km; - KarnalKarnalKarnal is an important city and the headquarters of Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana.Karnal is said to have been founded by the Kauravas in the Mahabharata era for the king Karna, a mythological hero and a key figure in the epic tale...
: 60 km; - ChandigarhChandigarhChandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
: 190 km; - AmbalaAmbalaAmbala is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border of the states of Haryana and Punjab in India. Politically; Ambala has two sub-areas: Ambala Cantt and Ambala City, approximately 3 kilometers apart from each other...
: 150 km.
Demographics
The 2001 India Census reported that:- Safidon had a population of 30,542.
- Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%.
- Safidon has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%.
- Male literacy is 71% and female literacy is 58%.
- 14% of the population was under six years of age.
- Evenly distributed HinduHinduHindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
and SikhSikhA Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
population, with small MuslimMuslimA Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
and ChristianChristianA Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
communities.
Economy and infrastructure
Safidon is known as a growing center of riceRice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
cultivation, with major exports of the Basmati
Basmati
Basmati is a variety of long grain rice grown in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, notable for its fragrance and delicate, nuanced flavour. Its name means "the fragrant one" in Sanskrit, but it can also mean "the soft rice," and the word coincidentally means "my smile" in Arabic...
rice.
Safidon is connected by railway and road to Panipat
Panipat
Panipat بَنِبَت is an ancient and historic city in Panipat district, Haryana state, India. It is 90 km north from Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three battles fought at the city were turning points in Indian history. The city is famous in India by the name of "City of...
, Jind
Jind
Jind is a town in Jind District, Harayana state, India.It is one of the oldest districts of Harayana. It is one of the first Sikh Kingdoms. It lies in central Haryana and is the fourth district of the Jat belt .The city is beautiful...
, Rohtak
Rohtak
Rohtak City is a Municipal Corporation in Rohtak district that styles itself as the "Heart of Haryana". It is located 70 km Northwest of New Delhi and 210 km South of the state capital Chandigarh at the NH 10...
, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, and Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
. Safidon is the sub-depot of the Haryana Roadways (Haryana state transport). Safidon is also the site of a container rail terminal of the Container Corporation of India
Container Corporation of India
Container Corporation of India Ltd. is a Navratna Public Sector undertaking under the Indian Ministry of Railways. Incorporated in March 1988 under the Companies Act, Concor commenced operations in November 1989 taking over an existing network of seven inland container depots from Indian Railways...
(CONCOR).
As infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
and public services
Public services
Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly or by financing private provision of services. The term is associated with a social consensus that certain services should be available to all, regardless of income...
in town have developed, real estate prices in the city have soared. Available mobile networks and services include CellOne
CellOne
CellOne now Bsnl mobile was a mobile phone service provided by the Indian public enterprise BSNL.It provides pre-paid and post-paid mobile services as well as many value added services....
, Airtel
Bharti Airtel
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, Vodafone
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
, Idea
Idea cellular
Idea Cellular, usually referred to as Idea, is an Indian wireless telecom company based in Mumbai, India. Idea is the 3rd largest mobile services operator in India, in revenue terms, and recorded of over 98.4 million customers as of August 2011....
, Reliance
Reliance Communications
Reliance Communications Ltd. is an Indian broadband and telecommunications company headquartered in Navi Mumbai, India. RCOM is the world's 16th largest mobile phone operator with over 144 million subscribers. Established on 2004, a subsidiary of the Reliance Group...
, Tata Indicom, Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile
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, Tata DoCoMo
Tata DoCoMo
TATA DoCoMo, referred to as DoCoMo , is a Tata Teleservices Limited owned cellular service provider on the GSM and CDMA platform-arising out of the Tata Group's strategic joint venture with Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo in November 2008...
, Aircel
Aircel
Aircel group is a mobile phone service provider in India. It offers both prepaid and postpaid GSM cellular phone coverage throughout India. The Aircel group is a joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited, whose current...
, Videocon, and MTS.
There are many clubs where families socialize, including the Lions Club, Jaycees, Rotary Club, and Bharat Vikas Parishad.
Places of interest
- Nagakshetra temple: Oldest temple in the city.
- Dasasvamedha tirtha: At village Didwara in Safidon tahsil, 13 km north of Safidon. Bathing here with devotion is considered to have the merit of ten AshvamedhaAshvamedhaThe Ashvamedha was one of the most important royal rituals of Vedic religion, described in detail in the Yajurveda...
sacrifices. - Aruna tirtha: It lies at village Anta, 6 km south of Safidon. It finds mention in the MahabharataMahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
. - Panchanada tirtha: It lies at village Hat, about 10 km southwest of Safidon. The creation of this tirtha is attributed to Rudra. Inhabited by the gods, Panchanada tirtha is considered the remover of all sins.
- Parasara tank and a brick templeTempleA temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out...
of Mahadeva at Paju Kalan (5 kilometres north-west of Safidon). - Suraj Kund built in honour of Sun God at Kalwa (15 kilometres south-west of Safidon).
- Temple of Mahadeva at Barod (5.5 kilometres north-east of Safidon).
- A tankTankA tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities...
named after the VedicVedicVedic may refer to:* the Vedas, the oldest preserved Indic texts** Vedic Sanskrit, the language of these texts** Vedic period, during which these texts were produced** Vedic pantheon of gods mentioned in Vedas/vedic period...
sage Vasishtha at Budha Khera (12 kilometres north-west of Safidon ). - Two Shive Mandir at Village Ratta Khera ( 3 kilometers of jind road Safidon.
- A Shree Ram Sankirtan Mandal of a social orgnaization for God of HANUMAN .
Petrol Pump in the City
* Moti Ram Ram Dhan (since 1957) Jind Road, Safidon* Munjal Filling Station ( Assandh Road ) Safidon
- Hindu sr. sec. school safidon
- Pioneer Senior Secondary School
- Tagore Middle School
- Saraswati Vidya Mandir
- Govt. School (Boys & Girls)
- BRSK International School
- Isckon public school
- Kali Ram D.A.V. Public School
- Modern Public School
- Haryana high school
- B.S.M.Sr.Secondary School,Rampura (Safidon)
- Gyan jyoti high school
- Guru Gobind Singh Sr. Sec. School
- Metis school
- National Middle School Safidon City
Colleges
- PDM Instt. of Engineering & Technology
- PDM College Diploma engineering & technology
- PDM School of Pharmacy.
- Govt. College, Safidon
- METIS college of nursing
- METIS girls college
- Sarla kanya college
- Golden hope middle school
- Geeta vidhya Mandir
- Vikas Middle School
- Telu ram middle school(khatla)
Industry
- Rice processing industry[e.g.Hanuman Mill]
- Poultry & Hatcheries[e.g. Champion and SkylarkSkylark GroupSkylark Foods Limited is a subsidiary of Skylark group, an Indian company that specialises in chicken and meat processing, and poultry products for poultry usage. It holds the same position in North India as Venky's holds in South India.-History:...
Hatcheries] - Medical[e.g.Gupta Medical Hospital]
- Paper
- Nishu hatcheries(khatla)
Haryana Legislative Assembly members
List of winners of the Safidon seat in elections to the Haryana Legislative AssemblyHaryana Legislative Assembly
The Haryana Vidhan Sabha or the Haryana Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Haryana state in northern India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of Legislative Assembly, directly elected from...
:
- 2009 - Kali Ram Patwari
- 2005 - Bachan Singh Arya
- 2000 - Ram Phal
- 1996 - Ram Phal
- 1991 - Bachan Singh
- 1987 - Sardul Singh
- 1982 - Kundan Lal
- 1977 - Ram Krishan