Amin Village
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Amin Abhimanyupur |
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 Amin
Amin
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| Coordinates: 29°55′N 76°51′E / 29.917°N 76.850°ECoordinates: 29°55′N 76°51′E / 29.917°N 76.850°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Haryana |
| District | Kurukshetra |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 136038 |
| Telephone code | 9034101036, 9896527687 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
| Nearest city | Kurukshetra |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kurukshetra |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Thanesar |
| Website | haryana |
The village of Amin is about 8 kilometers from the historical city of Kurukshetra. The village was considered the "Tika" or head village of the Ror community until the census of 1891 by the British officials.
There is a very old fort in the village of Amin. This fort is situated at a higher level than the rest of the village. People say that this fort belonged to Abhimanyu, the son of Arjun in the Mahabharat times. Folklore also says that the Pandavas arrayed their forces before the last battle in the war of Mahabharat at Amin.
The men of Amin are mostly from the Ror and Brahmin communities, with the Rors belonging to Chauhan and the Brahmins to Vats and Parashar gotra. The village is also inhabited by people from backward and scheduled castes as well as migrants who came from Pakistan to India in 1947. The main occupation of the Ror and Brahmin communities is agriculture. Chaudhary Punarvasu chauhan is the sarpanch at present time.Prof Madan Mohan is the first Professor from this village who was born in Goswami family and who did his 8th standard from govt school in 1966. First person from Amin to work for United Nations (UN). He is now Professor in Delhi university and was also Dean of Research. First person to be FNA-fellow of National Academy of science from this village. First person to be National Awardee (Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award in Agricultural Biotechnology) in Science.
There is a local saying that the Indian Volleyball team always has at least one Ror from this village. Examples are Arjuna Award winner Dalel Singh and Balkar Singh, who has also had the distinction of captaining the national team. Dr Dalel singh is currently the director of sports in kurukshetra university kurukshetra. Volleyball Players of Amin play for BSF, CRPF, Indian Army, Indian railway, ONGC, Haryana Police etc.
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