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Ballabgarh

Ballabhgarh
town
Ballabgarh railway station
Ballabgarh railway station
Ballabhgarh is located in Haryana
Ballabhgarh
Ballabhgarh
Ballabhgarh is located in India
Ballabhgarh
Ballabhgarh
Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates: 28°20′32″N 77°19′32″E / 28.34222°N 77.32556°E / 28.34222; 77.32556Coordinates: 28°20′32″N 77°19′32″E / 28.34222°N 77.32556°E / 28.34222; 77.32556
Country  India
State Haryana
District Faridabad
Elevation 197 m (646 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 187,067
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 121004
Telephone code 0129
ISO 3166 code IN-HR
Vehicle registration HR
Sex ratio 850 /
Literacy 65.35%
Lok Sabha constituency Faridabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Ballabgarh
Website haryana.gov.in
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Ballabhgarh (or Ballabgarh ) is a town and a tehsil (subdistrict) in Faridabad District of Haryana, India, and is part of the National Capital Region.Jat Raja Nahar Singh (1823–1858) was the last king of the princely state, he was executed died for taking part in the 1857 war of independence in 1858. The state was founded by Balram Singh, in 1739, who also built the Nahar Singh Mahal palace in the same year. The small kingdom of Ballabhgarh was only 20 miles (32 km) from Delhi, and today lies on the National Highway 2, a major portion of historical Grand Trunk Road.

The name Ballabgarh is named after Balram Singh, a Jat chief who held the surrounding country as a feudatory of Suraj Mal of Bharatpur, built the Nahar Singh Mahal fort and palace in 1739. In 1775 the estate was transferred by the Delhi emperor to Ajit Singh, whose son Bahadur Singh was recognised in 1803 as chief and built the town.

The founders of the princely state of Ballabgarh had come from village of Janauli. Gopal Singh, a Tewatia Jat, left Janauli in 1705 and settled at Sihi, a village of Tewatia Jats about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Ballabhgarh. The Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had died. Gopal Singh started establishing power in Delhi, Khair and Mathura areas. With the help of villagers of Lagon he attacked Rajput Chaudhary of that area and did a treaty with Mughal officer Murtija Khan of Faridabad and became Chaudhary of Faridabad pargana in 1710. He wanted to expand his army and collect huge wealth but soon died. His successor was Charan Das, who was also ambitious. When he saw weakening of the Mughal rule, he stopped paying malgujari (octroi). The army of Mughals arrested Charan Das.


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