Ballabhgarh
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Ballabgarh railway station
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 Ballabhgarh
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| Coordinates: 28°20′32″N 77°19′32″E / 28.34222°N 77.32556°ECoordinates: 28°20′32″N 77°19′32″E / 28.34222°N 77.32556°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| 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 |
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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 a corruption of Balramgarh, 'the fort of Balram,' Balram Singh, a Jat chief who held the surrounding country under Suraj Mal of Bharatpur, and built the fort and palace, Nahar Singh Mahal in 1739. In 1775 the estate was transferred by the Delhi emperor to Ajit Singh, whose son Bahadur Singh was recognized in 1803 as chief and built the town.
The founders of the princely state of Ballabgarh had come from village Janauli, which is more than 2000 years old. The Tewatia Jat Sardar Gopal Singh left Janauli in 1705 (in Palwal) and got settled at Sihi, a village of Tewatia Jats in Ballabgarh at a distance of about 5 km 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 Mugal officer Murtija Khan of Faridabad and became Chaudhary of Faridabad pargana in 1710. He wanted to expand his army and collect huge wealth but died soon. His successor was Charan Das. Charan Das was also ambitious and when saw weakening of the Mughal rule, he stopped paying malgujari (octroi). The army of Mughals arrested Charan Das.
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