Fatehabad district
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Fatehabad district फ़तेहाबाद ज़िला ਫਤਿਹਾਬਾਦ ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ |
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| Coordinates: 29°19′N 75°16′E / 29.31°N 75.27°ECoordinates: 29°19′N 75°16′E / 29.31°N 75.27°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| Elevation | 162 m (531 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 806,158 |
| Languages | |
| • Official languages | Hindi and Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 125 050 |
| Telephone code | 91 1667 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR22 |
| Website | fatehabad |
Fatehabad District (Punjabi: ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਫਤਿਹਾਬਾਦ) is one of the twenty-one districts of Haryana state, India.
The district derives its name from the eponymous headquarters town founded by Firoz Shah Tughlak in the 14th century. He named it after his son Fateh Khan, as Fatehabad. The Fatehabad district was carved out of Hisar district on 15 July 1997.
Aryan-speaking people first settled on the banks of the Sarasvati and Drsadvati Rivers rivers then expanded to cover a wider area of Hisar and Fatehabad. The area was probably included in the kingdom of the Pandavas and their successors. Pāṇini mentions a number of towns in the region including Aisukari, Taushayana and Rori, which have been identified with Hisar, Tohana and Rohri respectively. According to the Puranas, the areas of Fatehabad district remained a part of he Nanda Empire. The discovery of Ashokan pillars at Hisar and Fatehabad shows that this area remained a part of Mauryan empire. The people of Agroha area assisted Chandra Gupta Maurya in the war against the Greeks.
After the fall of the Mauryas and Shungas, the Agras along with the Yaudheys — the republican tribes of the region — asserted their independence. The Agras settled in the region covering Barwala and Agroha, the capital headquarters, from where they issued coins. As attested by the discovery of coin-moulds and terracottas, the region was a part of the Kushan empire. According to A.S. Altekar, the Yaudheys made a second bid for independence towards the end of the 2nd century AD when they succeeded in freeing their homeland and ousted the Kushans.
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