Rahon
| Rahon | |
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 Rahon
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| Coordinates: 31°03′N 76°07′E / 31.05°N 76.12°ECoordinates: 31°03′N 76°07′E / 31.05°N 76.12°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Punjab |
| District | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (2,987) | |
| • Total | 12,839 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 144517 |
Rahon is a city and a municipal council in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of the Indian state of Punjab.
Rahon is situated on the Jullundur City Jaijon Doaba line of the Northern Railway, Rahon is 7 km from Nawanshahr, the tahsil/subdivision headquarters, and 65 km from Jalandhar, the district headquarters. It is also connected by road with Nawashahr (8 km), Jadla (12 km), Ludhiana (51 km), and Phillaur (37 km), Machhiwara (18 km). Its population was 12,046 in 2001. It is a Class-III municipality. In 2017-18 Sh.Hemeant Randeav Bobi is the current Municipal Corporation Chairman of the city.
Rahon is the one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in India. It was also among the 50 most populous cities in the world for many centuries, particularly in the period between 52 B.C.-1750 A.D.. After that period, Rahon started witnessing gradual decline due to epidemics, attacks from foreign invaders, and a reduction in merchant activity when the silk route began to bypass Rahon in favor of Kabul. Rahon had Asia's oldest mandi bazaar (now ruined) situated at the city's Delhi gate. The bazaar was famous for its variety and quality of products, including spices, weapons, apparel, and footwear. Rahon's population also declined due to outbreaks of malaria, the immigration of a large proportion of its Muslim population to Pakistan during partition, and civilian casualties resulting from attacks by outside invaders. Rahon has the oldest Government High School in the Punjab state, which was constructed in 1857.
Rahon is said to have been founded in the first century B.C. by Raja Raghab, a Brahmin ruler, who called it Raghupur, by which name it continued to be called in correspondence by the Pandits of the city until the twentieth century. After its founding, the city came into the possession of Gujars, who were eventually driven out by the sikh Rajputs, who in turn succumbed to the Ghorewaha Rajputs, whose conquest of the country is put down as having occurred in the time of Muhammad Ghori (d. 1206 AD).
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