Rewari
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Rewari रेवाड़ी |
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| City | |
Rewari Town Hall
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| Nickname(s): Peetal Nagari | |
 Rewari
Rewari
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| Coordinates: 28°11′N 76°37′E / 28.18°N 76.62°ECoordinates: 28°11′N 76°37′E / 28.18°N 76.62°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Haryana |
| District | Rewari |
| Founded by | Ahirs / Yaduvanshi |
| Elevation | 245 m (804 ft) |
| Population (2011/3/1) | |
| • Total | 143,021 |
| • Density | 483/km2 (1,250/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi हिंदी |
| • Spoken | Ahirwati अहीर्वती |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 123401 |
| Telephone code | 01274 |
| Website | rewari |
Rewari (Hindi: रेवाडी) is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in south-west Haryana 82 km (51 mi) from Delhi railway station and 51 km (32 mi) from Gurgaon. Rewari may be considered centre of Ahirwal.
During the Mahabharata period in ancient India, a king named Rewat had a daughter named Rewati. The father used to call her Rewa, and founded a city "Rewa Wadi" named after her. Wadi and wada mean a neighbourhood (small and big, respectively) in Hindi and many other Indian languages. When Rewa married Balram, elder brother of Krishna, the king donated the city “Rewa-Wadi” to his daughter. In the course of time, the name Rewa-Wadi became Rewari.
Rewari was founded by Nand Ram, an Ahir leader of Bolni village. A small Ahir principality was established there in the early century and ruled over the surrounding Ahirwal area.
Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, who reigned as king of north India during 1556, was educated and brought up in what is now Rewari. Hem Chandra had developed a cannon foundry in Rewari, laying the foundation of a metalwork industry in brass, copper sheets. He had supplied cannons and Gunpowder to Sher Shah Suri from 1535 onwards and was an adviser to Sur dynasty till 1553, when he became Prime Minister and Chief of Army. Hem Chandra had won 22 battles from Punjab to Delhi during 1553-56. He defeated Mughal king Akbar's forces at Agra and Delhi. Hem Chandra was coronated as a Vikramaditya king at Purana Quila in Delhi on 7 October 1556, reigned as king of Delhi for one month but lost to Akbar on 5 November 1556 at Panipat where he died. His haveli (house) still stands in the Qutabpur area of the city, which in his day was a village in its own right.
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