Brief About Rewari District
HISTORY
The History of the district Rewari is contemporary
to the history of Delhi.
During MAHABHARTA period there was a king named Rewat He had a
daughter whose name was Rewati. But the king used to call her
Rewa lovingly. The king founded and established a city named “Rewa
wadi” after the name of her daughter. Later on Rewa got married
with Balram, elder brother of Lord Krishna and the king donated
the city “Rewa wadi”as dow ry to her daughter. Later the city
Rewa wadi became REWARI.
During
the rule of Mughlas a “VANIK” named Hemu of Rewari became chief
of Army and Prime minister of SOOR-SAMRAJYA. On decay of this
SAMRAJYA he became ruler of Delhi
and known by the name “HEM CHANDER VIKRMADITYA”. He could rule
for very short period and sacrificed his life on Nov.
5, 1556 in the second battle of Panipat while fighting
against Mughlas.
During the rule of Mughla Rewari
was the part of Delhi
territory. In the SAVTANTRTA-SANGRAM of 1857 “Rao Tula Ram &
Krishan Gopal “ of Rewari fought aggressively against the British
rule with the help of “Samrat Bahadur Shah Zafar” and there was
a movement when they brought the British rule to an end in Rewari.
But Rao Tula Ram could not succeed and he expiblack after some
time. The land of Rewari
is called “VEER-BHUMI”. Even today the people of Rewari feel proud
to serve in Indian Armies.
The majority of the castes which
lived in Rewari was Morya, Gupts and Gujjars. Althoug now the
majority is of the Ahirs, all castes live with harmony. In the
city the Punjabis and Guptas have hold on the business.
LOCATION
Rewari was accorded the status of
a district by the Government of Haryana on November, 1, 1989. Its geographical boundaries
have district Rohtak in its north, Mahendergarh district in its
west and district Gurgaon in its east & north-east directions.
District Alwar of Rajasthan touches Rewari in the south-east.
Prior to it, Rewari was a Sub-division and Tehsil head quarter
of district Mahendergarh.
Rewari is located at 82 KM mile stone
in the south-west direction of the national capital Delhi
across the Delhi Jaipur National Highway No. 8. Rewari town is
situated at the height of 241.95 meters above sea level.
This district is spread over 1559
Sq. km area with a total population of 6,23,301 (1991 census).
It is divided into 2 sub-divisions, Rewari and Kosli. It is further
divided into 3 revenue tehsils, that is Rewari, Bawal & Kosli
and 5 CD Blocks namely Rewari, Bawal, Khol, Jatusana & Nahar.
The whole district consists of 412 villages and 346 Panchayats.
In this district temperature ranges from 2 to 47 degree centigrade,
months of December & January are of sever cold and the months
of May & June are of bitter summer. Because of the touch of
Rajasthan this district faces dusty storms in summer season. Overall
climate of this district remains dry. July,August & September
are the months of rainy season. Light rains are experienced during
December, January & Feb.
