Rania, Sirsa

Coordinates: 29°32′N 74°50′E / 29.53°N 74.83°E / 29.53; 74.83
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Rania
Town
Sirsa
Websiteharyana.gov.in
Owner of Rania HR Sonam Verma

Rania is a town and a municipal committee in

state of Haryana. Rania Town is a grain market in Sirsa district. Nearby cities to Rania includes Sirsa and Ellenabad
. It shares its RTO office with Ellenabad which is also has its headquarters in Ellenabad. Earlier it was a part of Ellenabad subdivision but later carved out separately as a subdivision in Sirsa district of Haryana. It is at a distance of 22 km each from Sirsa and Ellenabad in opposite direction on Haryana State Highway 32A i.e. Bhambhoor-Jiwan Nagar Road which connects to Haryana State Highway 32 (Ellenabad-Dabwali Road) in Jiwan Nagar on one end and Haryana State Highway 23 (Sirsa-Ellenabad Road) in Bhambhoor on the other end.

History

Painting of a street scene in the village of Rania (located in modern-day Haryana), circa 1816. Painted by the company artists Ghulam ‘Ali Khan and others.

Rania, which means "queen", was formerly called Bhattian and ruled by a king known as the Bhatti Raja. It was renamed as a result of sati by Rania, Queen of Bhattian Riasayat's King after she heard a rumour that the king had been killed in a nearby village.

After

Indian well was buried during 1975-77 emergency to build a market.[3]

Painting of Amiban, the Haryanvi liaison of William Fraser, Company School, circa early 19th century

During British Raj, "the village of Rania was home to Amiban, main mistress to William Fraser, a brother of James Baillie Fraser, and his two Anglo-Indian sons and daughter."[4]

During the

Jat ruler of Ballabhgarh, Rao Tula Ram ruler of Rewari and Nawab Nur Muhammad Khan of Rania all played key role.[5][6]

There were significant number Muslims who left during

fort
which is still in use as the police station.

Rania town was a part of the old

Punjab Region and became part of Haryana
in 1966.

Geography

Rania is situated in the far west of Haryana on the Bhambhoor-Jeewan Nagar Road. The nearest airports are in

Punjab are around 35 kilometres (22 mi) away and those of Rajasthan
25 kilometres (16 mi) distant. Some other villages and places near to the town are Jiwan Nagar, Kariwala, SantNagar (Jagmalera), Balasar Farm, Sultan Puria and the Ottu Dam, Tetarwal Farm House, Mohamad Puria.

Demographics

As of

Scheduled Castes population was 6,474. Rania had 4874 households in 2011.[2]

Languages

Hindi is the official language with Punjabi and English as additional official. Hindi and Punjabi are the most spoken languages of Rania.

Economy

Rania has a population of about 25,000 and a municipality system that runs the town, which is divided into 15 wards. As of 2009, Rania became a separate

Sirsa earlier a part of Ellenabad Vidhan Sabha Constituency.[8] The town has its own shopping areas, tehsil
, police station, hospital, private nursing homes along with government and private schools. A privately run bus system connects with nearby towns and villages.

The main employment is in agriculture and retail while wheat, vegetables, rice, and cotton are the main crops in the region.

References

  1. ^ "Towns | Sirsa | India". sirsa.gov.in. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Census of India: Rania". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ Jugal Kishore Gupta (1991). History of Sirsa Town. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. pp. 38–48.
  4. William Dalrymple, The forgotten masterpieces of Indian art
    , Spectator UK, 18 December 2019.
  5. ^ Haryana Samvad, Jan 2018.
  6. ISBN 978-81-7335-498-4
    .
  7. ^ "List of Assembly Constituencies". ceoharyana.gov.in. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Sirsa". Sirsa District Government. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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