History

Charkhi Dadri District is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India.The Government of Haryana state officially notified Charkhi Dadri as 22nd district of Haryana on 01 December 2016.District Charki Dadri comprises of two sub-divisions (Charkhi Dadri and Badhra) and two tehsils (Charkhi Dadri and Badhra) and one sub-tehsil (Bondkalan).District Charkhi Dadri is located between 28.5921° N Latitude and 76.2653° E Longitude respectively. District Charkhi Dadri is located 112.6 km of India capital New Delhi and 295 km of Haryana capital Chandigarh.

During Raj times, Ch. Dadri was a princely state with an area of 575sq miles and revenue of Rs 103000 annually. In 1857 war, the Nawab of Dadri, Bahadur Jung Khan who had given token allegiance to Emperor ˞BahadurShah Zafar, surrendered to British and tried by military court martial in Delhi on 27 Nov. 1857.He was removed to Lahore.Dadri was awarded to Raja Sarup Singh of Jind for his services to EIC in the 1857 war. In 1864, some fifty villages revolted against his descendant Raja Raghbir Singh in May 1864 but the rebellion was crushed. Three principal villages which took part in the rebellion, Charkhi, Mankinas and Jhanjhu, were burned down.Previously in Bhiwani district, Charkhi Dadri became part of the new Charkhi Dadri district in 2016. Dadri is derived from a lake called Dadar which was full of dadur (Sanskrit: frog) from which it took its current name. To distinguish Dadri from other similarly named places in the area, sometimes Dadri’s name was appended to the nearby village of Charkhi. After India became independent, in recognition of the contribution of people of Charki village during the first war of independence in 1857 against the British colonial rule and Praja Mandala movement against the oppressive rule of the Jind State, the government officially named the town as Charkhi-Dadri.

In 1806, the British Raj gave Charkhi Dadri to the Nawab of Jhajjhar, the ruler of the princely state of Jhajjhar, who then stayed in power till 1857. The Charkhi Dadri tract had an area of 575 sq. miles and revenue of Rs 1,03,000 annually. In the 1857 war, the Nawab of Dadri, Bahadur Jung Khan, who had given token allegiance to Emperor BahadurShah Zafar, surrendered to British and was tried by military court-martial in Delhi on 27 November 1857. He was removed to Lahore.[6] Dadri was awarded to Raja Sarup Singh of Jind for his services to the East India Company (EIC) in the 1857 war. In May 1864, some fifty Sangwan Jat villages revolted against his descendant, Raja Raghbir Singh, but the rebellion was crushed. Three principal villages which took part in the rebellion, Charkhi, Mankawas and Jhojhu, were burned down. Notable Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian scholars lived here, as evident by the collection of Sanskrit and Persian manuscripts possessed by Rao Uttam Singh, a teacher to the King of Jind State.

The major part of the ethnographic spectrum of the population is constituted by Jat people who have come from various neighbouring villages. Next are Ahir who lived here surrounding village from Mahabharat times called Abhira people . Another major community belongs to Bania (caste), Punjabi who live in clusters in the areas of Subhash Chowk, Kath Mandi, Pahwa Chowk and Ladhan Paana, are also found in great numbers. Saini lives in the majority in Saini Pura, Jhajjar Ghati, Bir Bhairvi earlier known as “Gwadiwala Johar founded by late Nathu Ram Saini under the Peepal tree, age of peepal tree is more than 100 years and now alive and Brahmin who lives majorly in the concentrated pockets of the old city called Chotti Bazari and places around Anaj mandi. Nevertheless, the city is a perfect melange with people from other diverse castes and communities as well.