Jharsa
Jharsa | |
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Village | |
  Jharsa Location in Haryana, India  Jharsa Jharsa (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°26′42″N 77°04′25″E / 28.444921°N 77.073627°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| Region | North India |
| District | Gurgaon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-26-XX-XXXX |
| Website | haryana |
Jharsa is a large village in Gurgaon tehsil in Gurugram city of Haryana State in India. It lies 10 km from the Gurugram city centre and 254 km from the state's main city, Chandigarh. It has a population of about 32907 persons living in around 8689 households.[1] it is surrounded by Mohyal colony, Patel Nagar, Kirti Nagar and Sector 15, Sector 31, Sector 32, Sector 39, Sector 40, Sector 46, and Indra Colony.
History
The history of Jharsa dates back to medieval times.
During British colonial rule
The paragana of Badshahpur-Jharsa was ruled by Begum Samru (b.1753 – d.1836) and she built a palace for herself between Badshahpur and Jharsa.[2] Her palace has been completely lost to encroachments. Palace building is located between Gurgaon and Jharsa village, much of which was used as district collector's residence or camp office. Built in Islamic style, the ruins of this palace survived till about 2008 in Gurgaon.[3]
During 1857 War of Independence several freedom fighter from Jharsa took part. Bhakhtawar Singh Thakran (first President of Jharsa 360 khap) was the first martyr from Jharsa and Galam Singh Kilhore (president of Jharsa 365 khap) also led his khap against British Raj.
Before the 1947 Partition of India, Jharsa had a significant Muslim population. Pashtuns, who settled here from Rohilkhand and Delhi after the 1857 War of Independence, constituted the majority. Chughtai Mughals from Delhi and Syeds from Ajmer also found refuge here. The latter were granted lands by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. The village heroes were Ch. Galam Singh Kilhore and Ch. Bakhtawar Singh Thakran, who were hanged to death by the British government for the killing of two English officers in 1857.
Indian National Army (INA) led by Subhash Chandra Bose had several freedom fighters from Jharsa who fought in World War II against the British Raj in Burma, Singapore and Thailand to liberate India. These freedom fighters include Captain Uday Singh Kilhore (1912-1972) in whose honor the road from Rajiv Chowk to District Soldier Board is named.
Ramlila in Jharsa
Purani Ramlila, continuously held every year since 1880, is the oldest Ramlila in Gurugram. A sadhu devotee of Lord Shri Krishna, "Jugaldas", who came from a Hindu Jat family of the village, completed the construction of "Shri Krishan Mandir" in 1813 during the during the rule of Begum Samru when Jharsa had a muslim majority population. He started the Ramila on the temple grounds in 1879. Only other Ramlila in Gurugram at that time was organised by the Nawab of Pataudi State. In 1880 "Shri Krishan Mandir Ramlila" was moved to "Ram Talab" (Now Shahid Bakhtawar Singh Community Center) location by Munim ji (title), where it ran for 90 years before splitting into two separate Ramlila groups, one that moved to Chhota School in 1970 and other was moved at its original location at the ground of "Shri Krishan Mandir" at Jharsa in 1980. Thus The Ramlila of Jharsa completed 139 years. Jharsa's Ramlila was the oldest Ramlila of Gurugaon District. Purani Ramlila 138 Years (Estd. 1880), Nai Ramlila (Estd 1970) was 48 years and Shri Krishan Mandir Ramlila at the ground of Shri Krishan Mandir completed 39 Years (Estd 1980). All credit goes to Baba Jugal Das (Krishan Mandir Jharsa) who started Ramlila in Jharsa village.
Geography
Location
It lies near the Aravalli Range within the Gurugram city in the National Capital Region. Other villages in the vicinity are Wazirabad, Islampur, Silokhera, Tigra, Ghata, and Kanhai.[4]
Climate of Jharsa
| Climate data for Jharsa | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 70.0 (21.1) |
75.6 (24.2) |
86.0 (30.0) |
97.2 (36.2) |
103.3 (39.6) |
102.7 (39.3) |
95.2 (35.1) |
91.9 (33.3) |
93.0 (33.9) |
91.2 (32.9) |
82.9 (28.3) |
73.4 (23.0) |
88.5 (31.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 45.1 (7.3) |
50.2 (10.1) |
59.7 (15.4) |
70.7 (21.5) |
78.6 (25.9) |
82.9 (28.3) |
79.9 (26.6) |
78.6 (25.9) |
75.9 (24.4) |
67.1 (19.5) |
55.0 (12.8) |
46.8 (8.2) |
65.8 (18.8) |
| Average rainfall inches (mm) | 0.80 (20.3) |
0.59 (15.0) |
0.62 (15.8) |
0.26 (6.7) |
0.69 (17.5) |
2.16 (54.9) |
9.11 (231.5) |
10.19 (258.7) |
5.03 (127.8) |
1.43 (36.3) |
0.20 (5.0) |
0.31 (7.8) |
31.39 (797.3) |
| Average rainy days | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 39.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 213.9 | 217.5 | 238.7 | 261.0 | 263.5 | 198.0 | 167.4 | 176.7 | 219.0 | 269.7 | 246.0 | 217.0 | 2,688.4 |
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Sports
The village has given famous players for India. One was Pritam Rani Siwach, former women's hockey team captain of India, and the other was the wrestler Virender Singh (Thakran) (Dheeraj Pahalwan), who won a bronze medal in the Junior World Wrestling Championship and won a silver medal in Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in 1995 Muskan thakran played at national level lawn tennis won 3 golds in ahmedabad,bangkok,pune,2silver medals in chandigarh india in 2014 to 2018
Notable residents
Sports
Hockey players
- Pritam Rani Siwach: former captain of the Indian women's hockey team in 2008
Wrestlers
- Virender Thakran धीरज पहलवान: railway wrestler; winner of bronze medal in 1991 Junior World Wrestling and Gold Medalist in 1995 Commonwealth Games in Australian and gold medalist in 1995 SAF Games
References
See also
References
- ^ "Local information for Jharsa - Location coordinates (lat long) on map, businesses, tourist places, hotels & restaurants, user added information, local resources". Geolysis.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ http://www.haryanatourism.gov.in/Destination/begum-samru-palace Begum Samru Palace, Gurugram], Haryana Tourism.
- ^ "A queen's magnificent church". The Indian Express. 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Jharsa Gurgaon PinCode". citypincode.in. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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