| Voice of Mahendragarh
Jitendra Nirmal
There is shortage of water supply. The water resources are not
maintained.
Women literacy is very low. They need to be empowered.
Unemployment is the universal problem of India. Even we are affected
by it.
Government should provide us with clean drinking water. They should
make available ample employment opportunities.
Mahendragarh
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Analysis Geographical Area : 1859.0 Km2
Population in Mahendragarh (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 921680
Male : 486553
Female : 435127
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 18912
In seeing : 7669
In speech : 1037
In hearing : 1604
In movement : 6867
Mental : 1735
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 411
Sex Ratio Rank : 204
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 430 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 200 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Mahendragarh District
Ancient Period
Mahendragarh was earlier
known as 'Kanaud' because of its association with Kanaudia group
of Brahmans1. During the middle of the nineteenth century,
it came to be known as Mahendragarh. How it was known in earlier
periods is not known. Possibly it may have formed a part of the
Kurujangala2, a territorial designation known to traditional
literature.
Although the nomenclature
of the district is not very old, the antiquity of the area it covered
can be stretched to earlier periods also. The Archaeological explorations
conducted in the region have brought to light late- Harappan sites
specially from its Rewari tahsil3. This type of evidence
along with Painted Grey Ware, Northern Black Polished Ware and Early
Historical Ware is gathered from the adjoining districts of Bhiwani
and Gurgaon4. In the absence of archaeological excavations
in the district nothing more can be added to what has been stated
above. So far not a single PGW site has come to light in the district,
perhaps suggesting the north-eastward migrations of the Aryans from
the banks of the Saraswati and the Drisadvati possibly due to the
drying up of their courses. Most of the sites explored in the district
belong to the late-medieval period. The district, it may further
be pointed out, might possibly have remained outside the main stream
of Aryan culture and hence has not been specifically mentioned in
the traditional literature as an independent territorial unit. In
the absence of evidence it also becomes extremely difficult to trace
the successive stages in the historical growth of the region. However,
it has been suggested that some of the present streams of the district
may be identified with those mentioned in early Vedic literature5.
The southeastern Rasa (a stream mentioned in the Rigveda6
has been recognised with the Sahibi which passes through the region7,
and the Dohan
Medieval Period
After the death of Shihab-ud-din
Ghuri, one of his generals, Qutb-ud-din Aibak, laid the foundations
of the Turkish rule in India in 1206. The territory now comprising
the Mahendragarh district though formed a part of his newly founded
kingdom, yet he appears to have exercised no effective control over
it. Except for creating an administrative agency to collect land
revenue effectively, he did not interfere in the internal affairs
of the villages. Aibak's successor litutmish is, however, reported
to have made some far reaching changes which had great impact on
the administration. He divided the kingdom into several Iqtas :
the present district was parcelled into lqtas, namely, Narnaul and
Rewari.4 An officer called Mukti controlled the total
affairs of each lqta under the direct supervision and control of
the Sultan.
This arrangement continued
upto 1290, when after the deposition of the last of the Mamiuk rulers,
Shamsuddin, the district came under the control of the Khaljiis.
The new masters exercised greater and far more strict control over
the district than their predecessors. Their economic hold was coercive.
As a result, the suffering people grew restive. But the strong hand
of the rulers made them ineffective. The situation changed, however,
after Ala-ud-Din Khalji's death (1316). The people raised their
heads against the oppressive rule. There was some relief for sometime
but they were again brought under the same type of rule by the Tugluqs
who replaced the Khalijis. The same old story of oppression and
exploitation was repeated during the reigns of the first two Tughluqs-Ghias
and Muhammad, but Firuz (1351-88) who came after them gave some
solace to the suffering masses by reducing taxes and giving other
reliefs.
Modern Period
In 1750's like this
Raos of Rewari, Raja Madho Singh of Jaipur seized a sizeable territory
in the district around Narnaul and Kanaud.7 He placed
the territory under the care of Balwant Singh. In the mid-decade
the district passed under the sway of the Marathas. The Raos of
Rewari, as noted above, opposed them fora while but ultimately accepted
the Maratha over lordship. The Rajput chief accepted this position
without any opposition. Maratha over lordship, of the district proved
short-lived, however, as situation elsewhere compelled them to leave
this territory in 1755.8
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