Jind

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locator_position = right | state_name = Haryana
district = Jind
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altitude = 227
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Jind ( _hi. जींद) (Punjabi: ਅੰਬਾਲਾ ) is a town in Jind District, Harayana state, India.It is one of the oldest districts of Harayana. It is one of the first Sikh Kingdoms. It lies in central Haryana and is the fourth district of "Jat belt" (i.e Sonipat, Rohtak, Hissar, Jind).City is clean with little or no industrial units. Rani Talab is main tourist place and Pandu-Pidara and Ramrai are the main devotional places attracting devotees for "Amaavas" bath.

The town was the centre of the princely state of Jind. The royal family are Sikhs of the Sidhu gotra.

Geography

Jind is located at coord|29.32|N|76.32|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/10/Jind.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jind] ] . It has an average elevation of 227 metres (744 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Jind had a population of 136,089. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Jind has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 61%. In Jind, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Since Harayana was once part of East Punjab Sikhs make up 80% of Jind population.

Princely Jind

Jind state was founded by descendants of Phool Haryana under the patronage and protection of the Sikh Guru (Guru Hargobind and Guru Har Rai). Jind was a state of Sikh of Siddhu Jat origin founded by grandson of Chaudhary Phul Singh [A History of Sikh Misals Bhagat Singh] . Chaudhary Phul Singh had six sons namely, 1.Tiloka 2.Ram Singh 3.Rudh 4.Chunu 5. Jhandu and 6.Takhtmal. Area of the state was 1259 sq mile and annual income of Jind state was Rs 30,00,000/-. [Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 ]

Claiming descent from Jaisal, founder of the State of Jaisalmer in 1156, the founder of this Sikh dynasty, Phul, was Chaudhri (Governor) of a country located at the south east of Delhi. Phul’s descendants founded 3 States: Patiala, Jind and Nabha.

Tiloka had two sons namely, 1. Gurudutta 2. Sukh Chain. Sukh Chain's descendants ruled Jind state and Gurudatta's descendants ruled Nabha state.

According to the World Statesmen website, the princely state of Jind was founded in 1763. Gajpat Singh ruled under the title "raja" until 1789, then Bhag Singh until 1819, Fateh Singh until 1822, Sangat Singh until 1834. After a vacancy of three years Sarup Singh ruled until 1864, succeeded by Raghubir Singh, who took the title "raja-i rajgan" in 1881. In 1887 he was succeeded by Ranbir Singh, who became "maharaja" in 1911 and continued to rule the state until Independence in 1947. The last Ruler of Jind was Col. HH Farzand-i-dilband Rasikh-ul-itikad Daulat-i-inglishia Raja-i-rajgan Maharaja Sir Ranbir Singh Rajendra Bahadur. During the late 80's Sikh militants had a strong hold in Jind and many non Sikhs started wearing turbans because of dangerous attacks and car bombing. The problem was getting so serious trains were not allowed to go towards Harayana and Punjab.

The current prince of the principality of Jind is called Ikwal Samra (12-6-1973), who was trained as an engineer in the United Kingdom.

References

External links

* [http://jind.co.in/ Jind - community portal]
* [http://yellowpages.jind.co.in/ Jind - yellow pages]
* [http://jind.nic.in/ Official Jind Web site]
* [http://www.jindcity.com Jind City - Photographs, Event and more about Jind]
* [http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak7.html Sikh History and Jind]