Sangaria, India
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Sangaria or Sangariya is a city and municipality
in the Hanumangarh district
of the India
n state
of Rajasthan
. It is situated near the northern border of Rajasthan adjoining Haryana
and Punjab
states. It is located at latitude 29.48°N and longitude 74.27°E.
in 2001, Sangaria had a population of 34,541. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Sangaria has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 64.5%. Male literacy was 82%% and female literacy was 72%. In Sangaria, 13% of the population was under the age of 6 years.
Tehsil
s include 27 Gram Panchayat
s, 187 villages and 177 developed villages.
Important institutions include the Gramotthan deemed university, the agriculture college and other educational establishments.
Many clay, stone and metal statues and old coins collected from different parts of the country have been exhibited at the museum. Of special interest to visitors are the statue of Parvati
dating from between 600 and 900 AD, the statue of Tirthankar Shantinath
from the 15th century, a toran
from the 17th century and a kamandalu
of 5.5' height.
state to the east, Sriganganagar district to the west, Punjab state to the north and Churu
district to the south. The geographical area of the district is 9656.09 km² (3,728 sq mi). The climate of the district is semi-dry, extremely hot during the summer and extremely cold during winter. The maximum average temperature varies between 18° and 48° Celsius and the minimum averages between 0 and 28° Celsius. The average rainfall during the year is 225 to 300 mm
but there are an increasing number of English medium schools as well. Meera Girls College was one of the first institutes in the Bikaner district
set up specifically to educate girls. It was established in the late 1980s by Seth Dharam Chand Jain and provides education from prep to MA Level. Sangaria has one G.V. College of Education (B.Ed.) which is rated in the top 7 colleges in Rajasthan. Another B.Ed. college is the D.R. College of Education for Women. Gramotthan Vidyapeeth is another prominent higher studies institute. It was set up by the famous social worker and saint, the late swami
Keshawanand. Apart from these institutions, Sangaria sees many engineers, doctors and CA trained every year. The government senior secondary school Nukera is the top government school in Hanumangarh
District.There are many day-boarding schools,private educational trust.
S.l school,D.A.V school are reputed schools in sangaria.
The ARM Industrial Training Centre was establisted in 2008 in memory of Choudhary Arjun Ram Bissu. Trade courses are run there and it is recognised by the NCVT.
Ancient history reveals that this area was part of the nearly 5000 years old Indus Valley Civilization
. The remains of human skeletons, unknown scripts, stamps, coins, utensils, jewellery, toys, statues, wells, bathrooms, forts, streets and markets found in the course of excavations tell the story of the well developed life style of the people of the region.
In early days Sangariya was popular for its Gangaur
mela
(fair) for the sale and purchase of animals such as camels, oxen, cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, donkeys and horses.
It was also well known at one time for its herds of billy goats, hence Sangaria was called Bokawali (a village of billy goats) or Boak Mandi (a place to sell and buy billy goats).
Chaudhary Bahadur Singh Bhobia of the village Bidangkhera started the ‘Jat Anglo Indian School’ with the purpose of spreading education in rural areas. Swami Keshwanand
was made director of Jat School Sangaria in 1932 when the school was about to close for want of funds. He went from village to village and to the sethi
of the desert region who were in Calcutta and far off places and collected funds. He became instrumental in starting hundreds of schools in the desert region. The Jat
School Sangaria was renamed as Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria in 1948. Swami Keshwanand
remained connected with the Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria (Rajasthan) (1932–1952).Swami Keshwanand College of Arts, Science and commerce is the unit of Swami Keshwanand Shikshan Sansthan. Its aims to be an institution of excellence, dedicated to producing leaders of the future.To provide an environment in which every student discovers and realizes his full potential. To attract the best talent - students, teachers and facilitators - from all parts of India without distinction of race, religion, caste, or social status.Simrinder Singh did his graduation from the same college in the year 2002. Swami Keshwanad developed here a beautiful museum with a collection of rare documents, ancient items, paintings etc. brought from various places. Large-scale tree planting
were undertaken in this arid
area with the help of people and students of the Institute. Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria has become a center of inspiration for educationists from India and abroad.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Hanumangarh district
Hanumangarh district
Hanumangarh District is a district of Rajasthan state of western India. The town of Hanumangarh is the district headquarters.-District profile:...
of the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
. It is situated near the northern border of Rajasthan adjoining Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
and Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
states. It is located at latitude 29.48°N and longitude 74.27°E.
Demographics
At the time of the India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
in 2001, Sangaria had a population of 34,541. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Sangaria has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 64.5%. Male literacy was 82%% and female literacy was 72%. In Sangaria, 13% of the population was under the age of 6 years.
Tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
s include 27 Gram Panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...
s, 187 villages and 177 developed villages.
Important institutions include the Gramotthan deemed university, the agriculture college and other educational establishments.
Religious institutions
There are many old temples including:- Shiv Mandir, better known as "Chota Mandir" or Purani Dharmshala Mandir which was funded by late Seth Ganpatrai Hisaria. This temple was under the good care of the late Pujari Shri Dungar Ramji Sharma, who was also a famous Vaidyaraj (doctor of ayurveda medicineAyurvedaAyurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...
). - Panchayati Mandir which was funded by rich merchants of Sangaria. This mandirHindu templeA Mandir, Devalayam, Devasthanam, or a Hindu temple is a place of worship for followers of Hinduism...
was under the good care of the late Ramchander ji Shastri, who was one of the leading SanskritSanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
scholars of the then Sriganganagar district. - The Famous Karani Mata Mandir which was constructed by the Modi trust and family of Sangaria.
- Bhumiya ji Ka Mandir.
- Shani ji Ka Mandir.
- Ramdev Baba Ka Mandi
- SheetalDaas baba ka mandir (Kaali and Bhairav Nath mandir) which is very famous and the largest temple in Sangaria.
- Gosai TempleIn in the village of Nukera is a famous temple in Rajasthan.
- Bhupendra palace
- Tomar chauk
- mata chinta purni ka mandir ward.no.25
- shri BHABHUTA SIDH temple nearest village SALIWALA(ANIL JHORAR)
Museum
The Sir Chhotu Ram Memorial Museum is situated at Sangaria, 25 km (16 mi) from the district headquarters.Many clay, stone and metal statues and old coins collected from different parts of the country have been exhibited at the museum. Of special interest to visitors are the statue of Parvati
Parvati
Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...
dating from between 600 and 900 AD, the statue of Tirthankar Shantinath
Shantinath
Shantinath was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age . According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Shantinath was born to King Viswasen Raja and Queen Achira Rani at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku clan...
from the 15th century, a toran
Toran
Toran is the name in Hinduism of a sacred or honorific gateway in Buddhist architecture. Its typical form is a projecting cross-piece resting on two uprights or posts...
from the 17th century and a kamandalu
Kamandalu
Kamandalu or Kamandal or Kamandalam is an oblong water pot made of a dry gourd or coconut shell or metal or wood of Kamandalataru tree or from clay, usually with a handle and sometimes with a spout. Hindu ascetics or yogis often use it for storing drinking water...
of 5.5' height.
Geography and climate
Sangaria, situated at 29° 5' to 30° 6' North and 74° 3' to 75º 3' east, shares its boundaries with HaryanaHaryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
state to the east, Sriganganagar district to the west, Punjab state to the north and Churu
Churu
Churu is a town in the desert region of Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Churu District. It lies in the Thar Desert on the National Highway-65 connecting Pali to Ambala and is a junction station on the railway line to Bikaner...
district to the south. The geographical area of the district is 9656.09 km² (3,728 sq mi). The climate of the district is semi-dry, extremely hot during the summer and extremely cold during winter. The maximum average temperature varies between 18° and 48° Celsius and the minimum averages between 0 and 28° Celsius. The average rainfall during the year is 225 to 300 mm
Education
Due to numerous education institutes, Sangaria has a reputation as the educational hub of northern Rajasthan. It has 7 colleges. Total students studying in Sangaria on 7 September 1994 were 6487. Sangaria has 43 RSEB affiliated schools. Mostly the education is in HindiHindi languages
The Hindi languages, also known as Madhya and the Central Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages, is a subset of the varieties of Hindi spoken across northern India that descend from the Madhya prakrits, and includes the official languages of India and Pakistan, Hindi and Urdu...
but there are an increasing number of English medium schools as well. Meera Girls College was one of the first institutes in the Bikaner district
Bikaner district
Bikaner District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The historic city of Bikaner is the district headquarters. Bikaner is also Division with the four district: Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.-Geography:...
set up specifically to educate girls. It was established in the late 1980s by Seth Dharam Chand Jain and provides education from prep to MA Level. Sangaria has one G.V. College of Education (B.Ed.) which is rated in the top 7 colleges in Rajasthan. Another B.Ed. college is the D.R. College of Education for Women. Gramotthan Vidyapeeth is another prominent higher studies institute. It was set up by the famous social worker and saint, the late swami
Swami
A swami sometimes abbreviated "Sw." is an ascetic or yogi who has been initiated into the religious monastic order founded by Adi Sankara, or to a religious teacher.The Oxford English Dictionary gives the etymology as...
Keshawanand. Apart from these institutions, Sangaria sees many engineers, doctors and CA trained every year. The government senior secondary school Nukera is the top government school in Hanumangarh
Hanumangarh
Hanumangarh is a city in northern Rajasthan state in western India, situated on the banks of the river Ghaggar, located about 400 km from Delhi. It is the administrative seat of Hanumangarh District...
District.There are many day-boarding schools,private educational trust.
S.l school,D.A.V school are reputed schools in sangaria.
The ARM Industrial Training Centre was establisted in 2008 in memory of Choudhary Arjun Ram Bissu. Trade courses are run there and it is recognised by the NCVT.
History
Before the year 1900, there was a battalion of soldiers of the then princely state of Bikaner to protect the north eastern boundary on the site of the present Sangaria town, which was then known as ‘Sangar’, and this is the origin of the town's name. In 1901-02 the Bikaner state railway line was extended from Hanumangarh to Bhatinda. At that time there were few people living close by so the railway station was called ‘Chautala Road’ after the name of the village Chautala situated in Punjab at a distance of 6 km (4 mi) from here. From that time onward people settled in the area. The State Government sanctioned an agricultural mandi here during the early twentieth century. The area was barren and there was no drinking water supply so water was transported by railway from Hanumangarh town and then supplied to each house.Ancient history reveals that this area was part of the nearly 5000 years old Indus Valley Civilization
Indus Valley Civilization
The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that was located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of what is now mainly modern-day Pakistan and northwest India...
. The remains of human skeletons, unknown scripts, stamps, coins, utensils, jewellery, toys, statues, wells, bathrooms, forts, streets and markets found in the course of excavations tell the story of the well developed life style of the people of the region.
In early days Sangariya was popular for its Gangaur
Gangaur
Gangaur is a festival celebrated in the Indian state of Rajasthan.Gangaur is the colourful and the one of the most important festivals of people of Rajasthan and is observed throughout the state with great fervour and devotion by womenfolk who worship Gauri, the consort of Lord Shiva during...
mela
Mela
Mela is a Sanskrit word meaning 'gathering' or 'to meet' or a Fair. It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gathering and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sports. In rural traditions melas or village fairs were of great importance...
(fair) for the sale and purchase of animals such as camels, oxen, cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, donkeys and horses.
It was also well known at one time for its herds of billy goats, hence Sangaria was called Bokawali (a village of billy goats) or Boak Mandi (a place to sell and buy billy goats).
Gramothan Vidya Peeth
On 9 August 1917 a retired subedarSubedar
Subedar is a historical rank in the Indian Army, ranking below British commissioned officers and above non-commissioned officers. The rank was otherwise equivalent to a British lieutenant and was introduced in the East India Company's presidency armies, to make it easier for British officers to...
Chaudhary Bahadur Singh Bhobia of the village Bidangkhera started the ‘Jat Anglo Indian School’ with the purpose of spreading education in rural areas. Swami Keshwanand
Swami Keshwanand
Swami Keshwanand was an Indian freedom fighter and social reformer.-Early life:Born at village Magloona in Sikar district of present-day Rajasthan in 1883, Swamiji, whose actual name was Birama, was the son of Thakarsi, a penurious camel-driver, and his wife Saran. The family were Hindu and...
was made director of Jat School Sangaria in 1932 when the school was about to close for want of funds. He went from village to village and to the sethi
Sethi
Sethi is a common Khukhrain surname among Punjabi people. Sethis are found in Punjab, India and Pakistan and are mainly Hindus, Sikhs-Etymology:...
of the desert region who were in Calcutta and far off places and collected funds. He became instrumental in starting hundreds of schools in the desert region. The Jat
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...
School Sangaria was renamed as Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria in 1948. Swami Keshwanand
Swami Keshwanand
Swami Keshwanand was an Indian freedom fighter and social reformer.-Early life:Born at village Magloona in Sikar district of present-day Rajasthan in 1883, Swamiji, whose actual name was Birama, was the son of Thakarsi, a penurious camel-driver, and his wife Saran. The family were Hindu and...
remained connected with the Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria (Rajasthan) (1932–1952).Swami Keshwanand College of Arts, Science and commerce is the unit of Swami Keshwanand Shikshan Sansthan. Its aims to be an institution of excellence, dedicated to producing leaders of the future.To provide an environment in which every student discovers and realizes his full potential. To attract the best talent - students, teachers and facilitators - from all parts of India without distinction of race, religion, caste, or social status.Simrinder Singh did his graduation from the same college in the year 2002. Swami Keshwanad developed here a beautiful museum with a collection of rare documents, ancient items, paintings etc. brought from various places. Large-scale tree planting
Plantation
A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...
were undertaken in this arid
Arid
A region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life...
area with the help of people and students of the Institute. Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria has become a center of inspiration for educationists from India and abroad.