Tohana
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Tohana is a city and a municipal council
in Fatehabad district
in the India
n state
of Haryana
.
s (734 feet).
, and 2nd one is Sikh
community people because Tohana
is nearby Punjab. Aggarwal, Punjabis(Arora), Saini
s people constitute the majority population of Tohana. There are lots of Saini
Sikh
s and Saini
Hindu
s villages in Tohana. Other populated groups are Jatts, Jaats, Brahman
s etc. People of Tohana mainly speak Punjabi and some dialects in Haryanvi.There is an main historical place is Shivalaya PanchMukhi Mandir, and 2nd one is Gurudwara near Tohana
in Dhamtan Sahib related to 9th Guru of Sikh
s (Shree Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji), father of Shree Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
30% people devotee of dera sucha sauda sirsa
, Tohana had a population of 63,799 and 12642 house holds. Males constitute 52.65% of the population and females 47.35%. Tohana has an average literacy rate of 67.81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 62.54%. In Tohana, 11.99% of the population is under 6 years of age. In the total of unbder 6 years child male is 55.48% and female is 44.52.
Tohana is situated just 8 kilometres from the Haryana-Punjab border in North-West of Haryana. One of the neighbouring cities is Hisar 72 miles stone away from Tohana (by which most of the people can identify it), which used to be the district for Tohana until 1997. Fatehabad was cut as a separate district from Hisar and Tohana was included in the part of land which went to Fatehabad.
Aryans at first on the banks of the rivers -the Saraswati and the Drishadvati, and in the course of their expansion covered a wider area of Hissar and Fatehabad. The area was probably included in the kingdom of Pandavas and their successors1. Panini mentions quite a few towns of the region-Aisukari, Taushayana (Tohana) and Rori which have been identified with Hissar, Tohana and Rori, respectively2. According to Puranas, the areas of Fatehabad district remained a part of Nanda empire. The discovery of Ashokan pillars at Hissar and Fatehabad shows that the area of the district remained a part of Mauryan empire. The people of Agroha area assisted Chandra Gupta Maurya in the war against Greeks.
After the fall of the Mauryas and Sungas, the Agras along with the Yaudheys-the republican tribes of the region-asserted for their independence. The Agras settled in the region covering Agroha and Barwala. They issued coins from Agroha, the capital headquarters.
As attested by the discovery of coin-moulds and terracottas, the region was a part of Kushan empire. According to A.S. Altekar, the Yaudheys made a second bid for independence towards the end of the second century A.D., came out successful in their venture and succeeded in freeing their home-land and ousting Kushans.
This finds support from the Agroha seal1. The early 11th century saw the Ghaznavid inroads in this area. Sultan Masud led the expeditions towards Agroha. The Chauhans seem to have taken special measures for protecting the area against Muslim incursions. The area of Agroha passed on to the Muslim rule after the defeat of Prithvi Raj III in the Second Battle of Tarain (1192).
After the Battle of Tarain, Sultan Shihab-ud-din Muhammad Ghuri placed one of his ablest generals in the Indian campaigns. But it appears that any meaningful control could not be established. Seizing the opportunity, a Rajput clan, Jatus, believed to be an offshoot of Tomaras, widely extended their power in Fatehabad area including Agroha2. Firuz (1351–88) shot these areas into prominence. The ruler came to have somewhat unusual fancy for the tract (Hissar). It is a great credit to him that he established new towns of Fatehabad and Hissar and built two canals; one taking off from Ghaggar at Phulad and following the course of Joiya up to the town of Fatehabad. After the death of Firuz (1388), chaos and confusion spread all round . The situation deteriorated still further when Timur invaded in 1398. During his marching, Timur invested Fatehabad which was captured without any opposition from the inhabitants. Lastly, the invader reached Tohana but he could not set- up his permanent rule over the area. He soon left for Samana after looting these areas. The areas of Fatehabad came under the control of Mughals-Babar and Humanyun. There is a small and beautiful mosque known as Humanyun mosque at Fatehabad . The legend assigns the association of the mosque to the Mughal Emperor Humanyun who in his flight after his defeat at the hands of Sher Shah Suri happened to pass through Fatehabad. Fatehabad was one of important Mahals during Akbar's time.
By 1760, the areas became the scene of a sort of triangular duel between the sturdy Sikhs of north-east, marauding Bhattis of north-west and the Muslim chiefs of the south. None of them could, however, hold the region permanently except for the Bhattis who became the masters of Fatehabad pargana. In 1774, Maharaja Amar Singh of Patiala along with his famous minister Dewan Nanumal laid seize to the stronghold of Bighar near Fatehabad which fell shortly afterwards. The Raja then took Fatehabad and Sirsa and invested Rania held by Bhattis. Tohana also was seized by the Chief of Patiala. But after a treaty of Jind in 1781, Fatehabad and Sirsa were made over to the Bhattis and remaining territories were allowed to be retained by the Sikhs ..
By 1798, Agroha and Tohana were important parganas under the control of George Thomas. When George Thomas was driven out from here by the Sikh-Maratha-French Confederacy, a French Officer Lt. Bourquian controlled these areas on behalf of Marathas . He is said to have rebuilt the towns of Tohana and Hissar. Later these areas were placed under the charge of Illias Beg, a Mughal noble of Hansi. With the treaty of Surji Anjangaon 1803, the British became the rulers of this area and Marathas were vanquished forever. In November, 1884, the Sirsa district was abolished and Sirsa tahsil after the distribution of villages was formed . In 1889, 15 villages forming a detached block known as Budhlada were transferred form Kaithal tahsil to Fatehabad tahsil. The Barwala tahsil containing139 villages was abolished with effect from January 1, 1891 and its area was distributed between 3 contiguous tahsils ; 13 villages going to Hansi, 24 to Hissar and 102 to Fatehabad. At the same time 13 villages were transferred from Hissar tahsil to Bhiwani tahsil and a sub-tahsil was established at Tohana in Fatehabad tahsil. In 1923, the Tohana sub-tahsil was transferred from Fatehabad to Hissar tahsil. In 1972, Tohana sub-tahsil was upgraded to tahsil. Two sub-tahsils, one at Ratia of tahsil of Fatehabad and other at Adampur of Hissar tahsil were created in 1979. By the end of 1978, the Hissar district comprised 486 villages, divided between tahsils of Fatehabad -166; Hissar-115, Hansi-119 and Tohana-86. Fatehabad came into existence as a full-fledged district with effect from 15-7-1997, now having three sub-divisions, three tahsils and three sub-tahsils.
The main attraction of this small town is "Baliala Guest House" where you can enjoy the distribution of the water of Bhakhra Nagnal Main Branch Canal into seven different canals. Hence this town is surrounded by the seven canals. Tohana is well connected by northern railways dierctly to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Ludhiana, Jammu and other major cities. and it is well connected by the road network too. Punjabi, Hindi, Haryanvi, Multani languages are common here in the town. The strongest part of this small town is communal harmony. The people who had come from western Punjab after partition had become very influential with a passage of time. Tohana is nowadays developing as a medical hub for the areas nearby to it.
The town has two UG level colleges, one of them is a co-ed I.G. Govt. College, Tohana (Now BBA and BCA also available in I.G. Govt College Tohana affiliated with K.U.Kurukshetra) and other one being women college Shri Durga Mahila Maha. The courses available are mostly arts and commerce, but there has been an increase in the number of computer courses like MCA etc. Both the colleges are affiliated to the Kurukshetra University. The commerce was started in I.G. Govt College in the year 1989 and Sh. K.C. Goel has a great contribution for getting the Commerce course started in I.G.Govt College. For the next five years he was the only teacher of Commerce and he single handedly managed to successfully run the department. Earlier Sh. K.C. Goel was posted in Narwana K.M. College.
Now city has two polytechnic college
1.Apex polytechnic
2.Guru nanak polytechnic
and 1 management college starting this year
1.Guru nanak institute of management
School -
The town has a DAV school Colonel Public School,Green Valley Public School,k.m.school.
Until 90s Government High School was the only good school in the town. Lot of students from the school are now very successful professionals working across the globe. Credit goes to Master Devender Goyal who motivated and convinced many students to peruse higher education.
The town has one Honable Court. It has the facility of online evidence. Its situated in BDPO Office, Tohana building. Its built in year 1995.
SDM Court
The town is SUB DIVISION. This is the commanding office of all other offices of town. There is a Sub-Division Court Headed by SDM (Sub Divisional Magistrate). SDM Office main works are Making of Driving Licence, Registration of Vehicle etc. It has E-disha kander also.
Municipal Council
The town has Municipal Council. This council has 21 wards which headed by President and Vice President. Municipal Council is liable to const. of new road and maintenance of old roads. All the works related to Death Birth Records, Voter List Records and House Tax Records maintain by this office. Its all function implements under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Fatehabad as per norms of Haryana Municipal Act 1973.
Municipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
in Fatehabad district
Fatehabad District
Fatehabad is one of the twenty one districts of Haryana state, India.- Origin of the name of the district :The district derives its name from the headquarters town Fatehabad. The town was founded by Firoz Shah Tughlak in the 14th century. He named it after his son Fateh Khan, as Fatehabad...
in 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
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of 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...
.
Geography
Tohana is located at 29.7°N 75.9°E. It has an average elevation of 224 metreMetre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
s (734 feet).
Groups
Tohana main dominates is HindiHindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, and 2nd one is Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
community people because Tohana
Tohana
Tohana is a city and a municipal council in Fatehabad district in the Indian state of Haryana.-Geography:Tohana is located at . It has an average elevation of 224 metres .-Groups:...
is nearby Punjab. Aggarwal, Punjabis(Arora), Saini
Saini
Saini is a Rajput descent caste of India. Sainis, also known as Shoorsaini in Puranic literature, are now found by their original name only in Punjab and in the neighboring states of Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh...
s people constitute the majority population of Tohana. There are lots of Saini
Saini
Saini is a Rajput descent caste of India. Sainis, also known as Shoorsaini in Puranic literature, are now found by their original name only in Punjab and in the neighboring states of Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh...
Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
s and Saini
Saini
Saini is a Rajput descent caste of India. Sainis, also known as Shoorsaini in Puranic literature, are now found by their original name only in Punjab and in the neighboring states of Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh...
Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
s villages in Tohana. Other populated groups are Jatts, Jaats, Brahman
Brahman
In Hinduism, Brahman is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the phenomenal universe. Brahman is sometimes referred to as the Absolute or Godhead which is the Divine Ground of all being...
s etc. People of Tohana mainly speak Punjabi and some dialects in Haryanvi.There is an main historical place is Shivalaya PanchMukhi Mandir, and 2nd one is Gurudwara near Tohana
Tohana
Tohana is a city and a municipal council in Fatehabad district in the Indian state of Haryana.-Geography:Tohana is located at . It has an average elevation of 224 metres .-Groups:...
in Dhamtan Sahib related to 9th Guru of Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
s (Shree Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji), father of Shree Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
30% people devotee of dera sucha sauda sirsa
Demographics
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...
, Tohana had a population of 63,799 and 12642 house holds. Males constitute 52.65% of the population and females 47.35%. Tohana has an average literacy rate of 67.81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 62.54%. In Tohana, 11.99% of the population is under 6 years of age. In the total of unbder 6 years child male is 55.48% and female is 44.52.
Tohana is situated just 8 kilometres from the Haryana-Punjab border in North-West of Haryana. One of the neighbouring cities is Hisar 72 miles stone away from Tohana (by which most of the people can identify it), which used to be the district for Tohana until 1997. Fatehabad was cut as a separate district from Hisar and Tohana was included in the part of land which went to Fatehabad.
History
Tohana has had a rich history in Sikhism and it is found in most of the references to Banda Bahadur where Banda issued letters to Malwa Sikhs to join him in his crusade against Wazir Khan of Sarhind. It used to be a desert land until the Bhakhra Nangal sub-branch brought a source of irrigation for the town and neighbouring villages. After this, Tohana developed into a major agricultural hub.Aryans at first on the banks of the rivers -the Saraswati and the Drishadvati, and in the course of their expansion covered a wider area of Hissar and Fatehabad. The area was probably included in the kingdom of Pandavas and their successors1. Panini mentions quite a few towns of the region-Aisukari, Taushayana (Tohana) and Rori which have been identified with Hissar, Tohana and Rori, respectively2. According to Puranas, the areas of Fatehabad district remained a part of Nanda empire. The discovery of Ashokan pillars at Hissar and Fatehabad shows that the area of the district remained a part of Mauryan empire. The people of Agroha area assisted Chandra Gupta Maurya in the war against Greeks.
After the fall of the Mauryas and Sungas, the Agras along with the Yaudheys-the republican tribes of the region-asserted for their independence. The Agras settled in the region covering Agroha and Barwala. They issued coins from Agroha, the capital headquarters.
As attested by the discovery of coin-moulds and terracottas, the region was a part of Kushan empire. According to A.S. Altekar, the Yaudheys made a second bid for independence towards the end of the second century A.D., came out successful in their venture and succeeded in freeing their home-land and ousting Kushans.
This finds support from the Agroha seal1. The early 11th century saw the Ghaznavid inroads in this area. Sultan Masud led the expeditions towards Agroha. The Chauhans seem to have taken special measures for protecting the area against Muslim incursions. The area of Agroha passed on to the Muslim rule after the defeat of Prithvi Raj III in the Second Battle of Tarain (1192).
After the Battle of Tarain, Sultan Shihab-ud-din Muhammad Ghuri placed one of his ablest generals in the Indian campaigns. But it appears that any meaningful control could not be established. Seizing the opportunity, a Rajput clan, Jatus, believed to be an offshoot of Tomaras, widely extended their power in Fatehabad area including Agroha2. Firuz (1351–88) shot these areas into prominence. The ruler came to have somewhat unusual fancy for the tract (Hissar). It is a great credit to him that he established new towns of Fatehabad and Hissar and built two canals; one taking off from Ghaggar at Phulad and following the course of Joiya up to the town of Fatehabad. After the death of Firuz (1388), chaos and confusion spread all round . The situation deteriorated still further when Timur invaded in 1398. During his marching, Timur invested Fatehabad which was captured without any opposition from the inhabitants. Lastly, the invader reached Tohana but he could not set- up his permanent rule over the area. He soon left for Samana after looting these areas. The areas of Fatehabad came under the control of Mughals-Babar and Humanyun. There is a small and beautiful mosque known as Humanyun mosque at Fatehabad . The legend assigns the association of the mosque to the Mughal Emperor Humanyun who in his flight after his defeat at the hands of Sher Shah Suri happened to pass through Fatehabad. Fatehabad was one of important Mahals during Akbar's time.
By 1760, the areas became the scene of a sort of triangular duel between the sturdy Sikhs of north-east, marauding Bhattis of north-west and the Muslim chiefs of the south. None of them could, however, hold the region permanently except for the Bhattis who became the masters of Fatehabad pargana. In 1774, Maharaja Amar Singh of Patiala along with his famous minister Dewan Nanumal laid seize to the stronghold of Bighar near Fatehabad which fell shortly afterwards. The Raja then took Fatehabad and Sirsa and invested Rania held by Bhattis. Tohana also was seized by the Chief of Patiala. But after a treaty of Jind in 1781, Fatehabad and Sirsa were made over to the Bhattis and remaining territories were allowed to be retained by the Sikhs ..
By 1798, Agroha and Tohana were important parganas under the control of George Thomas. When George Thomas was driven out from here by the Sikh-Maratha-French Confederacy, a French Officer Lt. Bourquian controlled these areas on behalf of Marathas . He is said to have rebuilt the towns of Tohana and Hissar. Later these areas were placed under the charge of Illias Beg, a Mughal noble of Hansi. With the treaty of Surji Anjangaon 1803, the British became the rulers of this area and Marathas were vanquished forever. In November, 1884, the Sirsa district was abolished and Sirsa tahsil after the distribution of villages was formed . In 1889, 15 villages forming a detached block known as Budhlada were transferred form Kaithal tahsil to Fatehabad tahsil. The Barwala tahsil containing139 villages was abolished with effect from January 1, 1891 and its area was distributed between 3 contiguous tahsils ; 13 villages going to Hansi, 24 to Hissar and 102 to Fatehabad. At the same time 13 villages were transferred from Hissar tahsil to Bhiwani tahsil and a sub-tahsil was established at Tohana in Fatehabad tahsil. In 1923, the Tohana sub-tahsil was transferred from Fatehabad to Hissar tahsil. In 1972, Tohana sub-tahsil was upgraded to tahsil. Two sub-tahsils, one at Ratia of tahsil of Fatehabad and other at Adampur of Hissar tahsil were created in 1979. By the end of 1978, the Hissar district comprised 486 villages, divided between tahsils of Fatehabad -166; Hissar-115, Hansi-119 and Tohana-86. Fatehabad came into existence as a full-fledged district with effect from 15-7-1997, now having three sub-divisions, three tahsils and three sub-tahsils.
People and attractions
The Tohana grain market is the trading place for a number of villages in the vicinity and boasts of high amount of crop input, the main ones being Cotton, Wheat, Paddy. Most of the industries in the town are agriculture based and almost 70% of the population is employed in the same. Agriculture is the main backbone of the town. Kharif and rabi are the main crops which are cultivated here.The main attraction of this small town is "Baliala Guest House" where you can enjoy the distribution of the water of Bhakhra Nagnal Main Branch Canal into seven different canals. Hence this town is surrounded by the seven canals. Tohana is well connected by northern railways dierctly to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Ludhiana, Jammu and other major cities. and it is well connected by the road network too. Punjabi, Hindi, Haryanvi, Multani languages are common here in the town. The strongest part of this small town is communal harmony. The people who had come from western Punjab after partition had become very influential with a passage of time. Tohana is nowadays developing as a medical hub for the areas nearby to it.
Education
College -The town has two UG level colleges, one of them is a co-ed I.G. Govt. College, Tohana (Now BBA and BCA also available in I.G. Govt College Tohana affiliated with K.U.Kurukshetra) and other one being women college Shri Durga Mahila Maha. The courses available are mostly arts and commerce, but there has been an increase in the number of computer courses like MCA etc. Both the colleges are affiliated to the Kurukshetra University. The commerce was started in I.G. Govt College in the year 1989 and Sh. K.C. Goel has a great contribution for getting the Commerce course started in I.G.Govt College. For the next five years he was the only teacher of Commerce and he single handedly managed to successfully run the department. Earlier Sh. K.C. Goel was posted in Narwana K.M. College.
Now city has two polytechnic college
1.Apex polytechnic
2.Guru nanak polytechnic
and 1 management college starting this year
1.Guru nanak institute of management
School -
The town has a DAV school Colonel Public School,Green Valley Public School,k.m.school.
Until 90s Government High School was the only good school in the town. Lot of students from the school are now very successful professionals working across the globe. Credit goes to Master Devender Goyal who motivated and convinced many students to peruse higher education.
Govt. Offices
Hon'ble CourtThe town has one Honable Court. It has the facility of online evidence. Its situated in BDPO Office, Tohana building. Its built in year 1995.
SDM Court
The town is SUB DIVISION. This is the commanding office of all other offices of town. There is a Sub-Division Court Headed by SDM (Sub Divisional Magistrate). SDM Office main works are Making of Driving Licence, Registration of Vehicle etc. It has E-disha kander also.
Municipal Council
The town has Municipal Council. This council has 21 wards which headed by President and Vice President. Municipal Council is liable to const. of new road and maintenance of old roads. All the works related to Death Birth Records, Voter List Records and House Tax Records maintain by this office. Its all function implements under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Fatehabad as per norms of Haryana Municipal Act 1973.