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Palwal district
Summary
Palwal district was created on 15 August 2008. It is the 21st district of Haryana state in northern India. Palwal City is the headquarters of the district. It is part of the Braj region.
The city is situated from Delhi, from Faridabad and from Gurugram on the Delhi-Agra national highway. The area of the city is .
According to legend, the city of Palwal is named for the demon Palwalasur who was said to have ruled during the reign of Pandavas.
History of Haryana and Tourism in Haryana
Palwal is supposed to figure in the earliest Aryan traditions under the name of Apelava, part of the Pandava kingdom of Indraprastha, which was later restored by Vikramaditya.
During the reign of Mughal empire, the freedom fighter Kanha Rawat carried forward the legacy of Jat leader Gokula to fight against Aurangzeb. After Kanha refused to convert his religion to Islam, Aurangzeb had him buried alive at Rawatpara. A statue of Kanha was unveiled inside the park in February 2014 by Vishvendra Singh - the scion of Bharatpur State. Kanha Rawat Memorial Park was constructed around his samadhi at his native Bahin village in Hathin tehsil.
During the British Raj, Palwal was a part of the Punjab Province and Gurgaon district.
Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested at Palwal railway station. The historical building "Gandhi Ashrama" was erected in memory of the incident.
On 15 August 1979, Gurgaon district was divided, with Palwal becoming part of the new Faridabad district. Later, Palwal became the 21st district of Haryana on 15 August 2008.
Palwal district comprises 282 villages, 237 gram panchayats, one municipal council, two municipal committees, three sub-divisions, four development blocks and three tehsils. The sub-divisions are under the control of sub-divisional magistrate while each development block is under the control of a block development and panchayat officer. All the blocks are covered under Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna and other developmental programmes. Developmental programmes are overseen by the additional deputy commissioner-cum chief executive officer, DRDA Palwal.
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