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Gurgaon
Commissionerate of Police, Gurgaon district is situated in NCR of Delhi, the capital of India. It is just 10 kms
away from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. The district derived its
name from the name of Guru Dronacharya; the village was given as gurudakshina
to him by his students; the Pandavas and hence it came to
be known as Guru-gram, which in course of time got
distorted to Commissinerate of Police, Gurgaon. Thus the district has been existence since the times of
Mahabharata. The district is surrounded by Delhi & Rajasthan.
It is said that
Yudhishtar, the eldest brother among the Pandavas, gave this village to his
guru, Dronacharya, whose tank still exists on the west side of the Railway Road.
Actual village "GURGAON" is about 1.5 km. away from
Commissionerate of Police, Gurgaon town, where the temple of SHEETLA MATA, attracts devotees in large
numbers on every Monday and Tuesday.
During Akbar's reign,
the district fell within the subas of Delhi and Agra, and comprised, wholly or
partly, the sikars of Delhi, Rewari, Suhar Pahari and Tijara. With the decay of
the Mughal empire, it remained in a disturbed state as a consequence of fighting
between the neighboring chiefs till 1803 AD when most of it came under the
British rule through the Treaty of Surji Arjungaon with Sindhia. The town was
first occupied by the cavalry unit posted to watch the army of Begum Samru of
Sirdhana, whose principal cantonment was in the village Jharsa, 1.5 km. to the
south-east of the town.
The civil offices were
removed from Bharawas (tehsil Rewari) in 1821 AD, when the British frontier
advanced through the acquisition of the Ajmer territory.
The district was
divided into parganas by Britishes, various parganas were given to petty chiefs
and granted as jagirs in lieu of military services rendered by them. These
jagirs were gradually resumed and came under the direct management of the
British; the last of the important changes took place in 1836 AD. There after,
the district remained unchanged until the 1857 uprising. In 1858 AD It was
transferred from the North Western Provinces to Punjab. In 1861, the district
was rearranged into five tehsils Commissionerate of Police, Gurgaon, F.P.Jhirka, Nuh, Palwal & Rewari.
In the composition of
the District since the beginning of the 20th century various changes have
occurred.
1901-1911:
No change took place during this decade.
1911-1921:
Ballabgarh was one of the three tehsils comprising the then Delhi district. A
part of this tehsil was transferred to the Commissionerate of Police, Gurgaon district in 1912. This was
formed into the new sixth Tehsils of the district with the same name viz.
Ballabhgarh.
1921-31:
No changes occurred during this decade.
1931-41:
Minor changes occurred between Commissionerate of Police, Gurgaon district and Uttar Pradesh due to
riverain action.
1941-51:
Under the Provinces and States Order 1950, 9 villages of the district including
Shahjahanpur were transferred to Rajasthan, whereas the district gained with
merger of Pataudi State and the transfer of it of 2 villages from Rajasthan and
78 villages from PEPSU.
1951-61:There
was no change in the boundary of the district during this decade.
1961-71:There
was no change in the boundary of the district during this decade.
1972- :
Rewari Tehsil was excluded from the Commissionerate of Police, Gurgaon district and included in the
Mahendergarh district.
1974- :
Thirty four villages were excluded from Palwal Tehsil.
On 15th
August, 1979 , Commissionerate of Police, Gurgaon district was further divided to form a new
district Faridabad in which tehsils of Ballabgarh and Palwal, of Commissionerate
of Police, Gurgaon
District were merged.
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