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Palwal district
Palwal district is the 21st district of Haryana state in Delhi NCR region of northern India. It was created on 15 August 2008. Palwal City is the headquarters of the district. It is part of the Braj region.
The city is situated 60 km (37 mi) from Delhi, 29 km (18 mi) from Faridabad and 50 km (31 mi) from Gurugram on the Delhi-Agra national highway. The area of the city is 40 km2 (15 sq mi).
According to legend, the city of Palwal is named for the demon Palwalasur who was said to have ruled during the reign of Pandavas.[citation needed]
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.
Kaserua Khera mound in Manpur village, 20 km south of Palwal and 7 km west of Aurangabad on NH-44, is a 3 acres mound with an extensive layer of 3,000 years old mahabharta era Indo-Aryan vedic painted grey ware culture (PGW) of western Gangetic plain and the Ghaggar-Hakra-Saraswati River Valley, of which first ever ecavation commenced in 2023. The excavations of 2-m deposit of PGW revealed 20 m x 1 m cremation section, PGW sherds, Red Ware sherds, charred and uncharred animal bones, two burnt human jaws and a portion on human skull suggesting these relate to death rituals and cremation of human body. Other finds include an motif of four-legged animal with a horn and tail on a PGW pot sherd (first ever such animal motif in PGW, which is also filled with dots suggesting it is a deer). The site has a rich variety of PGW in terms of painting, designs, fabric and colours. In 2025, Haryana government announced a INR 95 crore restoration plan for upgrade of 20 monuments across the state including the Kaserua Khera mound.
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. Uttawar forced sterilisations, occurred when on November 6, 1976, when mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village was done, in Palwal district, Haryana during India’s Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
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Palwal district
Palwal district is the 21st district of Haryana state in Delhi NCR region of northern India. It was created on 15 August 2008. Palwal City is the headquarters of the district. It is part of the Braj region.
The city is situated 60 km (37 mi) from Delhi, 29 km (18 mi) from Faridabad and 50 km (31 mi) from Gurugram on the Delhi-Agra national highway. The area of the city is 40 km2 (15 sq mi).
According to legend, the city of Palwal is named for the demon Palwalasur who was said to have ruled during the reign of Pandavas.[citation needed]
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.
Kaserua Khera mound in Manpur village, 20 km south of Palwal and 7 km west of Aurangabad on NH-44, is a 3 acres mound with an extensive layer of 3,000 years old mahabharta era Indo-Aryan vedic painted grey ware culture (PGW) of western Gangetic plain and the Ghaggar-Hakra-Saraswati River Valley, of which first ever ecavation commenced in 2023. The excavations of 2-m deposit of PGW revealed 20 m x 1 m cremation section, PGW sherds, Red Ware sherds, charred and uncharred animal bones, two burnt human jaws and a portion on human skull suggesting these relate to death rituals and cremation of human body. Other finds include an motif of four-legged animal with a horn and tail on a PGW pot sherd (first ever such animal motif in PGW, which is also filled with dots suggesting it is a deer). The site has a rich variety of PGW in terms of painting, designs, fabric and colours. In 2025, Haryana government announced a INR 95 crore restoration plan for upgrade of 20 monuments across the state including the Kaserua Khera mound.
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. Uttawar forced sterilisations, occurred when on November 6, 1976, when mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village was done, in Palwal district, Haryana during India’s Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.