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Map of Safidon
Safidon is a city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. Safidon is the center of Panipat and Jind. The town is the headquarters of the tehsil of the same name. It is situated on the bank of the Hansi branch of the Western Yamuna canal, 35 km northeast of Jind. The Safidon Sub-Division comprises Safidon tehsil and sub-tehsil Pillukhera. There are 73 villages under Safidon Tehsil. Safidon is the constituency no. 35 of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. It is located on the Panipat-Jind railway line.
Contents
- Map of Safidon
- Safidon haryana farm tubewell
- Varun safidon marriage dance
- History
- Artist
- Politician
- Distance from other cities
- Demographics
- Private Schools Teachers Placement Portal
- Economy and infrastructure
- Places of interest
- Schools
- Colleges
- Hotels and Restaurants
- Dharamshala
- Companies Industries
- References
Safidon haryana farm tubewell
Varun safidon marriage dance
History
Safidon is possibly the site of Sarpadevi or Sarpidadhi referred in Mahabharata and Vamana Purana. It is associated with the snake sacrifice of Janamejaya, son of Parikshit. The latter lost his life in the struggle against the Nagas of Taxiles, which was later avenged by his son Janamejaya, symbolised in the epic tradition of Sarpasastra (snake sacrifice) which possibly took place at Sarpadevi. There are three ancient temples and tirthas of Nagesvara Mahadeva, Nagadamni Devi and Nagashetra.
The area was first occupied by a Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic agricultural community, whose pottery has been recovered from a number of places near Safidon, including Hatt,Harigarh(Hattkeshawar), Anta, Morkhi, and Beri Khera. The area was irrigated during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351-1388) of the Tughlaq dynasty, who built a canal from the Yamuna which entered the district at Anta, and thence flowing through the present Jind tehsil from east to west in the line of the old Chutang nadi past the town of Safidon and Jind, reached up to Hisar. Firoz also made administrative changes, creating a separate Iqta of Safidon and placed the entire area of the present district under its Mukta, Yalkhan, a trusted noble. He also changed the name of Safidon to Tughluqpur.
After Firoz's death, discord disrputed the Delhi Sultanate, and the Tughlaq dynasty lost Safidon and Jind. Timur attacked northern India in 1398, entering Haryana from Punjab. The district of Jind did not suffer much at his hands; during his march from Kaithal to Panipat he touched only the outskirts of the district except for a short distance of a few kilometres from Muana (a village)to Safidon and a little beyond. While local inhabitants fled, the fort of Safidon was burned.
Gajpat Singh, a great grandson of Phul, the founder of the Phulkian Misl, one of the 12 confederacies of the Sikhs in the 18th century took advantage of the above situation. He took part in the attack of the Sikhs on the province of Sirhind in 1763 in which Zain Khan, the Afghan governor of the province, was killed. Gajpat Singh occupied a large tract of the country including Jind and Safidon as his share of the spoil.
During the reorganization of the Punjab in 1966, the Sangrur district was divided and Jind and Narwana Tehsils were allocated to Haryana and were constituted into Jind district. The Jind tehsil was divided into two tehsils of Jind and Safidon in 1967. In January 1973, five villages of Kaithal Tehsil were transferred to Safidon Tehsil .
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Distance from other cities
Demographics
The 2011 India Census reported that:
Private Schools Teachers Placement Portal
Recently M/S New Era Enterprises launched its private schools teachers placement portal www.tppind.com. Candidate from all over India looking for school job can get registered for free. Private schools from all over India also can get registered and post their vacancies. SMS service to students and staff and some more school services also available.
Economy and infrastructure
This city is connected by railway and roadway to Panipat, Jind, Rohtak, Delhi, and Chandigarh. Safidon is the sub-depot of the Haryana Roadways (Haryana state transport).
Safidon, being the main city in Jind district, is also the site of a container rail terminal of the Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), and a bus terminal. Because it has the largest Mandi in district its economic place is very high. The new Anaj mandi located on asandh road also biggest mandi of haryana more than 300 plus shops. Agrasen Chowk is the main chowk of safidon city and the centre of city. HUDA also develop the city and reqire the land for housing board.The Delhi NCR board also join the jind, karnal dist. In national capital board.In Safidon overall 22 banks in the city. It also have wide range of hatchery and poltery farms near about 198 hatcheries.
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Location -: Safidon, District : Jind Situation -: Situated in the heart of the city, near Nag kshetra 'tirth' on Safidon-Urlana road. Period -: Circa 18th century AD History and description -: This historical fort at Safidon was built by the rulers of Jind state in the 18th century AD. The history of Jind as a separate ruling state begins with 1763 AD. It is the first fort built by the rulers of Jind state who were the ancestors of Phulkian family. Afterwards, it was used as a military cantonment of the state. This fort has bastions for providing strength to the fortification, which were also used to ensure security. Traditionally, this town Safidon is connected with Mahabharata story and it is said that Janmejay, the son of Parikshit, and grandson of Arjuna. had performed 'sarpyajna' (snake-sacrificial ritual) at this place after the death of his father, who was bitten by a snake.