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Safidon
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Safidon
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27,542
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Overview
Safidon, previously known as Sarp Daman, is a city and a municipal committee, near city of Jind in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is approx. 40 km from Jind city, the district headquarters.
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History
The area was first occupied by a Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic agricultural, 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 disrupted 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 kilometers from Muana (the biggest village of district) 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…
Geography
Safidon is located at 29.42°N Latitudes and 76.67°E Longitudes. 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, northeast of Jind. The elevation of Safidon is about above sea level. The fertile land of Safidon paves the way for the growth of crops such as wheat, paddy, sugarcane, millets, pulses, vegetables and fruits; accompanied by well developed irrigation facilities. The groundwater of some villages like Anta, Rampura, Khera Khemawati, and Chapper are considered to be the best in Jind district. Safidon has a very moderate climate. Summers are hotter and winters are colder here. The rainfall is almost good, unless Safidon is experiencing a monsoon deficiency. Safidon is connected to major cities through roads and railways. There is one bus stand in the city where direct buses to major destinations like Delhi, Chandigarh, Panipat, Jind, Dehradun, Karnal, Kaithal, Sirsa, Hisar, Haridwar, Asandh, Pundri, Gohana etc. are available. Safidon comes under Jind Depot of Haryana Roadways. Trains for Panipat, Jind, Rohtak, Sangrur and Bathinda are available at Safidon Railway Station. Safidon Junction is administered under Northern Railway (NR). Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) also develops the city and acquired the land for housing board. The Delhi NCR Board joined District Jind in the National Capital Region (India) Board.
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Nearby places in Haryana
- Asandh8.7 mi away · pop. 22,707
- Israna14.4 mi away
- Gohana18.7 mi away · pop. 48,518
- Panipat19.1 mi away · pop. 100,000
- Gharaunda20.7 mi away
- Nisang20.7 mi away · pop. 10,000
- Jind21.7 mi away · pop. 167,600
- Chhatar22.1 mi away
- Samalkha24 mi away · pop. 1,000
- Julana24.9 mi away · pop. 18,755
- Pundri25.3 mi away · pop. 17,022
- Bapoli26 mi away
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