Haluwas Explained

Haluwas
Other Name:Haluwas majra Devsar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Haryana#India
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates:28.736°N 76.113°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Haryana
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bhiwani
Subdivision Type3:Tehsil
Subdivision Name3:Bhiwani
Governing Body:Village panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:3,910
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN

Haluwas is an historical village in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana. It lies approximately south of the district headquarters town of Bhiwani., the village had 715 households with a total population of 3,910 of which 2,104 were male and 1,806 female.[1]

Two Panchayat History

At the time of British rule, the ruling area of the village was divided into two parts. One which was ruled by British was known as Angreji Pana and one which was ruled by Regional King was known as raja Pana. Since then, the village has two partition ruling even though it is a small village and there is no any physical divider in between the village. Since 1947 to 2009 for MLA elections also raja PAna was under Bhiwani Halka and Angreji Pana was in Tosham Halka. So for a small village there were two MLAs. After the 2009 State Assembly Election, now both parts are added into Bhiwani Halka. So now only one MLA is There but there are still two Panchayats one is called Haluwas and another Haluwas Majra Devsar.

BABA BALAKNATH ASHRAM

This village is famous for the ashram of Baba Balaknath ji. Baba Balaknath ji is sidh baba having 500 years old History. Babaji disappeared into earth but he left one of his finger above earth and his samadhi was built on the same place. Baba Balaknath fulfills all the wishes of people who come there for Smadhi darshan. There are several other Smadhis of BABAs who were follower of Nath Sadhu Community in this Ashram.

BABA PREMNATH SMADHI is also there with in this Temple which is very famous for miracles done by baba premnath. People come and pray to Baba premnath for their wishes, once wish is complete people offer wines and another alcoholic drinks to Baba in worship.

Mugal History and Village Fairs of Baba THAKUR CHANDRBHAN SINGH TANWAR (Haluwas) and Dadi Sati (Haluwas Majra Devsar)

There is a very interesting story from Mugal times which shows the rich history of the village. Once Mugal Sena abducted hundred of girls from nearby villages and they were taking them to Mugal palace. Mugal used to abduct young girls and forcefully keep them in their palace for sex and slavery. One person of Haluwas Village called Thakur ChanderBhan along with his friends attacked on Mugal Army and fought guerilla Fight and freed around 300 Girls at that time. For this victory every year one fair is organized in Village in memory of ChanderBhan.

After some time many Village people went in a baarat for marriage in a village called wazirpur and killed mostly people who went into that marriage. The marriage was done and groom was also killed. The Bride came along the neck of groom in village and sehe wanted to be sati (setting herself on fire with groom).But Village People did not allow her to be sati on village. So she went somewhere else and she set herself on fire and became Sati. Now in village every year one fair is organized by Rajput Caste peoples in memory of Dadi Sati.

Religion and Caste

All People living in village are Hindu. There are Rajput caste people are more in numbers after that Brahman communities people are also in good number. There are several other castes like Khati, Bania, Kumhar, Chamar, Balmiki, Dhanak, Meena etc.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haluwas village. Census of India. 28 July 2015.