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| demographics1_info2 = [[Ahirwati]]
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'''Ahirwal''' is a region spanning parts of southern [[Haryana]] and north-eastern [[Rajasthan]], both of which are present-day states in India.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Hindu Cosmology and the Orientation and Segregation of Social Groups in Villages in Northwestern India |first1=Jai Pal |last1=Singh |first2=Mumtaz |last2=Khan |journal=Geografiska Annaler |series=B (Human Geography) |volume=81 |issue=1 |year=1999 |pages=27–28 |publisher=Wiley on behalf of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography |jstor=491040 |doi=10.1111/j.0435-3684.1999.00046.x}} {{subscription required}}</ref> The region was once a small [[principality]] based from the town of [[Rewari]] and controlled by members of the [[Ahir]] community from around the time when the [[Mughal empire]] was in decline.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Imperial Impact on Rajputana: The Case of Alwar, 1775–1850 |first=Edward S. |last=Haynes |journal=Modern Asian Studies |volume=12 |issue=3 |year=1978 |pages=423–424 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |jstor=312228 |doi=10.1017/s0026749x00006223}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

The name translates as "Land of the Ahirs".<ref name="Michelutti">{{cite book |title=The vernacularisation of democracy: politics, caste, and religion in India|first=Lucia |last=Michelutti |publisher=Routledge |year=2008 |isbn=9780415467322 |pages=41–42}}</ref> J. E. Schwartzberg has described it as a "folk region"<ref>{{cite book |first=J. E. |last=Schwartzberg |year=1985 |chapter=Folk regions in northwestern India |editor1-first=A. B. |editor1-last=Mukerji |editor2-first=A. |editor2-last=Ahmad |title=India: Culture Society and Economy |publisher=Inter India Publications |location=New Delhi |pages=205–235}}</ref> and Lucia Michelutti as a "cultural-geographic region ... which includes parts of the districts of Alwar, Bharatpur in Rajasthan and [[Mahendragarh]], [[Rewari]], [[Gurgaon]] in the state of Haryana."<ref name="Michelutti" /> The Ahirwal region in southern Haryana has 11 assembly segments spread over three Lok Sabha seats – [[Bhiwani]]-Mahendergarh, Gurgaon and [[Rohtak]] (one segment only) – having a sizeable presence of Ahir voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/gurgaon/Gurgaon-MP-s-exit-to-change-political-equation-in-south-Haryana/Article1-1126308.aspx |title=Gurgaon MP’s exit to change political equation in south Haryana |work=Hindustan Times|date=24 September 2013|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203152645/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gurgaon/gurgaon-mp-s-exit-to-change-political-equation-in-south-haryana/article1-1126308.aspx |archivedate=3 December 2013 }}</ref>

The main language of the area is [[Ahirwati language|Ahirwati]]. It is commonly taken to be a dialect of [[Mewati language|Mewati]] and classified within the [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani group of languages]], but it also has characteristics in common with the neighbouring [[Western Hindi]] varieties.<ref>{{cite book| last = Yadav | first = Shankar Lal| chapter = Ahīrvāṭī | title = Hariyāṇā kī upabhāṣāeṃ| date = c. 1979 | editor-last = Sharada| editor-first = Sadhu Ram | pages = 193–269| place = Chandigarh| publisher = Bhasha Vibhag| language = Hindi}}</ref> The closely related [[Bangru language (Haryana)|Bangru]] (also known as Haryanvi) and [[Hindi]] are also spoken in the region.

The events at the battle of [[Rezang La]] on 18 November 1962 involved many soldiers from the Ahirwal region, who were greatly outnumbered by their Chinese opponents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/History/1962War/414-Rezang-La.html |title=Land Forces Site – Unforgettable Battle of 1962 : 13 Kumaon at Rezang La |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |accessdate=6 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222213439/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/History/1962War/414-Rezang-La.html |archivedate=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Mohan Guruswamy |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/dont-forget-the-heroes-of-rezang-la/article4112584.ece |title=Don’t forget the heroes of Rezang La |work=The Hindu|date=20 November 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Administrative divisions of Haryana]]
* [[Ahirwati]]
* [[Bagar tract]]
* [[Deshwali]]
* [[Grand Trunk Road]]
* [[Mewat]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |title=The Panjab Past and Present |volume=32 |pages=71–75 |publisher=Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University |year=2001}} 

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[[Category:History of Haryana]]
[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Regions of Haryana]]
[[Category:Regions of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Ahir history]]

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