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'''Bharawas''' is a village in [[Rewari]] [[tehsil]] of [[Rewari district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Haryana]].<ref name="2011 Census">{{cite web |title=Bharawas |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/62631-bharawas-haryana.html|website=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=[[Government of India]] |access-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170923200301/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=70726 |archive-date=23 September 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It lies on [[National Highway 15 (India)|NH15]] south of [[Rewari]] at about {{Convert|8|km|mi}} on the Rewari-Bawal road.<ref name="rewari">{{cite web|url=http://rewari.gov.in/panchayat.htm |title=Panchayats |publisher=rewari.gov.in |access-date=2014-04-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410165404/http://rewari.gov.in/panchayat.htm |archive-date=10 April 2011 }}</ref>

==History==
{{see also | History of Haryana}}

Buddha Prakash, a scholar of the [[Kurukshetra University]], states that Bharawas was likely the seat of the historical Bhadanaka kingdom that was conquered by the 12th century [[Chahamanas of Shakambhari|Chahamana]] king [[Prithviraj Chauhan]]. According to Buddha Prakash, this kingdom comprised old Gurgaon district, part of Alwar and Bhiwani tahsil.<ref>Buddha Prakash, 1967, Glimpses of Haryana, Kurukshetra, page 29-32.</ref> However, Cynthia Talbot of [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] identifies Bhadanaka territory as the area around [[Bayana]] in [[Bharatpur district|Bharatpur]];{{sfn|Cynthia Talbot|2015|p=39}} historian [[Dasharatha Sharma]] identifies it as the present-day [[Bhiwani district|Bhiwani]] to north, [[Rewari district|Rewari]] west and [[Alwar district|Alwar]] to southwest.{{sfn|Dasharatha Sharma|1959|p=74}}

===Maratha era===
The [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] general, [[Mahadaji Shinde|Mahadji Scindhia]] stayed at Rewari in 1787, to regulate the affairs and collect land revenue from here. On Mahadji's departure a rebel [[Mughal Empire|mughal]] courtier of Delhi, [[Najaf Quli Khan]] (adopted son of [[Mirza Najaf Khan]]), occupied the fort of [[Gokalgarh, Rewari|Gokalgarh]], 3 km north of Rewari. Mughal Emperor [[Shah Alam II]] marched his army from Delhi to punish the rebellious leader. The Emperor encamped at Bharawas, eight kilometres south of Rewari. He was accompanied by the [[Begum Samru]] and her forces from her principal cantonment at [[Jharsa]]. On 12 March 1788, Najaf Quli inflicted heavy losses on the Mughals in a night attack. But Begum Samru's artillery proved effective and compelled Njaf Quli to sue for peace.<ref>Jadunath Sarkar, 1964, Fall of the Mughal Empire, v6l. III, pp.</ref>

===British colonial era: Bharawas cantonment===
{{Anchor | Bharaawas district | Bharaawas cantonment | Rewari cantonment}}
{{see also | Jharsa | Badshahpur}}
'''Bharawas district and cantonment''': In 1804–05, British created a new district of Bharawas, and in 1805–06, they established a cantonment at Bharawas about 7 km from Rewari. In 1818, Bharawas district was disbanded and its headquarter was relocated to [[Jharsa#During British colonial rule|Jharsa]] in Gurugaon, forming Gurugaon as a new district for the first time. In 1821, Bharawas Cantonment too was abandoned, the civil quarters were relocated to [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad]] in Ajmer and cavalry to Gurgaon which was named as the Hidayatpur Cantonment. Gurgaon was merely a village till 1818. At Bharawas, there are now remains of two ruinous gunpowder magazines and a cemetery with dilapidated smaller tombs, tomb stones and graves.<ref>Yashpal Gulia, 2012, Heritage of Haryana.</ref><ref name=giri1>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Gurugram-plan-a-misdirected-govt-move-from-history-to-myth/articleshow/51961328.cms Gurugram plan a misdirected govt move from history to myth], Times of India.</ref> In the aftermath of [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], a temporary garrison was also setup near Rewari after [[Rao Tula Ram]] and his cousin [[Rao Gopal Dev]] forces were defeated.<ref name=Castconversion1>SDS Yadava, 2006, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p69GMA226bgC&dq=family+of+rao+tularam&pg=PA77 Followers of Krishna], Lancer Publishers, page 49-55.</ref>

It now lies in ruins. After the annexation of Gurugram in 1803, the headquarters of civil offices of the district were at Bharawas near Rewari. Gurgaon was then a cavalry station to check the troops of Begum Samru of Jharsa. After the cession of the [[Ajmer State|Ajmer territory]] the British frontier moved from Haryana to southern Rajasthan, the Bharawas force was transferred to [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad near Ajmer]] and civil offices were shifted to Gurugram which was made a new district headquarter in 1821.<ref>[http://www.haryana.gov.in/haryana%20state/gurgaon.asp Gurugram history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528004804/http://haryana.gov.in/haryana%20state/gurgaon.asp |date=28 May 2013 }}.</ref><ref>[http://revenueharyana.gov.in/Portals/0/hr-gaz-ch-5.pdf Haryana gazateer VOl I], Chapter 5.</ref> There are British graves mostly without any epitaph, including that of a dog.<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120617/spectrum/main3.htm BRITISH LEGACY IN STONE], The Tribune, 17 June 2012.</ref>

===World wars and 1971 Indo-Pakistan war===
One of the three highest decorated Indian Naval officers, Commodore [[Babru Bhan Yadav]], was born on 14 September 1928 in the village of Bharawas in the British district of Rewari near Delhi which is now in the state of Haryana. He was the first Indian Navy Officer to be awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] (MVC) in 1972 for his actions of bravery and gallantry in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. He was also the first Indian Navy officer to be granted the MVC, which is the country's second highest gallantry award, and given for acts of gallantry in the face of enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. His father, late Major Bhagwan Singh Yadav, was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] and had taken part in both the [[World war]]s.

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 census of India|2011 India census]], Bharawas had a population of 4,728 in 915 households with literacy rate of 81.94% compared to 75.55% of Haryana state.<ref name="2011 Census" />

==Adjacent villages==
*[[sulkha]]

==Prominent residents==
* [[Babru Bhan Yadav]], MVC
* Major Bhagwan Singh Yadav, MBE

==See also==
* [[Bariawas|Sulkha]]

==Notes==
* {{cite book |author=Cynthia Talbot |title=The Last Hindu Emperor: Prithviraj Cauhan and the Indian Past, 1200–2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3DjCgAAQBAJ |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781107118560 }}
* {{cite book |author=Dasharatha Sharma |authorlink=Dasharatha Sharma |title=Early Chauhān Dynasties |publisher=S. Chand / Motilal Banarsidass |year=1959 |isbn=9780842606189 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4gcAAAAMAAJ }}

==References==

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[[Category:Cantonments of British India]]
[[Category:Former monarchies of India]]
[[Category:Villages in Rewari district]]

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