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{{About|the municipality in India|its namesake district|Jind district|other uses|}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
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'''Jind''' is one of the [[largest]] and oldest [[city]] in [[Jind district]] in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Haryana]]. It is administrative headquarter of [[Jind district]]. [[Rani Talab]] is the main destination for tourists while [[Pandu]]-Pindara and [[Ramrai]] are the main religious spots, attracting devotees for the holy bath during ''[[Amavasya]]''.

The fort of Jind was built by [[Sidhu]] [[Jat]] ruler Maharaja Gajpat Singh in 1776 AD.

==Etymology==
Jind was named Jayantapura after the lord of victory [[Indra|Jayant]] (Indra), whom [[Pandava]]s worshipped before the [[Mahabharata]] war. According to [[oral tradition]], Pandavas built the [[Jayanti Devi Temple]] in honour of Jyanti Devi (the goddess of victory, a feminine representation of Indra). They offered prayers for success and then started a battle against [[Kaurava]]. The town was built around the temple and named Jayantapuri (Abode of Jyanti Devi) which was later renamed to Jind.<ref name=harsamvad1>[http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/Haryana%20Samvad%20October%202018.pdf Haryana Samvad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129225259/http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/Haryana%20Samvad%20October%202018.pdf |date=29 November 2018 }}, Oct 2018, p44-46.</ref>

==History==
Jind is listed in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]] as a [[pargana]] under the [[sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]] of [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], producing a revenue of 5,401,749 [[dam (Indian coin)|dam]]s for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 4000 infantry and 500 cavalry. Under its entry, the author [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak]] mentioned the Hindu temple in the nearby village of Pandu Pindara.<ref name="Ain-i-Akbari">{{cite book |last1=Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak |last2=Jarrett |first2=Henry Sullivan (translator) |title=The Ain-i-Akbari |date=1891 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal |location=Calcutta |page=294 |url=https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

In 1775, Gajpat Singh Sidhu built the Jind Fort, which later came under queen Jind Kaur, queen of Naresh Swarup Singh Sidhu - the Jat ruler of [[Jind State]].<ref name=ta2>Sohan Singh Khattar and Reena Kar, 2021, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=M60zEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA308&dq=history+of+loharu+fort&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjj563egdLyAhVc7XMBHdPrDcwQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20loharu%20fort&f=false Know Your State Haryana], Arihant Publications, pp 308.</ref>

The [[Jat people|Jat]] ruler Maharaja Gajpat Singh, the great-grandson of Chaudhary Phul Singh Sidhu and the founder of the [[Phulkian Misl]], established an independent Sikh kingdom by seizing a large tract of the country with Sikh armed forces, which included the territory occupied by the present district of Jind from the Afghan governor Zain Khan in 1763. In 1775, Maharaja established Jind as the capital of the state in 1776. It was under the suzerainity of the Marathas for much of the 18th century. [[Sangrur]] was chosen later as the capital of Jind State by Raja Sangat Singh (reigned 1822 to 1834). After independence, [[Jind State]] was merged with the Indian union and the territory of the district became part of the [[Sangrur district]] of the [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]] on 15 July 1948. On 1 November 1966, Sangrur district was divided in two and the Jind and [[Narwana]] [[tehsil]]s were merged to form the Jind district. This was one of the seven districts of the newly formed Haryana state. The Jind tehsil was bifurcated further into two tehsils: Jind and [[Safidon]] in 1967.<ref name=harsamvad1/>

==Geography==
Jind is located at {{Coord|29.32|N|76.32|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/10/Jind.html |title=Maps, Weather, Videos, and Airports for Jind, India |publisher=Fallingrain.com |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 227 metres (744 feet).

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}}, the Indian [[census]]<ref name="censusindia1">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=438&category=M.Cl |title=View Population |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> reported that Jind city had a population of 166,225. Males and females constituted 53.3% and 46.7% of the population, respectively. The sex ratio was measured at 877 compared to the national average of 940. The sex ratio for the zero to six year age group was at 831, which was lower than the national average of 918. Jind had an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 64.3%. Male literacy was at 80%, while female literacy was at 67%. In Jind, there were 18,825 children under six years of age who made up 11.3% of the population in 2011.<ref name="censusindia1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> [[Haryanavi]], [[Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] are the languages spoken by most of the people.

==See also==
*[[Alewa]]
*[[Rohtak]]
*[[Safidon]]
*[[Julana]]
*[[Meham]]
*[[Gohana]]
*[[Sonipat]]
*[[Narwana]]
*[[Rakhigarhi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage}}
*[http://jind.nic.in/ Official Jind Web site]
*[http://www.jindcity.com Jind City - Photographs, Event and more about Jind]
*[https://helloaskme.com/ Jind Directory]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Jind district]]
[[Category:Forts in Haryana]]

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