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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 931 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HANSI , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

HISSAR

Hissar See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

PUNJAB

Punjab, on a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Western See also:

JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna See also:

canal, with a station on the See also:

REWARI

Rewari-Ferozepore railway, 16 m . E. of Hissar . Pop . (1901) 16,523 . Hansi is one of the most See also:

ancient towns in See also:

NORTHERN

northern India, the former See also:

capital of the See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract called See also:

HARIANA

Hariana . At the end of the r8th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it was the headquarters of the famous Irish adventurer See also:

George See also:

Thomas; from 1803 to 1857 it was a British See also:

CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment, and it became the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a murderous outbreak during the See also:

Mutiny . A ruined fort overlooks the town, which is still surrounded by a high See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick See also:

wall, with bastions and See also:

LOOP

loop holes . It is a centre of See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

trade, with factories for ginning and pressing See also:

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Additional information and Comments

Shri Randhir Singh Jain S/o Shri pratap Singh Jain has served as Chairman of Muncipal Corporation of hansi for 25 years.

Lala Randhir Singh Jain was born on 17th July 1914 as an elder son of Sh.Pratap Singh Jain. He belongs to the family of SHAHID HUKAM CHAND JI JAIN (42 years) and SHAHID FAKIR CHAND JI JAIN (13 years) who were hanged till death along with MIRZA MUNIR BEG by the britishers on 19th January 1858 at Hansi for there movement to free India. BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR has awarded the title "KANUNGO" to ancestors of Shri Randhir Singh Jain. Lala Randhir Singh Jain Died on 22nd May 2003 at Delhi.

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