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{{Short description|Haryana, India}}{{About|the municipality in India|its namesake district|Rewari district|the constituency|Rewari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)}}
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| governing_body = Rewari Municipal Council
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| population_total = 143021<ref name="ulbharyana.gov.in">{{Cite web | url=https://ulbharyana.gov.in/municipal-council-rewari.html | title=Municipal Council Rewari | access-date=19 March 2021 | archive-date=31 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131005735/https://ulbharyana.gov.in/municipal-council-rewari.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| literacy rate = 86.75%
| population_footnotes =<ref name="2011 census data">{{cite book|title=District Census Handbook 2011 (Part B) |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0617_PART_B_DCHB_REWARI.pdf|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|year=2011}}</ref>
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<ref name=nclmanurep2010>{{cite web |url = http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title = Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) |pages = 85–86 |publisher = Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date = 24 March 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date = 15 November 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="punjabiofficial">{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/haryana-grants-second-language-status-to-punjabi/story-MTUeEQDE4fRCbEyPkAm63N.html |title=Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |author=IANS |date=28 January 2010 |access-date=24 March 2019|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service }}</ref>
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 123401
| area_code = 01274
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| registration_plate = HR-36
| website = {{URL|https://rewari.gov.in/}}
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'''Rewari''' is a village and a [[Municipal Council]] in [[Rewari district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Haryana]]. It is located in south-west Haryana. 82 km from [[Delhi]]<ref name="rewari.nic.in">[http://rewari.nic.in/location.htm Rewari.nic.in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721173505/http://www.rewari.nic.in/location.htm |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> and 51 km from [[Gurgaon]].

== Etymology ==
During the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' period in ancient India, a king named Aditya Yadav had a daughter named Rewati. The father used to call her Rewa, and founded a village "Rewa Wadi" named after her. ''Wadi'' and ''wada'' mean a neighbourhood (small and big, respectively) in Hindi and many other Indian languages. When Rewa married [[Balram]], elder brother of [[Krishna]], the king donated the village "Rewa-Wadi" to his daughter. In the course of time, the name Rewa-Wadi became Rewari.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rewari.gov.in/history.htm|title=Location Of Rewari|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=15 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915002039/http://www.rewari.gov.in/history.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{dubious|date=January 2012}}

==History==
According to the folklore Rewari was founded by the Ahir (YADAV) King Rewat, who had a daughter named Rewa (meaning ''star''), when she was married to [[Balarama]] (brother of [[Krishna]]), the King Rewat gave way the village of ''"Rewa Wadi"'' as gift, which in due time became known as ''Rewari''.<ref name=INTACH1>[http://chapter.intach.org/pdf/haryana-16.pdf "INTACH Haryana newsletter"], [[INTACH]],</ref>

===Medieval===
{{main|Hemu}}
[[File:Maharaja Hemu Bhargava - Victor of Twenty Two Pitched Battles, 1910s.jpg|thumb|upright|right|c. 1910s portrayal of Hemu Vikramaditya]]
[[Hemu|Hem Chandra Vikramaditya]] was educated and brought up in what is now Rewari. Hem Chandra had developed a cannon foundry in Rewari, laying the foundation of a metalwork industry in brass, copper sheets. He had supplied cannons and gunpowder to Sher Shah Suri from 1535 onwards and was an adviser to the last ruler of [[Sur dynasty]] till 1553, [[Adil Shah Suri]], when he became Prime Minister and Chief of Army. Hem Chandra had won 22 battles from Punjab to Delhi during 1553–56. He defeated [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] king Akbar's forces at [[Agra]] and [[Battle of Delhi (1556)|Delhi]]. Hem Chandra was crowned as a Vikramaditya king at [[Purana Quila]] in Delhi on 7 October 1556, reigned as king of [[Delhi]] for one month but lost to Akbar on 5 November 1556 at [[Second Battle of Panipat|Panipat]] where he died.<ref name="THIEPPT">Marshman, John Clark. "The History of India from the Earliest Period to the Present Time", London (1873)</ref> His ''haveli'' (house) still stands in the Qutubpur area of the city, which in his day was a village in its own right.<ref name=website>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rewari.nic.in/ |title=Rewari district official website |access-date=19 March 2021 |archive-date=27 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227110732/http://rewari.nic.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> His two-story [[haveli]], with carved sandstone doorway, is made of local stone from [[Aravalli range]], brunt-mud lakhori bricks and lime mortar. Walls are plastered with lime and painted with limewash. Roof has lakhouri bricks and stone slabs rested on timber beams. Doors and niches have stone [[lintel]]s or brick arches in the local regional architecture. Over-hanging roof [[chhajja]] has stone brackets to anchor the stones.<ref name=INTACH1/>
[[Akbar]] made Rewari a [[Sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]] under Delhi Suba. [[Aurangzeb]] attacked and recovered it from the rebels. Mughals granted the local rule to Nand Ram, [[Ahir]] leader of Bolni village in 17th century which lasted up to 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |title=Haryana: Ancient and Medieval |first=H. A. |last=Phadke |publisher=Harman Publishing House |year=1990 |page=173 |isbn=9788185151342 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxlIAAAAIAAJ}}</ref> A small Ahir [[principality]] was established there in the early century and ruled over the surrounding [[Ahirwal]] area.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAkW94DtUMAC&pg=PA189 |title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India |first=Christophe |last=Jaffrelot |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. |year=2003 |isbn=9781850653981 |page=189}}</ref><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}}</ref><ref name="Mayaram2006">{{cite book|author=Shail Mayaram|title=Against History, Against State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FP_MWtoPIcoC&pg=PA49|year=2006|publisher=Permanent Black|isbn=978-81-7824-152-4|pages=49–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rao |first1=M S A |title=Caste and the Indian Army |url=https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1964_16/35/caste_and_the_indian_army.pdf |website=epw.in |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref>

===Modern era===
{{see also | History_of_Haryana#Colonial_period | Ballabhgarh#History | Farrukhnagar#Under_British_Raj | Nahar Singh | Rao Tula Ram | label 1 = Haryana in 1857| label 2 = Ballabhgarh history | label 3 = Farrukhnagar history | label 4 = Nahar Singh | label 5 = Rao Tula Ram }}
[[File:Historic 'Delhie Gate' at Rewari.JPG|thumb|Delhi Gate, one of the four historic British period gates in Rewari]]
Rewari came under the control of [[Maratha Empire]] in 19th century before passing on to [[East India Company]] and later [[British Raj]].<ref name=INTACH1/> [[Rao Tula Ram]], the ruler of Rewari, played a significant role in [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|India's First War of Independence]] in 1857. His estate was confiscated by the [[British Raj]] and made a part of [[Gurgaon district]] of [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab province]].

It remained a part of Gurgaon district until reorganisation in 1972 saw it transferred to [[Mahendragarh]] district. Further changes in 1989 led to the creation of the eponymous Rewari district.<ref>[http://gurgaon.nic.in/history.htm District History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013101146/http://gurgaon.nic.in/history.htm |date=13 October 2007 }}</ref>

====Rezang La battle of 1962====
{{main|Rezang La}}
Rewari is well known for the high proportion of soldiers and officers it contributes to the Indian army and other armed forces of India. [[Rezang La]] near [[Chushul]] in [[Ladakh]] was the site of the [[last stand]] of C Company of the [[Kumaon Regiment|13 Kumaon]] battalion, during the [[Sino-Indian War]] on 18 November 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Don%E2%80%99t-forget-the-heroes-of-Rezang-La/article12513562.ece|title=Don't forget the heroes of Rezang La|first=Mohan|last=Guruswamy|date=20 November 2012|access-date=9 January 2020|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> The C Company was composed almost entirely of Ahirs and was led by Major [[Shaitan Singh]], who won a posthumous [[Param Vir Chakra]] for his actions.

In this action 120 men of the C Company fought until their bullets finished and then fought hand-to-hand. Of the 120 men, 114 died and only six seriously injured men remained alive. Of these, five were captured POW and only one came down to inform others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-nobody-believed-we-had-killed-so-many-chinese-at-rezang-la.-our-commander-called-me-crazy-and-warned-that-i-could-be-courtmartialled-/1023745/0|author=Shekhar Gupta|date=30 Oct 2012|title='Nobody believed we had killed so many Chinese at Rezang La. Our commander called me crazy and warned that I could be court-martialed|work=Indian Express Archive|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> A memorial was constructed in Rewari city for them.

The soul-stirring inscription on the War Memorial at Chushul, Ladakh raised by Indian Army in the memory of the fallen brave Ahirs in the Battle of Rezang La reads:
How can a man die better,
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And temples of his gods.

==Geography==

===Location===
Rewari is adjacent to Rajasthan and, therefore, has dust storms in summer. Rugged hilly terrain of [[Aravalli Range|Aravali]] ranges as well as sandy dunes in the district affect the city's climate.<ref name="cgwb.gov.in">http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Haryana/Rewari.pdf</ref> Rewari forms a part of the [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncrpb.nic.in/pdf_files/rp_2021.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 September 2011 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321191807/http://www.ncrpb.nic.in/pdf_files/rp_2021.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Rewari is located at {{coord|28.18|N|76.62|E|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/10/Rewari.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Rewari, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 245 [[metre]]s (803 [[foot (unit of length)|feet]]). Rewari is 85 km away from Delhi.

===Climate===
The mean minimum and maximum temperature range from 0 °C to 46 °C during January (winter) and May–June (summer) respectively. The summer temperature can go up to 46 °C from May to July. Winter is from November to February and the temperature can fall to 2 °C in December and January.<ref name="rewari.nic.in"/><ref name="cgwb.gov.in"/> The temperature was recorded as 0 °C on 12 January 2012 and 31 January 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/rewari-8843160.html|title=संशो--आगे के लिए : फिर 'शून्य' पर पहुचा पारा|website=Dainik Jagran|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> and below zero (−0.5 °C) on 4 January 2018.<ref>http://epaper.jagran.com/ePaperArticle/05-jan-2018-edition-Rewari-page_1-814-12439-248.html</ref>

Rain falls from July to September. A little rain is experienced during winter also. Average annual rainfall in Rewari city is {{convert|553|mm|inch}}.<ref name="cgwb.gov.in"/>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}},<ref name=autogenerated1>{{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> Rewari city had a population of 143,021<ref name="ulbharyana.gov.in"/> (compared to 100,946 in 2001 and 75,342 in 1991) showing 42% growth in 2001–11-decade against 34% growth in 1991–2001 decade. Males were 75,764 (53% of the population) and females were 67,257 (47%). The overall sex ratio (female:male) was 886 compared to national average 940, and in the 0 to 6-year age group was 785 compared to national average 918. Rewari had an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 64.3% for entire population and 74.0% for population excluding 0 to 6-year age group in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/indiaatglance.html|title=Census of India : Provisional Population Totals : India :Census 2011|website=censusindia.gov.in|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> Male literacy is 83% and female literacy is 73% (compared to 79% and 67% respectively in 2001). In Rewari, 11.3% of the population is under six years of age.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=438&category=M.Cl. View Population]</ref>

Rewari is one of the important cities of the [[Yadav]] dominated [[Ahirwal]]-belt.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Subhangi Kumari |title=Congress pins hopes on revival in Ahirwal region of Haryana |url=https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/congress-pins-hopes-on-revival-in-ahirwal-region-of-haryana-2240993.html |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=Zee News |date=19 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Rao Jaswant |title=Haryana elections: Ahirwal's low numbers: Who will they hurt? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/ahirwals-low-numbers-who-will-they-hurt/articleshow/71696333.cms |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=22 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Hindi and its dialects Ahirawati and Haryanavi are spoken in Rewari.<ref>{{cite news |title=No takers in their own land |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/no-takers-in-their-own-land-753271 |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=Tribune |date=7 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Haryanvi |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bgc |website=Ethnologue |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Transport==

===Air===
The nearest airport is [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]] at New Delhi, 75 km away, for all domestic and international flights.

===Railway===
{{main|Rewari railway junction}}
{{See also|Rewari Railway Heritage Museum}}
[[File:Rewari Junction Railway Station.JPG|thumb|right|Rewari Railway Station]]
Rewari was first connected by a railway line in 1873 when the first [[metre gauge]] railway track in India became operational. This track was laid between Delhi and Ajmer.<ref>http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html|{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} World's first commercial MG service runs from Delhi to Rewari</ref> The gauge was converted to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 1995 for one of the tracks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Part 5|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> This allowed metre gauge trains from Rajasthan to continue up to [[Sarai Rohilla Railway Station|Delhi Sarai Rohilla]] on the remaining track. The second track from Rewari to Delhi was converted to broad gauge in 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=31676|title=Press Information Bureau|website=pib.gov.in|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/08/stories/2007100854500400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013182649/http://hindu.com/2007/10/08/stories/2007100854500400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 October 2007 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Delhi-Haryana rail link gets better | date=8 October 2007}}</ref> as all the metre gauge tracks from Rewari to cities in Rajasthan had been converted to broad gauge by then. Thus all the railway tracks from Rewari have been converted to broad gauge obviating the need for change of trains at gauge-change stations such as Delhi and [[Ahmedabad]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-31/india/28307333_1_broad-gauge-station-building-railway | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115084807/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-31/india/28307333_1_broad-gauge-station-building-railway | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-11-15 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=World's oldest commercial meter gauge is history}}</ref>

Rewari is a major junction on the [[Indian Railways|Indian railway]] network and is connected to the major cities of India by direct trains. Six railway lines branch out from it to Delhi, [[Ajmer]] via [[Narnaul]] and [[Ringas]], Ajmer via [[Alwar]], [[Loharu]], [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]] and [[Jhajjar]]-[[Rohtak]]. The latest sixth single-track line to [[Jhajjar]] and [[Rohtak]] was constructed in 2008–12 and commissioned in January 2013. A seventh double-track line starts from Khori near Rewari to Asaoti near [[Palwal]] for facilitating carriage of goods on [[Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India|Western Dedicated Freight Corridor]]. "New Rewari" railway station has been built on this dedicated freight railway line. A line branches off from New Rewari station, goes over Rewari-Narnaul and Rewari-Mahendragarh tracks to join the Rewari-[[Bhiwani]] railway line 2 km after the Rewari junction, thus bypassing the Rewari junction. This obviates the need for goods trains on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor to pass through Rewari junction.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

Rewari-Delhi double railway track was electrified in 2018. Rewari has electrified tracks on the Jaipur-Alwar-Rewari-Bhiwani and Rewari-[[Narnaul]]-[[Ringas]]-[[Phulera]] routes. These tracks have a high catenary with 7.45 m high OHE for double-stack containers. The electrical locomotives on these tracks will have a special pantograph for the high catenary. Electric trains (EMU) may run between Delhi and Rewari in 2020. Rewari-Alwar-[[Bandikui]] and Rewari-Bhiwani routes became double tracks in 2019.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

A new railway line Rapid Regional Transit System (RRTS) is being constructed from Nizamuddin station in New Delhi to Alwar via Gurgaon-Manesar-Dharuhera-Rewari-Bawal-Shahjanpur. A loop of this RRTS will have a railway station east of Rewari at village Majra Gurdas.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.amarujala.com/delhi-ncr/noida/111537033818-noida-news |title = अरावली में अंडरग्राउंड गुजरेगी रैपिड रेल}}</ref>

===Road===
Rewari is connected by four national highways: [[National Highway 11 (India)|NH 11]] (starting from Delhi-Jaipur NH 48 and going to [[Narnaul]]-[[Jhunjhunu]]-[[Bikaner]])-[[Jaisalmer]], [[National Highway 48 (India)|NH 48]] (former name NH 8 before [[List of National Highways in India by highway number|renumbering]] of all national highways) (Delhi-Jaipur-[[Bombay]]-[[Pune]]-[[Bangalore]]), [[National Highway 352 (India)|NH 352]] (former name NH 71) ([[Narwana]]-[[Jind]]-[[Rohtak]]-[[Jhajjar]]-Rewari) and [[National Highway 919 (India)|NH 919]] (former name NH 71B) (Rewari-[[Dharuhera]]-[[Sohna]]-[[Palwal]]). Before NH 48 was built in early 1960s, the Rewari-Gurgaon travel was via Dharuhera-Bhiwadi-Taoru-Sohna. NH 919 was a state highway before it was declared NH a decade ago; NH 352 was newly constructed in 2011–13; and NH 11 was declared to start from Rewari only three years ago. A 4-lane bypass on NH 11 from east of Rewari city (starting at NH 352 just off NH 48) to west of Rewari city (at Khori railway station) will be constructed in 2021 to bypass the city.

State highways connect Rewari to all major towns in Haryana and adjacent districts of Rajasthan.
* SH-24 Rewari-Dahina-Kanina-Mahendragarh-Satnali-Loharu 92 km.
* SH-26 Gurgaon-[[Pataudi]]-Rewari 52 km.
* SH-15 Shahjahanpur-Rewari 21 km.
The central government has decided to convert the two-lane SH-26 (Gurgaon-Pataudi-Rewari) to a four-lane national highway and the work on the upgradation may start in 2021 after acquisition of land.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/4-lane-highway-linking-gurgaon-rewari-on-cards-to-help-ease-traffic-on-nh-8/articleshow/66685702.cms |title = 4-lane highway linking Gurugram, Rewari on cards, to help ease traffic on NH-8 | Gurgaon News – Times of India}}</ref>

There are frequent bus services between Rewari and Delhi, as well as other towns of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.

==Rewari Heritage Steam Locomotive Museum==
[[File:Rewari Railway Heritage Museum.JPG|thumb|Rewari Railway Heritage Museum]]

Rewari Heritage Steam Locomotive Museum is the only surviving steam loco shed in India and houses some of India's last surviving [[steam locomotive]]s. Built in 1893, it was the only loco shed in [[North India]] for a long time and a part of the track connecting Delhi with [[Peshawar]].<ref name=bl>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-10/delhi/28274419_1_steam-engine-rewari-locomotive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106050445/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-10/delhi/28274419_1_steam-engine-rewari-locomotive|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|title=Eye on Games, black beauties gather steam|date=10 August 2010|location=India|first1=Dwaipayan|work=[[The Times of India]]|last1=Ghosh}}</ref> After steam engines were phased out by 1990, the loco shed remained in neglect for many years before it was decided by Indian Railways in December 2002 to revive it as a heritage museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rdec2002/02122002/r0212200218.html|title=National Conference on Steam Heritage Tourism inaugurated|date=2 December 2002|publisher=Ministry of Railways}}</ref> The shed was refurbished as a [[heritage tourism]] destination, its heritage edifice was restored and a museum exhibiting Victorian-era artefacts used on the Indian rail network, along with the old signalling system, gramophones and seats was added. The refurbished heritage museum was opened in October 2010. The engines are also available for live demonstrations.<ref name=bl/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gathering-steam/599590/|title=Gathering steam|date=4 April 2010|work=The Indian Express |location=India|access-date=5 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rewaristeamloco.com/|title=rewaristeamloco.com|website=www.rewaristeamloco.com|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Govt. School for Boys, Rewari.jpg|thumb|Govt. School for Boys, Rewari, established in 1890. One of the oldest schools in Haryana]]

Rewari has one university, ten-degree colleges, two BEd colleges, 110 secondary / higher secondary schools, one industrial training institute and one footwear training institute. Government Higher Secondary School was started in the year 1887. Hindu High School was started by the [[Bhargava]] community in 1890 in the building now known as Bhargava Boarding House located near Bhadawas Gate. The nearest college was in the nearby princely state of [[Alwar]] until independence. Ahir College was set up in 1945 by Rao Balbir Singh, a descendant of Rao Tularam. Kishanlal Public College is another educational institute. Shishu Shala was the first English school, established in 1950 in Model Town.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}

A [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]] (Central School) has existed in Rewari city since 1980. A [[Sainik School]] was started in 2008, temporarily housed in Rewari city awaiting completion of construction of its permanent campus at village Gothra Tappa Khori, about 15 km southwest Rewari-Narnaul Road.

The Meerpur centre of Rohtak University was upgraded to a separate university in September<ref name="univ">{{cite web | url=http://www.techtrickhub.com/2014/09/igu-meerpur-rewari-results.html | date=2013 | access-date=8 February 2016}}{{vn|date=January 2020|reson=None of the archived pages mention this.}}</ref>

Several private colleges have been set up around Rewari in the last decade to teach engineering, management, law, and nursing though the quality of education in some of them is low as in the rest of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/speech/content.asp?id=555 |title=PM's address at the 150th Anniversary Function of University of Mumbai |author=Prime Minister Manmohan Singh |access-date=18 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112072640/http://pmindia.nic.in/speech/content.asp?id=555 |archive-date=12 January 2012 }}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Rewari city has a civil hospital run by the civil administration. It has fifty beds and the capacity has been planned to increase to one hundred beds.<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040111/ncr1.htm| Upgradation of Rewari hospital</ref> It also has a trauma centre<ref>http://www.haryanapwd-bandr.org/Building%20Report-October%202010.pdf</ref> for attending to accidents on highways.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/quest.asp?qref=108302| title=Rs. 15 million spent on upgradation and strengthening of Trauma Care Centre at Government Hospital, Rewari| author=Minister of Health and Family Welfare answers questions in Parliament| access-date=15 January 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707073917/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/quest.asp?qref=108302| archive-date=7 July 2012| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Indian Railways has a hospital with 20 beds near Rewari railway station.<ref>[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/health_1.jsp Health:Directorate]</ref> Rewari also has a number of private hospitals and nursing homes.<ref>http://www.rewari.gov.in/dPlan1.pdf| paragraph 1.18</ref>

== Industry ==
Rewari has a variety of industries, from cottage industries to small-scale integrated units and automobiles and auto ancillary industries. The traditional industries are brass metalwork and ornamental shoes (''Tilledar Jooti'') Rewari has kept the traditional art of ''Tilledar [[Jooti]]'' alive and is famous for such ornamental local shoes. Various automobiles and auto ancillary industries in [[Dharuhera]] and [[Bawal]] industrial areas such as Harley Davison (assembling unit), Hero Moto Corp. United Breweries and many more. World's largest production of motor cycles is in Hero Moto Corp. Dharuhera plant

=== Rewari metal work ===
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Rewari is famous for its traditional metalwork, particularly brass work. The brass industry began around 1535, with the help of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} During the time of Hemu, cannons were cast in Rewari for the army of [[Sher Shah Suri]].<ref name=website/>

==Notable people==

* [[Hem Chandra Vikramaditya]], who claimed the throne of [[Delhi]] defeating the Mughal army of [[Akbar]] in 1556
* [[Rao Tula Ram]], leader of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
* [[Rao Gopal Dev]], leader of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
* [[Rao Birender Singh]], former [[List of Chief Ministers of Haryana|Chief Minister of Haryana]]
* [[Brijendra Kumar Rao|Dr. B.K. Rao]], first recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]] award in Rewari.
* [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Babru Bhan Yadav]], [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]], led the [[Operation Trident (1971)|Operation Trident]] against Pakistan in Indo-Pakistan war 1971
* [[Santosh Yadav]], first female Mountaineer in India to climb Mount Everest twice.

== Delhi–Mumbai industrial corridor ==
[[Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project]] is a mega infra-structural project of US$90 billion with the financial and technical aids from Japan, covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the political capital and the business capital of India, i.e., Delhi and Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://delhimumbaiindustrialcorridor.com/|title=::: Welcome to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor|website=delhimumbaiindustrialcorridor.com|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> It will initially link Rewari to Mumbai.
Furtherance of the project led to violent incidents in July 2012 when farmers protested against the land acquisition process. In consequence, the [[government of Haryana]] instituted a judicial probe into the events and placed a moratorium on the process.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-26/chandigarh/32868134_1_land-acquisition-judicial-probe-rewari |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110044552/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-26/chandigarh/32868134_1_land-acquisition-judicial-probe-rewari |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2013 |title=Rewari violence: Haryana orders judicial probe, halts land acquisition process |first=Ajay |last=Sura |date=26 July 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Taoru]]
*[[Bhiwadi]]
*[[Mahendragarh]]
*[[Neemrana]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://rewari.nic.in Rewari.gov.in] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703082821/http://rewari.nic.in/ |date=3 July 2007 }}
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