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	'''Rania''' is a city and a municipal committee [[Sirsa district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Haryana]]. Rania Town is ~~the biggest~~ grain market in Sirsa district.		'''Rania''' is a city and a municipal committee in [[Sirsa district]] located on the upper bank of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River\|Ghaggar River]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Haryana]]. Rania Town is a [[grain trade\|grain market]] in Sirsa district. Nearby cities to Rania includes [[Sirsa]] and [[Ellenabad]]. It shares its RTO office with Ellenabad which is also has its headquarters in Ellenabad. Earlier it was a part of Ellenabad subdivision but later carved out separately as a subdivision in Sirsa district of Haryana. It is at a distance of 22 km each from Sirsa and Ellenabad in opposite direction on Haryana State Highway 32A i.e. Bhambhoor-Jiwan Nagar Road which connects to Haryana State Highway 32 (Ellenabad-Dabwali Road) in Jiwan Nagar on one end and Haryana State Highway 23 (Sirsa-Ellenabad Road) in Bhambhoor on the other end.

	=={{anchor \| Rania State \| Rania Princely State }} History==		=={{anchor \| Rania State \| Rania Princely State }} History==
	Rania, ~~which means "queen", was formerly called Bhattian and ruled~~ by ~~a king known as~~ the ~~Bhatti Raja~~. ~~It was renamed as~~ a ~~result~~ of ~~''[[sati~~ (~~practice~~)~~\|sati]]''~~ by ~~Rania, Queen of Bhattian Riasayat's King after she heard a rumour that~~ the ~~king had been killed in a nearby village~~.		[[File:Painting of a street scene in the village of Rania (located in modern-day Haryana), circa 1816. Painted by the company artists Ghulam ‘Ali Khan and others.jpg\|thumb\|Painting of a street scene in the village of Rania (located in modern-day Haryana), circa 1816. Painted by the company artists Ghulam ‘Ali Khan and others.]]
			After [[Nader Shah's invasion of India\|Nader Shah achieved victory against India]], he subsequently withdrew in 1747 CE. Rania was taken over by the [[Bhatti clan\|Bhatti]] [[Ranghar]] [[Rajput]] freebooter Muhammad Hassan Khan took the possession of Rania, Fatehabad and Rania, and he remained in ongoing tussle with [[Jat people\|Jat]] [[Sikh]] ruler of [[Patiala State\|Patiala]] and [[Jind State]]s for the control of this tract. In 1768 CE [[Johiya]] chieftain Kamruddin took over Rania, Fatehabad and Sirsa. In 1774 CE, Jat Sikh ruler of Patiala State, Amar Singh, snatched the [[paragana]]s of Rania, Fatehabad and Rania from Bhatti Ranghar Rajput chieftain Muhammad Amir Khan who withdrew to his [[Bhatner fort]] ([[Hanumangarh]]). In 1774 CE, [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal forces]] under [[Mirza Najaf Khan]] and [[Jaipur State\|Raja Jai Singh]] signed a treaty with Jat Sikhs and Bikaner state under which [[Tosham#History\|Tosham]], [[Hisar (city)#History\|Hisar]], [[Hansi#History\|Hansi]], [[Meham]] and [[Rohtak]] were restored to Mughals and Raja Jai Singh became Nazim of Hisar [[Sarkar (administrative division)\|sirkar]]; Rania-Fathebad-Sirsa tract was restorrd to Bhatti chiefs under Bikaner state; and Jat Sikhs kept the rest of their territory annexed by them in North Haryana ([[Narwana]], [[Jind]] and [[Kaithal]]). After the death of Najaf Ali Khan, the weak Mughal Empire under [[Shah Alam II]] invited [[Maratha Empire]]'s who took over the whole of Haryana by 1792 CE under [[Mahadaji Shinde\|Mahadaji Sindhia]]. [[George Thomas (soldier)\|George Thomas]] who held this area under Marathas, became independent ruler of this tract in 1798 Ce, but in 1801 Maratha Confederacy ruled by [[Daulat Rao Sindhia]], led by their French-origin general [[Pierre Cuillier-Perron]] who allied with Jat Sikhs ruler of Jind, expelled George Thomas from Haryana. Ongoing feud among Bhattis, Johiyas, Jats, Skihs, Marathas and Mughals, weakened them all and this tract came under [[British Raj]]] in 1803. A [[baoli]] built in early 1st century in the mixed style of [[Turkish bath\|Turkish hammam]] and [[water well\|Indian well]] was buried during [[The Emergency (India)\|1975-77 emergency]] to build a market.<ref name="sirsahist1">{{cite book\|author=Jugal Kishore Gupta\|title=History of Sirsa Town\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0Z457ZOR44C&pg=PA42\|year=1991\|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri\|pages=38–48}}</ref>[[File:Painting of Amiban, the Haryanvi liaison of William Fraser, Company School, circa early 19th century.jpg\|thumb\|Painting of Amiban, the Haryanvi liaison of William Fraser, Company School, circa early 19th century]]
	After [[Nader Shah's invasion of ~~the Mughal Empire~~\|Nader Shah ~~retreated from~~ India in 1747 CE~~]],~~ Rania was taken over by the [[Bhatti clan\|Bhatti]] [[Ranghar]] [[Rajput]] freebooter Muhammad Hassan Khan took the possession of Rania, Fatehabad and Rania, and he remained in ongoing tussle with [[Jat people\|Jat]] [[Sikh]] ruler of [[Patiala State\|Patiala]] and [[Jind State]]s for the control of this tract. In 1768 CE [[Johiya]] ~~ranghars~~ chieftain, Kamruddin~~, another vassal of Bikaner State,~~ took over Rania, Fatehabad and Sirsa. In 1774 CE, Jat Sikh ruler of Patiala State, Amar Singh, snatched the [[paragana]]s of Rania, Fatehabad and Rania from Bhatti Ranghar Rajput chieftain Muhammad Amir Khan~~, a vassal of [[Bikaner State]],~~ who ~~retreated~~ to his [[Bhatner fort]] ([[Hanumangarh]]). In 1774 CE, [[Mughal ~~empire~~\|Mughal forces]] under [[Mirza Najaf Khan]] and [[Jaipur State\|Raja Jai Singh]] signed a treaty with Jat Sikhs and Bikaner state under which [[Tosham#History\|Tosham]], [[Hisar (city)#History\|Hisar]], [[Hansi#History\|Hansi]], [[Meham]] and [[Rohtak]] were restored to Mughals and Raja Jai Singh became Nazim of Hisar [[Sarkar (~~country subdivision~~)\|sirkar]]; Rania-Fathebad-Sirsa tract was restorrd to Bhatti chiefs under Bikaner state; and Jat Sikhs kept the rest of their territory annexed by them in North Haryana ([[Narwana]], [[Jind]] and [[Kaithal]]). After the death of Najaf Ali Khan, the weak Mughal ~~empire~~ under [[Shah Alam II]] invited [[~~maratha empire~~]]'s who took over the whole of Haryana by 1792 CE under [[Mahadaji Shinde\|Mahadaji Sindhia]]. [[George Thomas (soldier)\|George Thomas]] who held this area under Marathas, became independent ruler of this tract in 1798 Ce, but in 1801 ~~marathas empire~~ ruled by [[Daulat Rao Sindhia]], led by their French-origin general [[Pierre Cuillier-Perron]] who allied with Jat Sikhs ruler of Jind, expelled George Thomas from Haryana. Ongoing feud among Bhattis, Johiyas, Jats, Skihs, Marathas and Mughals, weakened them all and this tract came under [[British ~~raj~~]] in 1803. A [[baoli]] built in early ~~1th~~ century in the mixed style of [[Turkish bath\|Turkish hammam]] and [[water well\|Indian well]] was buried during [[The Emergency (India)\|1975-77 emergency]] to build a market.<ref name=sirsahist1>{{cite book\|author=Jugal Kishore Gupta\|title=History of Sirsa Town\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0Z457ZOR44C&pg=PA42\|year=1991\|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri\|pages=38–48}}</ref>		During [[British Raj]], ''"the village of Rania was home to Amiban, main mistress to [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)\|William Fraser]], a brother of [[James Baillie Fraser]], and his two Anglo-Indian sons and daughter."''<ref name=spec1>[[William Dalrymple (historian)\|William Dalrymple]], [https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/the-forgotten-masterpieces-of-indian-art/ The forgotten masterpieces of Indian art], Spectator UK, 18 December 2019.</ref>

	During [[British Raj]], ''"the village of Rania was home to Amiban, main mistress to [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)\|William Fraser]], a brother of [[James Baillie Fraser]], and his two Anglo-Indian sons and daughter."''<ref name=spec1>[[William Dalrymple (historian)\|William Dalrymple]], [https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/the-forgotten-masterpieces-of-indian-art/ The forgotten masterpieces of Indian art], ~~Spect[ator~~ UK, 18 December 2019.</ref>

	During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|first war of independence in 1857]], [[Nahar Singh\|Raja Nahar Singh]] the [[Jat people\|Jat]] ruler of Ballabhgarh, [[Rao Tula Ram]] ruler of [[Rewari#British colonial era\|Rewari]] and Nawab ~~Nur Muhammad~~ Khan of Rania all played key role.<ref name=sarasnew1>[http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/11%2012%201%20HARYANA%20SAMVAD%20NOV-%20JAN%202017-2018%20FOR%20for%20web.pdf Haryana Samvad], Jan 2018.</ref><ref name=reb1>{{cite book\|author=Dr Malti Malik\|title=History of India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMg-DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA356\|year=1943\|publisher=Saraswati House Pvt Ltd\|isbn=978-81-7335-498-4\|page=356}}</ref>		During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|first war of independence in 1857]], [[Nahar Singh\|Raja Nahar Singh]] the [[Jat people\|Jat]] ruler of Ballabhgarh, [[Rao Tula Ram]] ruler of [[Rewari#British colonial era\|Rewari]] and [[Nawab Noor Samad Khan]] of Rania all played key role.<ref name=sarasnew1>[http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/11%2012%201%20HARYANA%20SAMVAD%20NOV-%20JAN%202017-2018%20FOR%20for%20web.pdf Haryana Samvad] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827125256/http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/11%2012%201%20HARYANA%20SAMVAD%20NOV-%20JAN%202017-2018%20FOR%20for%20web.pdf \|date=27 August 2018 }}, Jan 2018.</ref><ref name=reb1>{{cite book\|author=Dr Malti Malik\|title=History of India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMg-DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA356\|year=1943\|publisher=Saraswati House Pvt Ltd\|isbn=978-81-7335-498-4\|page=356}}</ref>

	There were significant number Muslims who left during [[Partition of India\|~~Indo~~-Pakistan partition]] in 1947. There are many old buildings in the town including mosques and a [[fort]] which is still in use as the police station.		There were significant number Muslims who left during [[Partition of India\|India-Pakistan partition]] in 1947. There are many old buildings in the town including mosques and a [[fort]] which is still in use as the police station.

	Rania town was a part of the old [[Punjab Region]] and became part of [[Haryana]] in 1966.		Rania town was a part of the old [[Punjab Region]] and became part of [[Haryana]] in 1966.

	==Geography==		==Geography==
	Rania is situated in the far west of Haryana on the ~~Sirsa~~-Jeewan Nagar Road. The nearest airports are in [[Delhi]] and [[Chandigarh]], both around {{convert\|270\|km}} away while the nearest railway station ~~is at~~ [[Sirsa, Haryana\|Sirsa]]. Sirsa city is approximately {{convert\|23\|km}} to the east. Other nearby cities are [[Ellenabad]] ({{convert\|22\|km}}), [[Mandi Dabwali]] ({{convert\|60\|km\|\|abbr=}}) and Mandi [[Kalanwali]] ({{convert\|40\|km}}). The borders of [[Punjab region\|Punjab]] are around {{convert\|35\|km}} away and those of [[Rajasthan]] {{convert\|25\|km}} distant. Some other villages and places near to the town are Jiwan Nagar, Kariwala, SantNagar (Jagmalera), Balasar Farm, Sultan Puria and the Ottu Dam, Tetarwal Farm House, Mohamad Puria.		Rania is situated in the far west of Haryana on the Bhambhoor-Jeewan Nagar Road. The nearest airports are in [[Delhi]] and [[Chandigarh]], both around {{convert\|270\|km}} away while the nearest railway stations are at [[Ellenabad railway station\|Ellenabad]] and [[Sirsa, Haryana\|Sirsa]]. Sirsa city is approximately {{convert\|23\|km}} to the east. Other nearby cities are [[Ellenabad]] ({{convert\|22\|km}}), [[Mandi Dabwali]] ({{convert\|60\|km\|\|abbr=}}) and Mandi [[Kalanwali]] ({{convert\|40\|km}}). The borders of [[Punjab region\|Punjab]] are around {{convert\|35\|km}} away and those of [[Rajasthan]] {{convert\|25\|km}} distant. Some other villages and places near to the town are Jiwan Nagar, Kariwala, SantNagar (Jagmalera), Balasar Farm, Sultan Puria and the Ottu Dam, Tetarwal Farm House, Mohamad Puria.

	==Demographics==		==Demographics==
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	==Economy ==		==Economy ==
	Rania has a population of about 30,000 and a municipality system that runs the town, which is divided into 15 wards. As of 2009, Rania became a separate [[Vidhan Sabha]] assembly constituency [044]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=List of Assembly Constituencies\|url=https://ceoharyana.gov.in/WebCMS/Start/1440\|access-date=2020-06-11\|website=ceoharyana.gov.in}}</ref> of [[Sirsa, Haryana\|Sirsa]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sirsa.gov.in/administrative.aspx\|title=Sirsa\|publisher=Sirsa District Government\|access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref> The town has its own shopping areas, [[tehsil]], police station, hospital, private nursing homes along with government and private schools. A privately run bus system connects with nearby towns and villages.		Rania has a population of about 25,000 and a municipality system that runs the town, which is divided into 15 wards. As of 2009, Rania became a separate [[Vidhan Sabha]] assembly constituency [044]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=List of Assembly Constituencies\|url=https://ceoharyana.gov.in/WebCMS/Start/1440\|access-date=2020-06-11\|website=ceoharyana.gov.in}}</ref> of [[Sirsa, Haryana\|Sirsa]] earlier a part of [[Ellenabad Assembly constituency\|Ellenabad Vidhan Sabha Constituency]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sirsa.gov.in/administrative.aspx\|title=Sirsa\|publisher=Sirsa District Government\|access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref> The town has its own shopping areas, [[tehsil]], police station, hospital, private nursing homes along with government and private schools. A privately run bus system connects with nearby towns and villages.

	The main employment is in agriculture and retail ~~while wheat~~, vegetables, rice, and cotton are the main crops in the region.		The main employment is in agriculture and retail. Wheat, vegetables, rice, and cotton are the main crops in the region.

	==References==		==References==

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'''Rania''' is a city and a municipal committee [[Sirsa district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Haryana]]. Rania Town is the biggest grain market in Sirsa district.

=={{anchor | Rania State | Rania Princely State }} History==
Rania, which means "queen", was formerly called Bhattian and ruled by a king known as the Bhatti Raja. It was renamed as a result of ''[[sati (practice)|sati]]'' by Rania, Queen of Bhattian Riasayat's King after she heard a rumour that the king had been killed in a nearby village.

After [[Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire|Nader Shah retreated from India in 1747 CE]], Rania was taken over by the [[Bhatti clan|Bhatti]] [[Ranghar]] [[Rajput]] freebooter Muhammad Hassan Khan took the possession of Rania, Fatehabad and Rania, and he remained in ongoing tussle with [[Jat people|Jat]] [[Sikh]] ruler of [[Patiala State|Patiala]] and [[Jind State]]s for the control of this tract. In 1768 CE [[Johiya]] ranghars chieftain, Kamruddin, another vassal of Bikaner State, took over Rania, Fatehabad and Sirsa. In 1774 CE, Jat Sikh ruler of Patiala State, Amar Singh, snatched the [[paragana]]s of Rania, Fatehabad and Rania from Bhatti Ranghar Rajput chieftain Muhammad Amir Khan, a vassal of [[Bikaner State]], who retreated to his [[Bhatner fort]] ([[Hanumangarh]]). In 1774 CE, [[Mughal empire|Mughal forces]] under [[Mirza Najaf Khan]] and [[Jaipur State|Raja Jai Singh]] signed a treaty with Jat Sikhs and Bikaner state under which [[Tosham#History|Tosham]], [[Hisar (city)#History|Hisar]], [[Hansi#History|Hansi]], [[Meham]] and [[Rohtak]] were restored to Mughals and Raja Jai Singh became Nazim of Hisar [[Sarkar (country subdivision)|sirkar]]; Rania-Fathebad-Sirsa tract was restorrd to Bhatti chiefs under Bikaner state; and Jat Sikhs kept the rest of their territory annexed by them in North Haryana ([[Narwana]], [[Jind]] and [[Kaithal]]). After the death of Najaf Ali Khan, the weak Mughal empire under [[Shah Alam II]] invited [[maratha empire]]'s who took over the whole of Haryana by 1792 CE under [[Mahadaji Shinde|Mahadaji Sindhia]]. [[George Thomas (soldier)|George Thomas]] who held this area under Marathas, became independent ruler of this tract in 1798 Ce, but in 1801 marathas empire ruled by [[Daulat Rao Sindhia]], led by their French-origin general [[Pierre Cuillier-Perron]] who allied with Jat Sikhs ruler of Jind, expelled George Thomas from Haryana. Ongoing feud among Bhattis, Johiyas, Jats, Skihs, Marathas and Mughals, weakened them all and this tract came under [[British raj]] in 1803. A [[baoli]] built in early 1th century in the mixed style of [[Turkish bath|Turkish hammam]] and [[water well|Indian well]] was buried during [[The Emergency (India)|1975-77 emergency]] to build a market.<ref name=sirsahist1>{{cite book|author=Jugal Kishore Gupta|title=History of Sirsa Town|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0Z457ZOR44C&pg=PA42|year=1991|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri|pages=38–48}}</ref>

During [[British Raj]], ''"the village of Rania was home to Amiban, main mistress to [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Fraser]], a brother of [[James Baillie Fraser]], and his two Anglo-Indian sons and daughter."''<ref name=spec1>[[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]], [https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/the-forgotten-masterpieces-of-indian-art/ The forgotten masterpieces of Indian art], Spect[ator UK, 18 December 2019.</ref>

During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|first war of independence in 1857]], [[Nahar Singh|Raja Nahar Singh]] the [[Jat people|Jat]] ruler of Ballabhgarh, [[Rao Tula Ram]] ruler of [[Rewari#British colonial era|Rewari]] and Nawab Nur Muhammad Khan of Rania all played key role.<ref name=sarasnew1>[http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/11%2012%201%20HARYANA%20SAMVAD%20NOV-%20JAN%202017-2018%20FOR%20for%20web.pdf Haryana Samvad], Jan 2018.</ref><ref name=reb1>{{cite book|author=Dr Malti Malik|title=History of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMg-DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA356|year=1943|publisher=Saraswati House Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-81-7335-498-4|page=356}}</ref>

There were significant number Muslims who left during [[Partition of India|Indo-Pakistan partition]] in 1947. There are many old buildings in the town including mosques and a [[fort]] which is still in use as the police station.

Rania town was a part of the old [[Punjab Region]] and became part of [[Haryana]] in 1966.

==Geography==
Rania is situated in the far west of Haryana on the Sirsa-Jeewan Nagar Road. The nearest airports are in [[Delhi]] and [[Chandigarh]], both around {{convert|270|km}} away while the nearest railway station is at [[Sirsa, Haryana|Sirsa]]. Sirsa city is approximately {{convert|23|km}} to the east. Other nearby cities are [[Ellenabad]] ({{convert|22|km}}), [[Mandi Dabwali]] ({{convert|60|km||abbr=}}) and Mandi [[Kalanwali]] ({{convert|40|km}}). The borders of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] are around {{convert|35|km}} away and those of [[Rajasthan]] {{convert|25|km}} distant. Some other villages and places near to the town are Jiwan Nagar, Kariwala, SantNagar (Jagmalera), Balasar Farm, Sultan Puria and the Ottu Dam, Tetarwal Farm House, Mohamad Puria.

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Rania had a total population of 25,123, of which 13,281 were males and 11,842 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,361. The total number of literates in Rania was 15,299, which constituted 60.9% of the population with male literacy of 66.2% and female literacy of 54.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Rania was 70.3%, of which male literacy rate was 77.1% and female literacy rate was 62.8%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 6,474. Rania had 4874 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Rania |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=68373 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Hindi]] is the official language with [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Indian English|English]] as additional official. Hindi and Punjabi are the most spoken languages of Rania.

==Economy ==
Rania has a population of about 30,000 and a municipality system that runs the town, which is divided into 15 wards. As of 2009, Rania became a separate [[Vidhan Sabha]] assembly constituency [044]<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Assembly Constituencies|url=https://ceoharyana.gov.in/WebCMS/Start/1440|access-date=2020-06-11|website=ceoharyana.gov.in}}</ref> of [[Sirsa, Haryana|Sirsa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sirsa.gov.in/administrative.aspx|title=Sirsa|publisher=Sirsa District Government|access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref> The town has its own shopping areas, [[tehsil]], police station, hospital, private nursing homes along with government and private schools. A privately run bus system connects with nearby towns and villages.

The main employment is in agriculture and retail while wheat, vegetables, rice, and cotton are the main crops in the region.

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Sirsa district]]