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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rohnat
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| nickname = ''Village of rebels''<br>''Martyr's village''
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Bhiwani district|Bhiwani]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Bawani Khera]]
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'''Rohnat''', nicknamed '''village of rebels''',<ref name=rohnatfree/> is a village in the [[Bawani Khera]] tehsil of the [[Bhiwani district]] in the Indian state of [[Haryana]]. It lies approximately {{convert|31|km}} north west of the district headquarters town of [[Bhiwani]]. It is 12 km from Hansi on the [[List_of_highways_in_Haryana#List_of_Major_District_Roads_in_Haryana|MDR 108]] Kanwari-Hansi road, 25 km from [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], 160 km from [[Delhi]] and 220 km from [[Chandigarh]].

==Geography==

Nearby villages include [[Kanwari]], [[Muzadpur]] and [[Nalwa]]. The village of [[Balali]], the home village of the [[Phogat sisters]] is also close. The village, which lies in the basin of the [[Saraswati River]] and the [[Yamuna]], is irrigated by the [[Western Yamuna Canal#Sunder distributory|Sunder distributory]] of the [[Western Yamuna Canal]].

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

Due to its participation in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], the village was nicknamed by the [[British Raj]] as the ''village of rebels.'' All the land of [[zamindar]]s was taken away and freedom fighters were crushed under [[road roller]]s.<ref name=rohnat1>[https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/saga-of-village-of-rebels-to-be-included-in-haryana-school-curriculum-118120701149_1.html Saga of 'Village of Rebels' to be included in Haryana school curriculum], Business Standard, 7 Dec 2018.</ref><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>

General Courtland attacked the village for their prolific role in the rebellion and the villagers fought back bravely. Courtland ordered the destruction of the village by bombarding it with cannon shells. Birhad Bairagi was tied to the mouth of a canon and blasted. Among the villagers who were caught, some were hanged by the still-extant banyan tree [dying and in the need of revival] on the banks of Dhab Johad wetland, others were crushed in Hansi town under the road roller on the Lal Sadak (literally Red Road). Naunda Jat and Rupa Khati were among the martyrs. Surviving villagers refused to apologise, as required by the British colonials, for their part in the 1857 war of independence. Consequently, the land of the [[List of Indian independence activists|freedom fighters]] was confiscated and auctioned off as a punishment.

The villagers still claim rights to the allegedly auctioned land. Due to this, villagers used to abstain from celebrating the Independence Day or unfurling the national flag because as per them, freedom had not yet arrived. On [[Martyrs' Day (India)|Martyrs Day]] on 23 March 2018, Chief Minister [[Manoharlal Khattar]], for the first time, got a village elder to unfurl the flag in the village.<ref name=rohnatfree>[https://www.jagran.com/haryana/hisar-the-history-of-rohanaat-is-glorious-18727596.html गौरवशाली है रोहनात का इतिहास, 1857 में अंग्रेजों के छुडाए थे छक्‍के] Dainik Jagran, 8 Dec 2018.</ref>

==Demographics==

{{As of|2011|alt=As of the [[2011 Census of India]]}}, the village had 711 households with a population of 3,785, of which 1,970 were male and 1,815 female.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rohnat village|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=62723|publisher=[[Census of India]]|accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref>

==Culture==

The major temple is ''Jakhli dham''. Hindu festivals are celebrated every year. [[Teej]] is a popular Haryanvi festival observed with the [[music of Haryana]].

==Tourism==

The village lies on the Golden Trinagle of West Haryana tourism i.e. the Hisar ([[Firoz Shah Palace Complex]], [[Agroha Mound]], [[Rakhi Garhi]]) - Hansi ([[Asigarh Fort]]) - Tosham ([[Tosham#Tosham Hill Fort|Tosham fort & rock inscription]] and [[Tosham Hill range]]) tourism circuit.

The government is developing the Rohnat Ahutatma Smarak (martyr's memorial) under the Rohnat Freedom Trust on 4 acres of land to commemorate the valour and sacrifice during the revolt of 1857.<ref name=rohnat1/> The installation of the tallest [[Indian flag]] is also planned, as well as the renovation on well martyrs and the revival of the dying tree on which martyrs were hanged.

==See also==

* [[Administrative divisions of Haryana]]
* [[Madhogarh Fort, Haryana]]
* [[Tourism in Haryana]]
* [[Tourism in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Haryana}}

[[Category:Tourism in Haryana]]
[[Category:Villages in Bhiwani district]]

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