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| name = Sankhol<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = सॉखौल<br />
| other_name = <br />
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| settlement_type = Village<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|28.71432|N|76.90133|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jhajjar district|Jhajjar]]<br />
| established_title = Established<br />
| established_date = 5 November 1615<br />
| founder = Ch. Sukhla Rathi<br />
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| governing_body = Gram Panchayat<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_total = 5178<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], Haryanvi<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[124508 (previously 124507)|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = 124508 (previously 124507)<br />
| registration_plate = HR 13<br />
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'''Sankhol''' is a village in Jhajjar district, town Bahadurgarh located along NH 9 (formerly NH 10). Sankhol comes in Assembly constituency 64-Bahadurgarh. The village has four polling stations (polling station no. 56, 57, 58, 59). Today the village is 403 years old (as in 2018) with 25-30 generation of people born.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Sankhol had a population of 5178. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Sankhol has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 60%. In Sankhol, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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== History ==<br />
In Samwat 1672 (i.e. On 5TH NOVEMBER 1615 ; on Guru Nanak Jayanti ) Kartika month on Thursday Purnima Ch. SUKHLA RATHI <u>RATHI</u> established the village SANKHOL along with people from 7 different cast. Ch. Sukhla Rathi was a Kshatriya originally from Tungdesh (now Prabhas Patan, Somnath, Gujrat) and moved to Sankhol in search for a better place for prosperity while halting at Hastinapur, Tamargarh, Delhi (Mehrauli), Gopalgarh, Hariyapur, Kasar, Parnala, Sarfabad (now Bahadurgarh) and finally at Sankhol.<br />
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The village was internally divided into three Pannas by the three brothers of 6-7 generation becoming the head of each Panna i.e. Bhortha, Gullar and Baggri.<br />
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== Notable Persons ==<br />
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=== Brigadier Hoshier Singh Rathee ===<br />
[[Hoshier Singh|Brigadier '''Hoshiar Singh''']] ''IOM, IDSM, Croix De Guerre'' was the commander of the Indian 62 Brigade stationed at [[Sela Pass]]. Brigadier Singh was [[killed in action]], along with a few Indian troops during the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]]. Brigadier Hoshiar Singh was commended for his bravery in the war. Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], along with [[Partap Singh Kairon|Pratap Singh Kairon]], the then Chief Minister of Punjab, had visited this village personally to pay homage to the late Brigadier.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! colspan="2" |Brigadier<br />
Hoshiar Singh Rathee<br />
|-<br />
!Born<br />
|Village Sankhol, [[Bahadurgarh]], [[Haryana]]<br />
|-<br />
!Died<br />
|[[Sela Pass]]<br />
|-<br />
!Allegiance<br />
|[[India]]<br />
|-<br />
!Rank<br />
|Brigadier<br />
|-<br />
!Battles/wars<br />
|1962 [[Sino-Indian War]]<br />
|}<br />
'''Pandit Ram Kishan Sharma'''<br />
Pandit Ram Kishan Sharma was a very noble person who lived in Bagra Paana in White House.<br />
He was close friend of the Brigadier.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Jhajjar district topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Jhajjar district]]<br />
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