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The district comprises Nuh, Taoru, Nagina, Ferozepur Jhirka, Indri, Punhana and Pinangwan blocks, 431 villages and 297 panchayats. There had been 512 villages and 365 panchayats in district before Hathin Block was transferred to Palwal district.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} | The district comprises Nuh, Taoru, Nagina, Ferozepur Jhirka, Indri, Punhana and Pinangwan blocks, 431 villages and 297 panchayats. There had been 512 villages and 365 panchayats in district before Hathin Block was transferred to Palwal district.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} | ||
The [[Meo (ethnic group)|Meo Muslims]] who inhabited this region were [[Syncretism|syncretic]] and practiced dual religion rituals. In | The [[Meo (ethnic group)|Meo Muslims]] who inhabited this region were [[Syncretism|syncretic]] and practiced dual religion rituals. In the 1920s the grassroots Islamic movement [[Tablighi Jamaat]] rose from this region under [[Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi|Muhammad Ilyas]] as a reformist movement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yadav|first=Jyoti|date=2020-04-17|title=How Tablighi Jamaat was born from Mewat's 'drinking Muslims who couldn't even read namaz'|url=https://theprint.in/india/how-tablighi-jamaat-was-born-from-mewats-drinking-muslims-who-couldnt-even-read-namaz/403209/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> The region was heavily inflicted by [[Violence against women during the partition of India|partition violence]] of 1947 which in turn created huge dent on the dual religion life style of people in the region.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bordia|first=Radhika|title=Why the Meo Muslims in Mewat remember Mahatma Gandhi in December every year|url=https://scroll.in/article/911290/why-the-meo-muslims-in-mewat-remember-mahatma-gandhi-in-december-every-year|access-date=2021-03-11|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||