Agroha
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| Coordinates | 29°12′N 75°23′E / 29.20°N 75.38°ECoordinates: 29°12′N 75°23′E / 29.20°N 75.38°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Agroha (29.20 N 75.38 E) (Hindi: अग्रोहा) is an ancient town in Haryana in what is now Northern India, believed to be the birthplace of the Agrawal and Agrahari communities. Ancient structures, pot-shards, coins and seals have been found in archaeological excavations. Agroha was the capital of legendary Emperor Agrasen with ideology of "One brick one rupee".
It is situated in Hisar distrit in between Hisar city and Fatehabad on NH 10.
[edit] History
In 1976, then Chief Minister of Haryana Banarsi Das Gupta started the development of Agroha under the banner of "Agroha Vikas Trust". A huge Temple of Maharaja Agrasen, Mata Lakshmi (Kuldevi of Agarwal and traders community) and Mata Sarswati was constructed there and which was inaugurated Rajiv Gandhi.
Subsequently, Banarsi Das Gupta's initiatives led to the formation of Agroha Development Board. In first ever meeting, a decision was taken that in the name of Maharaja Agrasen “Maharaja Agrasen Medical College” will be established in Agroha. It was Shri Gupta’s persistence that Haryana Govt. released 267 acres of land to the Agrawal Society for the Medical College, for just Re. 1 in lease. And the Govt. also make an agreement with the society under which the Govt. decided to bear 50% of the development amount, and to handover the managements to the Agrawal Society while contributing 99% of the maintenance fee ; once the Medical College is developed. The rest 1% is to be bear by the Agrawal Society. It was this agreement which increase the momentum of the development of the Medical College and the AGROHA.
During the last 20 years Agroha Vikas Trust has done a lot of development of this Holy town, and a modern lodging and boarding facility is now available. A number of temples have been constructed in the Complex, including the Sheetla mata temple and Hanuman temple.
A Medical and Engineering college is also present at Agroha.
[edit] Famous residents
- Agroha is the birthplace of best wrestler of india Geetika Jakhar who won silver medal at asian games held at doha 2006.
- Agroha is the birthplace of athlete Krishna Poonia who won gold medal in the discus throw in the commonwealth games 2010 held in Delhi.
[edit] See also
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