Pheona

Pheona (Hindi: फ़ीना, Urdu: فینہ), or Fina (which is also the correct pronunciation), is a town in the northwestern Rohilkhand (रोहेलखंड, روہیلکھنڈ) region of Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is located in the administrative district of Bijnor (बिजनौर, بجنور).

According to the records kept by the families of this 320-year-old village, it was settled by two soldiers who were part of the armada assembled on the request of king of Haridwar. He had sent out a request various kingdoms of now Rajasthan to settle a complaint made by holy men staying in tarai jungles and nearby, the rishi-muni and sages were troubled by rohilla soldiers out for hunt in the forest. The soldiers used to disturb the havan fire, using it to cook the kill etc. The two soldiers probably came from Alwar. The village, also spelled as Pheena, used to be very important till mid 70s as it was the only one in the area with about 11 small scale sugar factories (crushers), an inter college i.e. a school till 12th. The villagers, did not allow for dispensary or a police station because of their strange belief that these bring trouble. Until now there is none and they have to travel out for them. The village head was often invited by British officials for judicial Bar duties as well, the last village head, also a decedent of the settlers, was Chaudhary Ramswaroop , his house, bearing his name Shri Ram Bhawan still houses the family of his younger son, martyred Inspector Hariraj Singh, now his daughters stay there. His first son Dr Mahipal Singh stayed in the village. Grandson of Shri Ramswaroop Shri Virendra Singh Chauhan was the first engineer of village. His great grandson Group Captain Akhilesh Chauhan is the first pilot of the village, which is matter of pride for the village. The village still hosts the famous naumi mela (dusserah fair) in October, the most popular one in the region. Now the village head is selected by a ballot, it has a bank and post office. Currently the village pradhan is a lady. Her husband's father & grandfather used to be at same post. With lot of younger generation men deciding to come back and re occupy their ancestral homes, even if for few weeks in a month, things are looking promising. One of the first soldier to get veergati, Nk Ashok Kumar was from the village. He has memorial and a school renamed after him.

Geography

Pheona is located at latitude 29°04'60"N and longitude 78°20'60"E, at an altitude of 680 feet.

External links

• Pheona page on Falling Rain Genomics, http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Pheona.html
• Brief page on Pheona, http://www.india9.com/i9show/Pheona-81663.htm