Salwan

Salwan
village
Country  India
State Haryana
District karnal
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 132046
Telephone code 01749
ISO 3166 code IN-HR
Vehicle registration HR 40
Nearest city panipat, assandh, safidon,karnal
Lok Sabha constituency karnal
Vidhan Sabha constituency Assandh
Climate dry hot during summer with less rainfall (Köppen)
Website haryana.gov.in

Salwan is a village of high historical interest in Karnal District, Haryana, India. It contains a tirtha identified as having national importance. The major population of the area are Raghav(clan) from Suryavanshi Rajput caste.The Rajputs are a martial race and caste of the Indian subcontinent. They are a Hindu caste whose members generally consider themselves to belong to the Kshatriya ("warrior") varna (division of society); however, Encyclopædia Britannica notes that their members have come from a variety of lineages.The Suryavanshi lineage, claiming descent from Surya, the Hindu Sun god. In English it is known as the Solar Dynasty [1]

The village was the subject of much media attention in 2007, when the beating death of a Rajput man was followed by a wave of violence directed toward local dalits. About 150 lower-caste families fled the village.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Panel to identify monuments for preservation." Tehelka, 14 February 2003
  2. ↑ Vij, Shivam (17 March 2007). "The Chronicle of a Mob Foretold." Tehelka.


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