Rewarree
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| Place Name: | Rewari |
| State/Province: | Haryana |
| Country: | India |
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Rewari was in Gurgaon District, Punjab and was a major railway town on the Rajputana-Malwa State Railway, later the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. The Rewari Steam Loco Shed was established in 1893. There was a high school.
It was one of those railway colonies along the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway whose Railway Institute dances were so well regarded that people would travel for up to six hours by train to attend.[1]
History
Battle of Rewarree 1857
Battle of Rewarree 1858
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Rewari
Variants: Rewarree/Rewaree
External links
- "Rewari Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 300.
- "Not Running Out Of Steam" by Maninder Dabas Jan 04, 2013 Friday Gurgaon. The Rewari Steam Loco Shed established in 1893, is now a museum.
References
- ↑ "The Anglo-Indian legacy saga" by R V Smith Nov 26 2015 The Statesman
