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|presentname=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewari Rewari]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haryana Haryana]
|country=India
|transport=[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]<br>[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]
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'''Rewari''' was a major railway town in [[Gurgaon|Gurgaon District]], Punjab and was a major railway town on the [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]], later the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India RailwayPunjab]]. 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.<ref>[http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/supplements/the-anglo-indian-legacy-saga/106491.html "The Anglo-Indian legacy saga"] by R V Smith Nov 26 2015 ''The Statesman'' </ref>
== History Military history==
[[Battle of Rewarree 1857]]<br>[[Battle of Rewarree 1858]]
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Rewari<br>
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_306.gif "Rewari Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21'', page 300.
*[http://fridaygurgaon.com/news/2720-not-running-out-of-steam.html "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 ==
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