Nithari Village (Baljit Vihar)

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Nithari (Baljit Vihar)
Nithari Village
 
 
Nithari (Baljit Vihar)
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°42′22″N 77°03′21″E / 28.706206°N 77.055732°E / 28.706206; 77.055732
CountryIndia
StateDelhi
DistrictNorth West Delhi
Languages
 • OfficialHindi,English
 • Mother TongueHaryanvi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
110086
Civic agencyNorth Delhi Municipal Corporation

Nithari Village (Baljit Vihar) Popularly known as Nithari Village lies in the Kirari Suleman Nagar Constituency.

Nithari is an urban village which lies in the North West Part of Delhi, originally created by Jat people, the surrounding area and some parts of the village itself are now heavily urbanized and Industrialized, big waves of migrants from Bihar and UP came in 1990s to 2020[1]. Alot migrants are now settled around the parts of the Village working hard and prospering in almost every field including politics, the current MLA of Nithari is Rituraj Govind.[2]

History

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(Khiraree) in Sketch of the Environs of Delhi, 1807. National Archives of India[3]

Nithari was made from Kirari, Kirari first officially appeared as (Khiraree) on the map found in the musty room of the National Archives of India which shows Delhi in 1807, shortly after the arrival of the British in 1803. It highlights the hierarchy of settlements, from small to larger villages.[4] We can further trace Nithari's natives genetics with the Indo-Aryan Migrations.[5]

On behalf of the state of Bharatpur, the Matsyavajas Jat Dheeraj Mathur and Natha Mathur were appointed to conduct the office of ruler of five villages named Karala, Pansali, Punth Khurd, Kiradi, Hastasar near Delhi. The ruins of this office are still lying in Karala. Settled in Kakana village (near Gohana) from this village itself. In addition, Matsya-Matsar or Machhar Jats reside in the villages of Putta and Umarpur in Bijnor. Khetri village in the district Sikar of Rajasthan belongs to the Jats of Matsya or Machhar gotra.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Sep 1, TNN |; 2013; Ist, 06:08. "Most migrants in Delhi still from UP, but Bihar's share rising fast | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 May 2020. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ DelhiFebruary 11, India Today Web Desk New; February 11, 2020UPDATED:; Ist, 2020 22:34. "Kirari Election Results 2020: AAP's Rituraj Govind wins by over 5,000 votes". India Today. Retrieved 16 May 2020. {{cite web}}: |first3= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Chaudhuri, Zinnia Ray. "Six Delhi maps chart the city's evolution from 1807 to 2021". Scroll.in. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ^ Chaudhuri, Zinnia Ray. "Six Delhi maps chart the city's evolution from 1807 to 2021". Scroll.in. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ Mahal, David G.; Matsoukas, Ianis G. (20 September 2017). "Y-STR Haplogroup Diversity in the Jat Population Reveals Several Different Ancient Origins". Frontiers in Genetics. 8. doi:10.3389/fgene.2017.00121. ISSN 1664-8021. PMC 5611447. PMID 28979290.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  6. ^ "Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter III - Jatland Wiki". www.jatland.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.