# Charkhi Dadri district

Charkhi Dadri District is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in north west India near Rajasthan border, but not sharing border with Rajasthan. Created on 1 December 2016, the district headquarters is the city of Charkhi Dadri.

## History
### British colonial era

During British raj, Charkhi Dadri was a princely state with an area of 575sq miles and revenue of Rs 103,000 annually. In Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Nawab of Dadri, Bahadur Jung Khan who had given token allegiance to mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, surrendered to British and tried by military court martial in Delhi on 27 November 1857. He was removed to Lahore. Dadri was awarded to Raja Swarup Singh of Jind State of the Phulkian dynasty for his services to British East India Company in the 1857 war.
In May 1874, fifty villages revolted against his descendant Raja Raghubir Singh Jind but the rebellion was crushed with force. Three principal villages which took part in the rebellion, Charkhi, Mankawas and Jhojhu, were burned down as a result.

### Formation of district

Previously in Bhiwani district, Charkhi Dadri became part of the new Charkhi Dadri district in 2016. The Government of Haryana state officially notified Charkhi Dadri as 22nd district of Haryana on 16 November 2016. It was established on 1 December 2016.

## Administrative divisions

As of December 2018, it has 2 sub-divisions (Charkhi Dadri and Badhra), 2 tehsils (Charkhi Dadri and Badhra) and one sub-tehsil (Baund Kalan).

## Demographics

Religion in Charkhi Dadri district (2011) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Hinduism | Hinduism | 98.47% | 98.47% |
| Islam | Islam | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.28% | 0.28% |
As of the 2011 census, the district had a population of 502,276 of which 265,949 were male and 236,327 were female. 11.22% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes were 89,426 (17.80%) of the district's population.

### Languages

Languages of Charkhi Dadri district (2011)
At the time of the 2011 census, 90.03% of the population spoke Haryanvi and 8.72% Hindi as their first language.

## Notable individuals

* Chandrawati, first woman MP from Haryana
* Phogat sisters: Geeta Phogat, Babita Kumari, Priyanka Phogat, Ritu Phogat, Vinesh Phogat and Sangita Phogat, all trained by Mahavir Singh Phogat (father)
* Hukam Singh, former Chief Minister of Haryana
* Hawa Singh, boxer and honorary captain in the Indian Army.
* Sh. Ram Krishan Gupta, Freedom Fighter, ex-MP. and a philanthropist. He also joined the Azad Hind Fouj and was a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chander Boss. Guptaji was elected to Lok Sabha twice, first in 1955 and then in 196. He set up "Dadri Education Society" in 1961 with the determination of enlightening the lives of this economically, socially and educationally backward area. He set up eight Institutions including JVMGRR College to promote education.
* Ravi Kumar Punia- Football Player

## Incidents
### Charkhi Dadri mid air collision

On 12 November 1996, Saudia Flight 763, a Boeing 747 en route from Delhi, India, to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Chimkent, Kazakhstan, to Delhi. The crash killed all 349 people on board both planes, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision and the deadliest aviation accident ever in India.