Dujana

Dujana is a village, formerly a princely state, in Beri tehsil of Jhajjar district of Haryana State, India. The village is administered by a Sarpanch, an elected representative of the village.

History

Duna Princely State existed since the time of Mughals. During the first war of independence in 1857, Nawab Hasan Ali of Dujana played a key role.[1][2]

Before it became a Princely State it was under the Nawab of Jhajjar. A war between the Army of Nawab and residents of Dujana & few other nearby villages took place. Locals confirm the war and reason was that the Nawab was willing to marry a Dujana girl but family and village denied for this. So, when the Nawab attacked the village an with army of 40,000 troops, all residents of Dujana and few nearby villages fought the war against the Nawab. Every male who was able to fight took part in the war and they defeated (literally by butchering) the Nawab's army and the Nawab was severely injured in this fight. However, their army saved him. In this war 60 to 70% of residents of Dujana & few nearby villages also lost their life, but they saved their honour, and after this a Princely State named with Dujana created.[citation needed] This was the smallest princely state.

Demography

As of 2011, the village has a total number of 1547 houses and the population of 7715 of which include 4070 are males while 3645 are females.[3]

Religious groups in Dujana State (British Punjab province era)
Religious
group 		1901[4] 1911[5][6] 1921[7] 1931[8] 1941[9]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Hinduism [a] 18,380 76.03% 20,161 79.11% 20,135 77.94% 22,347 79.2% 23,727 77.37%
Islam 5,790 23.95% 5,324 20.89% 5,698 22.06% 5,863 20.78% 6,939 22.63%
Sikhism 4 0.02% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0%
Christianity 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 5 0.02% 0 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 24,174 100% 25,485 100% 25,833 100% 28,216 100% 30,666 100%
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Notes

  1. ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

References

  1. ^ Haryana Samvad Archived 2018-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, Jan 2018.
  2. ^ Dr Malti Malik, History of India, Page 356.
  3. ^ ORGI. "Census of India: Census Details". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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