Bhiwani is a city and municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, India, 128 kilometres west of New Delhi. The English Wikipedia article describes it as a seat of spiritual learning at the centre of regional politics, the home town of three former Haryana chief ministers, Bansi Lal, Banarsi Das Gupta and Hukum Singh, and a place with a conventional school of boxing, where the legendary boxer Hawa Singh helped establish the boxing academy. The town was founded by a Rajput chief called Neem Singh. The average elevation is 225 metres, and at the 2011 census the population was 196,057.
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1. Bhiwani (Wikipedia)
Demographics
Bhiwani had a population of 196,057
Part Of: India, Lead
city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana
On Continent: Asia, Lead
The city has a conventional school of boxing, with almost all of the members of the Indian
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead
The city has a conventional school of boxing, with almost all of the members of the Indian
View the Source2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kolkata, current ruleQuote, Zone Asia/Kolkata, current rule
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