Deeg district

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Deeg district
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Deeg district are part of Braj region and Mewat region of Rajasthan. Location of Deeg district in Rajasthan
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CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Rajasthan
Division Bharatpur
EstablishedAugust 2023
Headquarters Deeg
Government
   District Collector & Magistrate Utsav Kaushal, IAS [1]
   Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Meena, IPS [1]
Area
  Total
2,169 km2 (837 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total
1,072,755
  Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
   Urban
132,151
   Rural
940,604
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website Deeg District

Deeg district is a district in Rajasthan state in northwestern India.

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History

Bahaj archaeological site

In June 2025, excavations at Bahaj village, 3 km east of Deeg city, by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found over 800 cultural artifacts belonging to several continuously inhabited periods, namely post-Indus-Sarasvati Civilisation period, Mahabharata period, Maurya Empire period, Kushan Empire period, Shunga Empire, and Gupta Empire periods earliest of which is 4,500 years old. The artifacts include seals in tools made of bones, Brahmi script, pottery, copper coins, yajna kund (fire sacrifice pit), terracotta idols of Hindu deities Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati in Shakti-Bhakti tradition, terracotta statuettes some of which could be as old as 2500 to 2700 years old which shows that "the Braj region has been a centre of religious, cultural, and historical heritage." [3]

A human skeleton was also found, which has been sent to Israel for the further scientific studies to determine the age and culture of the specimen. This area is part of Mahabharta era 84-kos Vraja Parikrama associated with the Lord Krishna. [4] [3]

Indus-Sarasvati Civilisation period

23 meter deep excavation also found paleochannel of a river, which archaeologists associated with one of the channels of sacred Sarasvati River. [3]

Vedic period

Mahabharta period find include pottery, yajna fire pit with circular and rectangular markings on it and signs of fire rituals. The conch shell bangles, semi-precious stone beads, pottery culture, including artifacts found and which have figures depicting clothing of that period, are consistent with the vedic period and the late vedic period. [3]

Mauryan period

Mauryan period findings include an idol of Mother Goddess from 400 BC. [3]

Gupta period

Gupta period findings include the mud walls and pillars of the Gupta architecture, copper and iron metallurgy furnaces, tools made from bones such as "needles, combs and moulds". [3]

Sultanate era

In early medieval times, the Bharatpur region was ruled under the Mewat State under the Khanzadas of Mewat from 1372 to 1527 AD who are mostly rajput converted to Islam.

Hindu Jat era

The area in later medieval times was ruled by the Sinsinwar clan of the Hindu Jats. In 1733 AD, Maharajah Suraj Mal built the city of Bharatpur as a well-fortified city which was carved out from the Mewat region and named it after the Bharat, Lord Rama's younger brother. [5] Jat conquered Agra and ruled it over decade.

As recorded by the historian Aziz Ahmad, [6] Jats led by Rajaram Jat attacked and plundered Akbar's the tomb in 1685 during the reign of Aurangzeb after defeating Mughal forces. [7] [8] Jats looted gold, silver, and gems from the tomb, damaged the mausoleum, and destroyed items they could not carry. [9] [10] According to Niccolao Manucci, the Jats also burned Akbar's remains and bones, further plundered nearby villages that maintained the Taj Mahal, setting them ablaze, and attacked Mughal officials at Palwal while ransacking the Khurja pargana. [11]

Post independence

Deeg district was once part of Bharatpur State during British raj before its accession to India. After Bharatpur State's merger into Rajasthan, Deeg became part of Bharatpur district. In August 2023, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot, notified Deeg as a new district.

Demographics

Religions in Deeg district (2011) [12]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
66.02%
Islam
31.90%
Sikhism
1.65%
Other or not stated
0.43%
Languages of Deeg district (2011) [13]
  1. Braj Bhasha (52.86%)
  2. Hindi (31.65%)
  3. Rajasthani (11.87%)
  4. Urdu (1.62%)
  5. Punjabi (1.55%)
  6. Others (0.45%)

Geography

Administrative divisions

Deeg district has 9 tehsils:

Pahari, Jurhara, Kaman, Seekri, Nagar, Deeg, Janoothar, Kumher and Rarah.

Tri-junction of Rajasthan, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh states

Deeg district is on tri-junction of 3 states. It is bordered by Haryana to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the east, Bharatpur district to the south, and Alwar district to the west.

Part of Mewat and Brij

The district is located at the junction of the Mewat region and Braj region, with its northern tehsils (Kaman,Pahari, Nagar, Seekri, Jurhara) being part of the Mewat region and southern tehsils (Deeg,Kumher, Janoothar, and Rarah) being part of Braj.

Tourist Attraction

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Vimal Kund in Kaman town of Deeg district.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Administration : Deeg District". 28 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "District Census Handbook 2011 - Bharatpur" (PDF). Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 4,500-Year-Old Civilisation In Rajasthan Has Mythical River Saraswati Link, NDTV, 28 June 2025.
  4. भरतपुर की धरती से निकला इतिहास का खजाना... महाभारत से मौर्य काल तक के अवशेष बरामद, aajtak, 28 June 2025.
  5. "History". bharatpur.rajasthan.gov.in.
  6. Ahmad, Aziz (1964). Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environment. Oxford University Press. p. 95. OCLC   682954.
  7. Dwivedi, Girish Chandra (1989). The Jats: Their Role in the Mughal Empire. Arnold Publishers. p. 36. ISBN   978-81-7031-150-8.
  8. Richards, John F. (2001) [1993]. The Mughal Empire. The New Cambridge History of India: The Mughals and their Contemporaries. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 251. ISBN   978-0-52-125119-8.
  9. Dwivedi, Girish Chandra (1989). The Jats: Their Role in the Mughal Empire. Arnold Publishers. p. 37. ISBN   978-81-7031-150-8.
  10. Asher, Catherine B. (2001) [1992]. Architecture of Mughal India. The New Cambridge History of India: The Mughals and their Contemporaries. Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 108. ISBN   978-0-521-26728-1.
  11. Pande, Ram (1970). Bharatpur up to 1826: A Social and Political History of the Jats (1st ed.). Rama Publishing House. p. 7. OCLC   555482496.
  12. "Table C-01 Population By Religion - Rajasthan". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  13. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Rajasthan". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  14. Kamvan, nic.in,accessed 29 June 2025.
  15. Aadi Badrinath Dham, brajrasik.org, accessed 29 June 2025.
  16. Braj Kedarnath Dham, brajrasik.org, accessed 29 June 2025.