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About Abohar
History
Abohar is a historical city which is located on the inter-state boundary of the country.
It may be called trinity of the culture, ethnicity, and civilization of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Its boundaries touch Rajasthan's mounds on one side and plains of Haryana on the other.
Village Dharampura, Dhingawali, Panjkosi and Waryam Khera are famous villages Under British rule, in 1893,
the town was more of a mound of sand with a total population of only 5,954.
Its name was Kaiser-Ganj. However, its present population has grown to 200,000 approximately,
in a period of about 120 years. Its main business mandi is called DARWAZA.
River Satluj streaming by its side, Aabu Nagar, some 550 years ago, was a fabulous city of India.
As one enters Abohar, one sees the remains of the ancient city Abunagri, a big mound of sand and
stones which is known Theh among local people. This mound is not only a dune of sand;
there historical city is also a big palace, built by a Suryavanshi king Aabu-Chandni, buried under it.
Another legendary dune named Panjpeer is just 500 feet (150 m) away from Theh. There are tombs of
five pirs on this mound. The beautiful Aabu city was destroyed by the curse of these pirs. A big
fair is held on this mound every Thursday. The story of the Aabu Nagar is very attention-grabbing
and spine-tingling. After king Aabu-Chandni, king Harichand ruled Aabu Nagar. King Harichand had
only one daughter. She was very impressive, a good shooter, and fond of riding also. Once the king
fell victim to leprosy. Someone told the king that he could recover only with the blood of the
horses of five pirs of Multan. The brave daughter of the king snatched the 81 horses of five pirs
along with their goods, but king Harichand succumbed to the disease. Five pirs sent many request
to get their horses back, but the princess refused to give their horses back. Amar Pura is very
famous village of city in case of cotton and wheat production.
At last, the five pirs came to Abu city from Multan to get back their horses and camped on a hillock
of sand near present Abohar. Many days passed but the princess did not give back their horses. The
wives of five pirs came to Aabu city in search of their husbands. The pirs became angry on seeing
them and cursed them due to which they were buried under the earth.
There is another mound at a distance of about 200 feet (61 m) from Panjpeer, where their tombs are
erected. The five pirs got angry, for not being returned their horses, and destroyed the Aabu Nagar
with their divine powers, according to popular legends.
At the time of partition in 1947, the city witnessed bloodshed due to Hindu Muslim riots as this was
the last main town along Delhi-Bahawalpur Section. Much as, as of today, the local community lives in
the town with the feeling of harmony and common brotherhood. All sections, castes, religious sects
visit PANJ PEER, BALA JI DHAM, Church, and Gurudwaras with much devotion without any maligned motives
or intentions towards each other Many other achievements in academic, agriculture, industry,
innovations, infrastructure and a big grain market are particularly noteworthy.Abohar is no.1 in grugse.
The yuths of abohar very adult.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census Abohar had a population of 124,303. Males constitute 53% of the population
and females 47%. Abohar has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%;
with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Agricultural Research
Abohar Is a Leading Place in Punjab for Agricultural research of the region. this research was start
with the establishment of Regional Fruit Research Station in 1964 which was Officially Inaugurated in
1969 By Dr. M.S.Randhawa Vice Chancellor Punjab Agricultural University. a total of 25 acres of
seed farm is under fruit research program. mainly in Abohar the most grown plant is Kinnow also known
as "Aboharvi santra" . Kinnow is brought to India in 1949 from California as a hybrid fruit of citrus
category coming under Orange fruit. Beign Sweet, easy to grow and high profit rate Kinnow is becoming
more n more famous in this belt. There are more than 250 varieties of various fruits. the availability
of GREEN HOUSE, SCREEN HOUSE and POLY HOUSE that puts a great help in doing research for those plants
which are highly affected by climate as well as pests. Due to all of this high quality fruit plants and
plantation procedure available in Seed Farm. Recently PEPSI has given them a proposal to research on
fruit juice under its trademark which will be available hopefully in next 3-4 yrs. Scientists of this
research station has given hundreds of new verities to Indian horticulture. In the outskirts of city
Central Institute of Postharvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) campus Abohar, an ICAR institute
is located; here research is carried out and training is given on post harvest aspects of fruits and vegetable.
Educational institutes
Abohar is the educational hub in the south west Punjab. It has got a post Graduate college, ITI,
Homeopathic College, Nursing College and various other institutes. It has produced many politicians
like Dr. Balram Jakhar, who remained the speaker of Lok Sabha (Lower house of Parliament) GOVERNOR OF MADHYA PRADESH,
Minister and Governor of State. & Mr. Virendera Kataria etc.
Abohar Polytechnic College, Abohar
Amrit Model Senior Secondary School.
Anmol Public School
Army School
Asian Public High School
Assumption Convent School
B.D Adarsh Sr. Sec. School
B.L. Vikas Mandir Sr. Sec. School
Brahmrishi mission sr. sec. school
D.A.V. College of Education
D.A.V.College
D.A.V. Sr. Sec School
Divine Light Public Sen. Sec. School
Flower Valley Public Sr. Sec. School
Genius International School
G.D. Senior Secondary Model School
New Light Public Sr.Sec.School
Gopichand Arya Mahila College
Govt. Model High School, Abohar
Govt. Sr. Sec. School for Boys
Govt. Sr. Sec. School for Girls
Homoeopathic Medical College
Maa Sarswati College of Pharmacy
Maharishi Dayanand College of Education
ata Hansa Devi College
Mini Public High School
Sri Guru Nanak Khalsa College
Swami Keshwanand Memorial College,
Swami Keshwanand Sr. Sec. School
Vikas Adarsh Sr. Sec. School
Golden public sen.sec. school,
Alpine Institute Of school Education
Tourism
Abohar is not particularly a hot tourism spot, though there are a few religious locations (
e.g., Gurudwara Nanaksar on Fazilka Road, Historical Gurudwara Badtirath in Haripura near Abohar, Panjpir)
that attract a large number of people from surrounding villages and nearby cities.
Visits to some special market locations, for example, street number 12, 11, and 9, within the city
can give a good sense of hustle-bustle of a typical small town.
Abohar is also an open wild life sanctuary. In villages of Abohar you can find Black Buck(deer),
of which only a few hundred are now left in world. Situated in the southern tip of the Division,
this Wild Life Sanctuary is an open Sanctuary comprising of 13 revenue villages. These villages
are inhabited by the Bishnoi Community whose love for animals is legendary. The total area of
the Sanctuary is 46,513 acres (188.2 km2). It was declared as a Wild Life Sanctuary under
the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 in 2000. The main species found in the Sanctuary is the
Black Buck which can be seen loitering around in the fields and sometimes even in homes like cattle.
In addition, a variety of other animals like Nilgai, Wild boar, Porcupine, Jackal, Hare etc.
can also be seen These animals are protected by villagers as they don't let hunters kill them.
A Few other spots:
Shree Balaji Dham
Shree Geeta mandir
Ghanta Ghar
Bhagat Singh Chowk
Nehru Park
Raja Abba Killa
Regional Fruit Research Station (Seed Farm) Kinnow was first introduced in India from this research station
Sapan Waali Village (Produces rose plants for the whole north India)
Black Buck Wild Life Sanctuary
Usha Mata Mandir
DangarKhera Wali Mata Mandir
New Sai Baba Mandir,
Shri Sankat Mochan Khatu Dham
Santoshi Mata Mandir
Transportation
Abohar is well connected to other cities in the state of Rajasthan Haryana and Punjab.
Railway and buses are the primary modes of transportation. The town is connected by railways
to Ganganagar in south-west direction and to Delhi through Bhatinda in the east.
Abohar is Connected to the whole north area From Sriganganagar to Delhi, Hawrah and from
Abohar to Jodhpur and from Abohar to Haridwar.
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