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Rewari: Overview
The town of Rewari by tradition is ssaid to have been founded by a nephew of the celebrated Prithviraj Chaudhan, Raja Karan Pal, aboutr 1000 AD. The present town was built Raja Rawat who named it after his daughter rewati, Under the Mughals. the Rajas enjoyed a large measure of independence. paying a fixed tribute but coming their own money, They built the fort of Gokalagarth about three kms from Rewari. some of the bastions of which still remain as indications of the former strength and size of the palace and which gave its name to the coinage kinown as Gokal Sicca. This was still in circulation at Farrukhnagar at the time of the Mutiny Rao Tula Ram's palace at Rampura is also within a few kms of Rewari. Rewari was recently detatched from Gurgaon district and joined with the neighbouring Mahanderagarth under a plan to district re-organization by Haryana goverment. Map
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