Israna

Israna is a village panchayat and tehsil in Panipat district in Haryana, India.^[4] It lies in the panipat Division. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) towards south from district headquarters Panipat and 188 kilometres (117 mi) from state capital Chandigarh towards north.

Israna
town
Israna Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Israna Israna (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 29°16′26″N 76°50′46″E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Panipat district
Government
• Type	Local government
• Body	Panchayat
Area [1]
• Total	14.65 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Elevation	231 m (758 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	9,472
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	132107
Telephone code	0180
Vehicle registration	HR-06, HR-60, HR-67
Literacy	74.17% (total) 83.55% (male) 63.75% (female)
Sex ratio	882 ♂/♀[3]

History

During Third Battle of Panipat at Kala Amb on 14 January 14, 1761 between Maratha warrior Sadashivrao Bhau and Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abdali, Bhau camped at empty space near Israna and his army camped at Bhadar and Bhaupur village is named after Sadashivrao Bhau. Maratha's built Pragateshwar Mahadev Temple at Bhadar and another Devi temple in the Panipat city.^[5] Some of the Ror community claims to have descended from the Marathas of this war.^[5] In 2018, Ashutosh Gowariker announced a movie for Third Battle of Panipat is the movie Panipat (film) where Arjun Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt will play Bhau and Abdali respectively.^[5]

Demographics

Schools&Computer centre

Schools in Israna:

• Govt. Sr. Sec. School
• Govt. Girls Middle School
• Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School
• Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School
• Govt. HKCL Computer Centre Israna

College

• Nemi Chand Medical college and Hospital, Israna, Panipat
• Govt. College, Israna

Notable people

• Shubham Jaglan, professional golfer^[6]

Transportation

• Train
• Bus