Ballabhgarh
Ballabhgarh
Ballamgarh | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Balramgarh | |
| Coordinates: 28°20′32″N 77°19′32″E / 28.34222°N 77.32556°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Faridabad |
| Founded by | Raja Balram Singh Tewatia |
| Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 214,894 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Regional Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 121004 |
| Telephone code | 0129 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-29 (Faridabad) |
| Sex ratio | 882 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 75.05% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Faridabad |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ballabhgarh |
| Website | haryana |
Ballabgarh, officially Balramgarh, is a large town, nearby Faridabad city and a tehsil (subdistrict) in Faridabad district of Haryana, India, and is part of the Delhi National Capital Region or Delhi NCR.
The town was founded by Raja Balram Singh, in 1739, who also built the Nahar Singh Mahal palace in the same year. Raja Nahar Singh (1823–1858) was the last king of the princely state. He was executed for taking part in the 1857 war of independence in 1858. The town of Ballabhgarh is only 17 miles (27 km) from Delhi, and today lies on the National Highway 19, a major portion of historical Grand Trunk Road. It is connected to Faridabad and south-east Delhi by the Delhi Metro. Ballabhgarh is the fourth city in Haryana to get metro connectivity after Gurgaon, Faridabad and Bahadurgarh.