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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE" title="सिरसा – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="सिरसा" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa" title="Sirsa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sirsa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa_(lungsod_sa_Indiya,_State_of_Hary%C4%81na,_Sirsa)" title="Sirsa (lungsod sa Indiya, State of Haryāna, Sirsa) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sirsa (lungsod sa Indiya, State of Haryāna, Sirsa)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa" title="Sirsa – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sirsa" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa" title="Sirsa – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sirsa" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa" title="Sirsa – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sirsa" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="سیرسا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سیرسا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa" title="Sirsa – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sirsa" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE" title="सिरसा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सिरसा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa" title="Sirsa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sirsa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE" title="सिरसा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सिरसा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="سرسا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سرسا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa,_Sirsa" title="Sirsa, Sirsa – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sirsa, Sirsa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa_(Haryana)" title="Sirsa (Haryana) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sirsa (Haryana)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%BE,_%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86%E0%AC%A3%E0%AC%BE" title="ସିର୍ସା, ହରିଆଣା – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ସିର୍ସା, ହରିଆଣା" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" 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class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sirsa&params=29_32_N_75_01_E_type:city_region:IN-HR"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°32′N</span> <span class="longitude">75°01′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.533°N 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territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Haryana" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of Haryana">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hisar_division" title="Hisar division">Hisar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sirsa_district" title="Sirsa district">Sirsa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(India)" title="Municipal council (India)">Municipal Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Sirsa Municipal Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipal_commissioner_(India)" title="Municipal commissioner (India)">Municipal Commissioner</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Surender Singh<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">200.55 m (657.97 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">200,034<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011Gov_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011Gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<sup id="cite_ref-nclmanurep2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nclmanurep2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-punjabiofficial_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punjabiofficial-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryanvi" class="mw-redirect" title="Haryanvi">Haryanvi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Additional official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bagri_language" title="Bagri language">Bagri</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">125055</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/UNLOCODE" class="mw-redirect" title="UNLOCODE">UNLOCODE</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">IN HSS</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_India" title="Telephone numbers in India">Telephone code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">91-1666 xxx xxx</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">HR-24, HR-57</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">Sex ratio</a></th><td class="infobox-data">897 <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">♂</a>/<a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">♀</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">72.1<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Urban_planning" title="Urban planning">Planning agency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haryana_Urban_Development_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Haryana Urban Development Authority">HUDA</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sirsa.gov.in/">sirsa<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span><br /><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mcsirsa.gov.in">mcsirsa<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sirsa</b> is a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_council" title="Municipal council">municipal council</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sirsa_district" title="Sirsa district">Sirsa district</a> in the westernmost region of the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, bordering <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (India)">Punjab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>. It is located near to Thar desert ,250 kilometres north-west of <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> and 260 kilometers south-west of state capital <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a>. Sirsa's nearest cities include <a href="/wiki/Hisar_(city)" title="Hisar (city)">Hisar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fatehabad,_Haryana" title="Fatehabad, Haryana">Fatehabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellenabad" title="Ellenabad">Ellenabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhadra" title="Bhadra">Bhadra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nohar" title="Nohar">Nohar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandi_Dabwali" title="Mandi Dabwali">Mandi Dabwali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hanumangarh" title="Hanumangarh">Hanumangarh</a>. Its history dates back to the time of the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>. At one time, the <a href="/wiki/Sarasvati_River" title="Sarasvati River">Sarasvati River</a> flowed in this area.<sup id="cite_ref-sirsa.gov.in_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sirsa.gov.in-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sirsa has been identified with two earlier names: <i>Sarsūti</i> in medieval sources and <i>Śairīṣaka</i> in ancient literature.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_1988_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_1988-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1">: 1 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Sarsūti</i> appears to come from the name of the <a href="/wiki/Sarasvati_River" title="Sarasvati River">Sarasvati River</a>, which once flowed near Sirsa. Ancient texts mentioning <i>Śairīṣaka</i> include the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahābhārata</a></i>, where it is mentioned as one of the places conquered by <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a>; the <i><a href="/wiki/A%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%AD%C4%81dhy%C4%81y%C4%AB" title="Aṣṭādhyāyī">Aṣṭādhyāyī</a></i> of <a href="/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini" title="Pāṇini">Pāṇini</a>; and the <i><a href="/wiki/Divyavadana" title="Divyavadana">Divyāvadāna</a></i>. The name <i>Śairīṣaka</i> may be derived from the siris tree, <i><a href="/wiki/Albizia_lebbeck" title="Albizia lebbeck">Albizia lebbeck</a></i>, which is common in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_1988_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_1988-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1">: 1 </span></sup> </p><p>A few <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymology" title="Folk etymology">folk etymologies</a> also exist for the name. One derives the name from that of a mystic named Baba Sarsain Nath, but there is no historical evidence for this.<sup id="cite_ref-Gupta_1991_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gupta_1991-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 4">: 4 </span></sup> Another local tradition holds that the town and its fort were founded by a 7th-century king named Saras and subsequently named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_1988_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_1988-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1">: 1 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two adjacent archaeological mounds on the southwest side of present-day Sirsa, but they have not been excavated by archaeologists, so the origins of the settlement at Sirsa are unknown. However, some isolated discoveries have been made at the Sirsa mounds. The oldest find is a terracotta toy wheel, found in 1988, that archaeologists believe belongs to the Iron Age <a href="/wiki/Painted_Grey_Ware_culture" title="Painted Grey Ware culture">Painted Grey Ware culture</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1200-600 BCE). Four terracotta figures, including three depicting women and one depicting a tree (possibly a <a href="/wiki/Kalpataru" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalpataru">kalpataru</a> motif), are dated to roughly the time of the <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Maurya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shunga_Empire" title="Shunga Empire">Shunga</a> dynasties. Numerous copper coins of the <a href="/wiki/Yaudheya" title="Yaudheya">Yaudheya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushan</a> periods have been found at Sirsa, along with various terracotta objects. These include a statute of the Buddha, a 0.6-m-tall sculpture of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Ganga_(goddess)" title="Ganga (goddess)">Ganga</a> on <a href="/wiki/Makara" title="Makara">her mount</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Mukhalinga" title="Mukhalinga">mukhalinga</a> depicting <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>, a figure of an elephant with a man and woman riding on top, and various others. Three gold coins from the <a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Gupta Empire</a> (one depicting <a href="/wiki/Samudragupta" title="Samudragupta">Samudragupta</a> and an unnamed queen consort, one depicting <a href="/wiki/Chandragupta_II" title="Chandragupta II">Chandragupta II</a>, and one of <a href="/wiki/Kumaragupta_I" title="Kumaragupta I">Kumaragupta I</a>) have also been found at Sirsa, along with numerous terracotta objects.<sup id="cite_ref-Gupta_1991_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gupta_1991-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 17–22">: 17–22 </span></sup> </p><p>Another discovery from Sirsa is a stone slab inscribed in Sanskrit with a king's eulogy. The king's name, along with most of the composition, is lost. This inscription is dated to the 5th or 6th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_1988_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_1988-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 26">: 26 </span></sup> </p><p>Another stone inscription found at the Sirsa mound dates from the 9th century, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Mihira_Bhoja" title="Mihira Bhoja">Mihira Bhoja</a>. Although a large part is missing,<sup id="cite_ref-Epigraphia_Indica_XXI_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epigraphia_Indica_XXI-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 294">: 294 </span></sup> the surviving part records the construction of a brick temple to Shiva by a <a href="/wiki/Pashupata_Shaivism" title="Pashupata Shaivism">Pāśupata</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Acharya" title="Acharya">acharya</a></i> named Nīlakaṇṭha.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_1988_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_1988-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 26">: 26 </span></sup> </p><p>According to the <i>Tarikh-i-<a href="/wiki/Firishta" title="Firishta">Firishta</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Ghaznavid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghaznavid">Ghaznavid</a> sultan <a href="/wiki/Mas%CA%BDud_I_of_Ghazni" class="mw-redirect" title="Masʽud I of Ghazni">Mas'ud I</a> captured Sirsa during his campaign to conquer <a href="/wiki/Hansi" title="Hansi">Hansi</a> in 1037. His troops apparently encountered an abundance of <a href="/wiki/Sugar_cane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar cane">sugar cane</a> growing at Sirsa, which they used to fill the moat around the town's fortress in order to attack it.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_1988_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_1988-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 26">: 26 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gupta_1991_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gupta_1991-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 28">: 28 </span></sup> However, subsequent Ghaznavid infighting seems to have enabled the <a href="/wiki/Tomara_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomara dynasty">Tomara dynasty</a> to recapture Sirsa, since coins of Tomara rulers both before and after 1037 have been found at Sirsa.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_1988_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_1988-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 26–7">: 26–7 </span></sup> </p><p>The historian <a href="/wiki/Hasan_Nizami" title="Hasan Nizami">Hasan Nizami</a> mentioned Sirsa (as <i>Sarsuti</i>) as the place where <a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Chauhan" title="Prithviraj Chauhan">Prithviraj Chauhan</a> was captured after the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Tarain" title="Second Battle of Tarain">Second Battle of Tarain</a> in 1192. From this point on, Sirsa came under Muslim control. It constituted an <i><a href="/wiki/Iqta" class="mw-redirect" title="Iqta">iqta</a></i>, in this context meaning an administrative division, under the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a> visited Sirsa in 1341, during the reign of the Delhi sultan <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Tughlaq" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad bin Tughlaq">Muhammad bin Tughlaq</a>; he mentioned that it grew a lot of rice, some of which was exported to Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_1988_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_1988-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 27–9">: 27–9 </span></sup> Also during the 1300s, the Iranian historian <a href="/wiki/Wassaf" title="Wassaf">Wassaf</a> mentioned Sirsa (as <i>Sarsuti</i>) as one of the major cities of northern India.<sup id="cite_ref-Gupta_1991_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gupta_1991-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5">: 5 </span></sup> </p><p>Sirsa is listed in the <a href="/wiki/Ain-i-Akbari" title="Ain-i-Akbari">Ain-i-Akbari</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Pargana" title="Pargana">pargana</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Sarkar_(administrative_division)" title="Sarkar (administrative division)">sarkar</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hisar_(city)" title="Hisar (city)">Hisar</a>, producing a revenue of 4,361,368 <a href="/wiki/Dam_(Indian_coin)" title="Dam (Indian coin)">dams</a> for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 5000 infantry and 500 cavalry.<sup id="cite_ref-Ain-i-Akbari_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ain-i-Akbari-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sirsa.gov.in_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sirsa.gov.in-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sirsa is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sirsa&params=29.53_N_75.02_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°32′N</span> <span class="longitude">75°01′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.53°N 75.02°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">29.53; 75.02</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has an average elevation of 205 <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">metres</a> (672 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(length)" class="mw-redirect" title="Foot (length)">feet</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of <a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Indian Census">2011 Indian Census</a>, Sirsa had a total population of 200,034, of which 105,378 were males and 94,656 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 22,804. The total number of literates in Sirsa was 144,225, which constituted 72.1% of the population with male literacy of 76.0% and female literacy of 67.7%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sirsa was 81.4%, of which male literacy rate was 86.2% and female literacy rate was 76.0%. The <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled Castes">Scheduled Castes</a> population was 42,967. Sirsa had 39,689 households in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011Gov_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011Gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="City">City</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption><i>Religion in Sirsa City</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion </th> <th>Population (1911)<sup id="cite_ref-SirsaCity1911_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SirsaCity1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Percentage (1911) </th> <th>Population (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-Sirsa1941_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirsa1941-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 30">: 30 </span></sup> </th> <th>Percentage (1941) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </td> <td>9,323 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001637295782350126♠" style="display:none"></span>63.73% </td> <td>13,083 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001631479872574572♠" style="display:none"></span>63.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>4,614 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001315400915988789♠" style="display:none"></span>31.54% </td> <td>6,368 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001307365575827782♠" style="display:none"></span>30.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td>392 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000267960899583020♠" style="display:none"></span>2.68% </td> <td>831 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000401100492325514♠" style="display:none"></span>4.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td>123 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999840795679814068♠" style="display:none"></span>0.84% </td> <td>72 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999347523892267593♠" style="display:none"></span>0.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>177 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000120992549046414♠" style="display:none"></span>1.21% </td> <td>364 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000175692634424172♠" style="display:none"></span>1.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total Population</b> </td> <td><b>14,629</b> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%</b> </td> <td><b>20,718</b> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tehsil">Tehsil</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tehsil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption><i>Religion in Sirsa Tehsil</i> (1941) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion </th> <th>Population (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-Sirsa1941_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirsa1941-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 58">: 58 </span></sup> </th> <th>Percentage (1941) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </td> <td>98,161 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001457831943433891♠" style="display:none"></span>45.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>78,048 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001364023059271282♠" style="display:none"></span>36.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td>36,657 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001170971623663737♠" style="display:none"></span>17.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td>420 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999195891867689035♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,118 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999521445495419861♠" style="display:none"></span>0.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total Population</b> </td> <td><b>214,404</b> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Point_of_interest">Point of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Point of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force_station">Air Force station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Air Force station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sirsa has an air base of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> named <a href="/wiki/Sirsa_Air_Force_Station" title="Sirsa Air Force Station">Sirsa Air Force Station</a> and this is one of the most important Air Force Station of India near <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> border.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dera_Sacha_Sauda">Dera Sacha Sauda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dera Sacha Sauda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The non-governmental organization <a href="/wiki/Dera_Sacha_Sauda" title="Dera Sacha Sauda">Dera Sacha Sauda</a>, established in 1948 by ascetic <a href="/wiki/Mastana_Balochistani" title="Mastana Balochistani">Mastana Balochistani</a>, has its headquarters in Sirsa.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shri_Tara_Baba_Kutiya_(Tarakeswar_Dham)"><span id="Shri_Tara_Baba_Kutiya_.28Tarakeswar_Dham.29"></span>Shri Tara Baba Kutiya (Tarakeswar Dham)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirsa&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Shri Tara Baba Kutiya (Tarakeswar Dham)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shri Tara Baba Kutiya, also known as <i>Tarakeswar Dham</i>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (May 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> was constructed in the year 2003 with help from Sirsa MLA <a href="/wiki/Gopal_Goyal_Kanda" title="Gopal Goyal Kanda">Gopal Goyal Kanda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is near Ramnagarian village on Haryana State Highway 23 (Sirsa-Ellenabad Road). It has a statue of <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> and an idol of <a href="/wiki/Nandi_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandi (mythology)">Nandi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Abubshaher:</b> Abubshaher Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Sirsa district, which is the largest wildlife sanctuary of Haryana. 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