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Narela sub-city is a tehsil, located in the North West Delhi district of NCT of Delhi, and forms the border of the Delhi state with Haryana. Situated just off the Grand Trunk Road, its location made it an important market town for the surrounding areas, during the 19th century, which it still retains. It was developed as the third mega sub-city project of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in the urban extension project of Delhi, after Rohini Sub City and Dwarka Sub City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dda.org.in/planning/narela.htm )〕 and covering an area of 9866 ha.〔 The 'Narela Industrial Area', started developing in the early 1980s and is today one of the important such complexes in Delhi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dsiidc.org/cms/Narela-Industrial-Complex )〕 It is one of 12 zones of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)〔(Zones ) Municipal Corporation of Delhi.〕 and one of the three administrative divisions or subdistricts of the North West Delhi district, along with Saraswati Vihar and Model Town.〔 ==History== There is a site in Narela Near Bhorgarh which dates back to the civilization of Harappa (Indus Valley Civilization). A Mound has been found with archaeological evidence of painted gray ware pottery and other things. ''Sarai Narela'' was important ''sarai'' (caravan rest house) on the historic and ever busy Grand Trunk Road, that stretched all the way to Lahore and Kabul and the lifeline of the empire and important trade route. Even in the 13th century, during the days of Delhi Sultanate, Narela often became an encampment point, for marching or retreating armies from Delhi. Subsequently, during the Mughal era, The Narela Sarai also finds mention in ''Jahangirnama'', the official autobiography of Mughal Emperor, Jahangir (1569–1609), as he mentions staying at the sarai, during his travels ca. 1605. There is a famous pond (Talaab) in Narela and it remained full of water all the times. These days it has dried up and has been acquired by the DDA. From this pond some coins of the time of Mohammad Shah Rangila have been found. On January 16, 1757 in the years preceding the Battle of Panipat (1761), in the Battle of Narela, the Maratha Army led by Antaji Mankeshwar, fought with an advance column of Ahmad Shah Abdali's army near Narela, and repulsed it. In the mid-19th century, Narela was a tehsil and flourishing market town, and at 31.2 km was the nearest town to capital Delhi, and where people from neighbouring villages flocked to buy provisions and sell their agricultural produce and its ''Narela Mandi'' (agricultural market), a tradition which continues to date. By the early 20th century, it was a municipal town and a Civil Hospital was established by the District Board in 1913. After the World War I in 1919, Narela was declared a notified area by Delhi administration, earmarked for future development. In 1860-61, the North-Western Provinces education system was abolished in Delhi, and Punjab education system was introduced with opening of schools at Narela, Najafgarh, Mehrauli and their suburbs, several schools were opened here in the coming decades.〔Sharma, p. 18〕 The ''Hailey-Rifah-i-Am School'' was founded here in 1918, by Rifah-i-Am Society formed by local residents under the patronage of Lala Mussadi Lal, a noted social reformer. By 1920-21, the society was running one middle school in Narela and two primary schools in Alipur and Kanjhawala and supported rural schools in Delhi Province.〔Sharma, p. 141〕 Swami Omanand Saraswati, a local zamindar and ''numberdar'' of villages, founded of ''Kanya Gurukul'' in Narela by donating his 70 acres (280,000 m2) of land at village., Lala Panna Lal Agarwal Kundali Wale, Freedom Fighter and Congress leader, with Mahatama Gandhi has died a decade ago. The Khosla Family is one among the first few families who settled here bringing their Power generation and distribution business (National Electricity Supply and Trading Co. Pvt Ltd.) from Punjab to Delhi with a Power House next to their Villa. The house "Ganpati Bhawan", where the family resides, stands till date, and is named after their forefather Shri Ganpat Rai. Mrs. Paramjit Kaur Khosla, daughter of Sardar Dilip Singh Gill, a Deputy Magistrate in Punjab during the British India whose bust is also installed right outside the Hissar District Court, was a freedom fighter, and participated in the quit India Movement and served a Six Months term at the Lahore Central Jail. She belongs to a noble family ''(Sardars of Rania)'' of Moga Dist. in Punjab, India. Mr. Rajiv Khosla, President, Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA), and a Member of The Bar Council of India also hails from the same family.The Aggarwal family was famous for the only Hakim(Doctor) in the town. . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Narela」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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