Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in south-west Haryana around 82km (51mi) from Delhi and 51km (32mi) from Gurgaon. During the Mahabharata period in ancient India, a king named Rewat had a daughter named Rewati. The father used to call her Rewa, and founded a city "Rewa Wadi" named after her. Wadi and wada mean a neighbourhood (small and big, respectively) in Hindi and many other Indian languages. When Rewa married Balram, elder brother of Krishna, the king donated the city Rewa-Wadi as dowry to her daughter. In the course of time, the name Rewa-Wadi became Rewari. Rewari was founded by Nand Ram, an Ahir leader of Bolni village. Hemu, who reigned as king of Delhi for one month in 1556, was educated and brought up in what is now Rewari, although he was born elsewhere. His haveli (house) still stands in the Qutabpur area of the city, which in his day was a village in its own right. He became Chief of the Army...
