Tilpat
Tilprastha | |
|---|---|
Census town | |
  Tilpat Location in Haryana, India  Tilpat Tilpat (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°28′03″N 77°19′30″E / 28.46750°N 77.32500°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Faridabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | BJP |
| • Body | Faridabad Municipal Corporation |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 6,377 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
| Website | haryana |
Tilpat is a census town in Faridabad district in the Indian state of Haryana that comes under the Capital Region. It is famous for the revolt against Mughals. It also has the Tilpat 1 & 2 ranges of Indian Air Force on the banks of Yamuna.[2] Tilpat is the largest village of Brahmins in Ballabgarh tehsil.[3] Brahmins are the majority and the largest zamindars (most lands belong to them), and other castes like Jats and Gurjars are sprinkled minority.[4][5] It was mentioned as Tilaprastha in Mahabharata.
- ^ "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ Is IAF protecting its land on Yamuna banks from sand mining: Delhi HC asks Indian Express, 17 May 2018.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Gurgaon District: 1883. 1883.
- ^ Wood, Oswald (1882). Final Report on the Settlement of Land Revenue in the Delhi District, Carried on 1872-77, by Oswald Wood, and Completed 1878-80, by R. Maconachie. Printed at the Victoria Press.
- ^ Singh, Khushwant (1979). Indira Gandhi Returns. Vision Books. ISBN 978-0-8364-0655-9.