Rahon is a city and a municipal council in the district Shaheed Bhagat Singh of the Indian state of Punjab. Rahon is in Doaba region of Punjab. Doaba also known as Bist Doab, is the region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River. A famous battle was fought here between Sikhs and Mughals i.e Battle of Rahon
Rahon is situated on the Jalanghar - Jaijon line of the Northern railway, Rahon is 7 km from Nawanshahr, the tahsil/subdivision headquarters, and 65 km from Jalandhar, the district headquarters. It is also connected by road with Nawashahr (8 km), Jadla (12 km), Ludhiana (51 km), and Phillaur (37 km), Machhiwara (18 km).
People of Doaba region are given the demonym "Doabia". The dialect of Punjabi spoken in Doaba is called "Doabi". The term "Doaba" or "Doab" is derived from Persian "دو آب" (do āb "two water") meaning "land of two rivers"
Rahon is a changed name, it was Raghupur until the 12th century. Raj pal changed its name from Raghupur to Rahon after a certain lady called Raho. Some contemporaries had written that it was considered unlucky to speak of Rahon by its proper name, in the morning, when fasting. According to them, until breakfast Rahon should be referred to as ‘Zanana shahr’, Women town’.
Rahon is an ancient city, it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in India. The city face had withstood the ravages of time, invaders, lootings, epidemics, and an unfortunate case of bypass of the silk route. Ruins there speaks the sad story and tell the city once had great significance.it was formed like a fort with four gates, Delhi Gate, Lahori Gate, Pahar Singh Gate, and Ropri Gate
Rahon was also among the 50 most populous cities in the world for many centuries, particularly in the period between 52 B.C.-1750 A.D.. After that period, Rahon started witnessing gradual decline due to epidemics, attacks from foreign invaders, and a reduction in merchant activity when the silk route began to bypass Rahon in favor of Kabul.
Notable persons from Rahon
Chaudhry Abdul Rehman Khan was the Rana of Rahon Jagir and Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Chief justice of Punjab High Court Shri G.D. Khosla.
Dilbagh Singh was Air Chief Marshal awarded with PVSM, AVSM, VM, was the head of the Indian Air Force from 1981 to 1984, as Chief of the Air Staff. He was the second Sikh to hold that position.
Padma Bhushan-2001 awarded Shri B. R. Chopra A legendary Indian film director (22 April 1914 - 5 November 2008).
Padma Bhushan-2011 awarded Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi A legendary Indian music director and composer (18 February 1927 - 19 August 2019)
Nearby Villages of Rahon
Bahadurpur
Saidpur Theh
Dodhala
Mahrampur
Hansron
Dharmkot
Kang
Malpur
Bazidpur
Tajpur
Khoja
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