Rural Research Project: Mubarakpur
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Date
2013
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MICA
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Mubarakpur is a town and municipality in Jhajjar district in Haryana state. It is very near to Farukhnagar, one of the nine administrative blocks of Gurgaon district situated 21 km from Gurgaon takes only 30 minutes to reach there. Established in 1732 by Faujdar Khan, the first Nawab of Farrukhnagar and a governor of Mughal Emperor (1713–1719) Farrukhsiyar in 1732, Farrukhnagar flourished due to its salt trade till the late 19th century, and later it was abandoned in early 20th century, during the British Raj .The Pataudi Palace is the nearest palace above 17 KM of the Mubarakpur. This is the same Pataudi palace whose ruler was Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and now Saif Ali Khan. Apart from the residential areas, there were fields belonging to the different families near the places of residence.
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Rural Immersion Project – Village : Mubarakpur, District: Jhajjar, State: Haryana
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Rural Development & problems, study by students