Hanumangarh District Court

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

The Hanumangarh district was formed on 12.7.1994 from the than Ganganagar district as 31st district of Rajasthan state. Seven tehsils of Ganganagar districts of Bikaner division viz. Sangaria, Tibi, Hanumangarh, Pilibanga, Rawatsar, Nohar and Bhadra were included into the newly created district of Hanumangarh. The district headquarter Hanumangarh is situated on the bank of Ghaggar River which is the present form of the last mythological river Saraswati. Ghaggar River, which is called as ‘Nali’ in local dialect divides the district headquarter into two parts. In the north of Ghaggar River, Hanumangarh Town and in the south the habitation of Hanumangarh Junction is situated. Hanumangarh Junction is the main centre of commercial activities and all the other main offices including office of the district collector are situated in Hanumangarh Junction . Earlier, Hanumangarh was the kingdom of 'Bhati' Rajputs. It was built by Bhupat son of Bhati King of Jaisalmer in 1295 AD. Bhupat named it as ‘Bhatner’ in the memory of his father. Bhatner’s maximum importance was due to its location on Delhi-Multan highway. Traders from Central Asia, Sindh and Kabul used to travel to Delhi and Agra via Bhatner. In the year 1805, Suratsingh the King of Bikaner took[...]