Bhiwani

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Bhiwani
City
Bhiwani Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Bhiwani Bhiwani (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 28°47′N 76°08′E / 28.78°N 76.13°E / 28.78; 76.13
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Bhiwani
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Bhiwani Municipal Council[1]
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	196,057
• Density	380/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	127021
Telephone code	91-1664
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR-16 HR-61
Website	bhiwani.nic.in

Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana. Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of three former Haryana chief ministers: Bansi Lal, Banarsi Das Gupta and Hukum Singh. It is located 128 km west of national capital New Delhi.

The city has a conventional school of boxing, with almost all of the members of the Indian Boxing Squad coming from its Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel. The late Capt. Hawa Singh, the legendary boxer, helped establish the boxing academy in Bhiwani.

Bhiwani is also known as Choti Kashi^[2] because of so many ancient Hindu temples in city like Kirorimal mandir, Khaki baba temple, Jogiwala mandir.