Narnaul is a city and a municipal council in Mahendragarh district in the Indian state of Haryana
History
The main town of the district of Mahendragarh, Narnaul dates back to the Mahabharata Era as Nar Rashtra according to legend. Another one puts it to be about 900 years old, where Lions roamed free in the Jungles here and thus it got the name Naharnaul (Fear of Lions). According to yet another legend, Raja Launkaran named it Narlaun after his wife.[citation needed]
While Akbar ruled, he established a mint here, churning out coins for the masses. The religious sect Satnamis revolted against Aurangzeb's envoy in Narnaul so severely that the emperor himself came down to quash the revolt. Once Taher beg the Nawab of Narnaul under the ruling of Aurangzeb, kidnapped a Hindu Satnamis Girl. Than Satnamis battle with Nawab Taherbeg and killed him
When the Mughal dynasty disintegrated, the town was taken over by the Rajputs and became a part of Jaipur. However, after the failed Uprising of 1857 against the British, Narnaul passed into the hands of the ruler of Patiala, Maharaja Narender Singh, for helping the British.
Pran Sukh Yadav along with Rao Tula Ram of Rewari fought with British at Nasibpur village near Narnaul in the year 1857, this battle was one of the most ferocious battles of the First War of Indian Independence Later Pran Sukh Yadav settled at Village Nihalpura and rehabilitated the kins of dead soldiers.
