Chhara

Chhara is a large village in the Bahadurgarh tehsil of Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The population was 12,989 in the 2011 census.

History
The village is historically associated with the sport of wrestling.

Geography
Chhara is located in Bahadurgarh Tehsil of Jhajjar district in Haryana, India, and is one of the largest villages in the state. It is situated on the MDR 122 road between Bahadurgarh and Beri and on the National Highway 334B Loharu to Meerut. The village is situated on a low mountain.

The nearest village is Rewari Khera 3 km away, while the village of Bhaproda is 5 km away.

Nearest towns and cities include:
 * Jhajjar     13 km
 * Bahadurgarh 20 km
 * Delhi ISBT  51 km
 * Chandigarh  265 km

Demographics
The population of the village was 12,989 in the 2011 census, of whom 7,120 were male and 5,869 female, but reportedly around 15,000 in 2019.

Education
There are five government schools.

Religion
Temples found in the village include Samadh (Dada Bhagwan Dash, Dada Santok Dash, Dada Shyam Smunder Dash), Dada Chman wala dham chhara To jajjar rod, Dada Jti wala dham girawar rod, Dada Samadh Wala for JAAT, Hanuman, Shiv, Krishan Ji Mandir, Baba Gorakh Dham and Sarvan Mandir, also called Piliya Johad ("jaundice pond").

Sports
There are five akhara, or wrestling (training halls), and many wrestlers from the village go on to become major names in the sport. Around 40 have represented India at international tournaments, and two were due to take part in the 2020 Olympics (now 2021).

Hardwari Lal
Hardwari Lal remained MLA for a long time, both in Punjab and Haryana, also the Member of Parliament from Rohtak Constituency in 1990–95. He was Education Minister in the cabinet of Rao Birender Singh. He was an educationist and was later appointed as Vice Chancellor of Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak.

Hoshiyar Singh
Hoshiyar Singh was born on 19 February 1920 at Chhara. At the age of 11 left home and joined the Indian independence movement with Mahatma Gandhi for Nations Freedom. He was imprisoned many times during the fight for independence:
 * Delhi Central Jail (06-03-1938 to 22-07-1938)
 * Lahore Central Jail (15-01-1941 to 16-01-1942)
 * Multan central Jail (05-02-1944 to 10-02-1944)
 * Multan central Jail (02-06-1944 to 13-06-1945)

On 15 August 1972, prime minister Indira Gandhi honoured him with Tamrapatra for dedicating his life for the cause of Indian independence.

Shriom Singh
Shriom Singh served in Indian Navy, in his illustrious career he proved to be valuable asset to his country. The most notable achievement of his was breaking the record for deepest diving. The record breaking dive took place in February 2011 offshore near Kochi, at the depth of 233 metres.

Surender Singh
Surender Singh was an Indian politician from the Aam Admi Party from 2013 to 2019 two times MLA from Delhi Cantonment in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.

Umrao Singh
Village head, pradhan of 60 villages khaap. He was close to Devi Lal (ex Deputy PM) and ex CM Om Prakash Chautala.