The Haryana Government has decided to bring five monuments in Nuh district under State protection for conservation as per the provisions of the Punjab Ancient Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1964.
Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar has approved a proposal in this regard, an official spokesperson said on Friday.
He said the monuments which would be taken under State protection included Ghasera Fort, Old Tehsil building at Nuh, Kotla Mosque at village Kotla and Chhatris and Kuan at Meoli village.
Giving details about the monuments, the spokesman said, Ghasera Fort lies at Ghasera village, 14 kilometres from Nuh city on Nuh-Sohna road that was ruled by Bahadur Singh Bargujar, a Rajput chief of 11 villages. He was killed in 1753 by the famous Jat king Surajmal of Bharatpur state after Jats besieged and ran over the Ghasera Fort, after which Jats turned to Delhi by defeating Mughal king Ahmad Shah Bahadur and occupied the Red Fort there in 1754 CE.
Ruined walls and a grand entrance show that Ghasera was a historical village. It was built by stones and lakhouri bricks with lime surkhi mortar, he said.
The Old Tehsil building is located on main road of Nuh. In 1861, the district of Gurgaon (now Gurugram) was re-arranged into five tehsils namely Gurgaon, Firozpur Jhirkha, Nuh, Palwal and Rewari. Thereafter, in 1872-73, the building of the Tehsil Nuh was constructed by the then British Government over the land measuring 14 Kanal 8 Marla situated within the revenue estate of Nuh and this building is a rich part of the heritage of Mewat (now Nuh district).
It is the witness of the then history. This is single storey brick built building comprising 30 rooms, the spokesman said.
About Kotla Mosque, he said it is 6.5 kilometres from Nuh city in the Kotla village. The red sandstone and grey quartzite tomb has inscription on the ruined gateway, dating it to 1392- 1400 CE. The mosque is a square structure on raised platform. The surface of the exterior is simple and the interior is curved with red sandstone and the openings with jaalis. There are two chhatris and a well, he added.
