Salwan
Salwan is a village of high historical interest in Karnal District, and one of the biggest village in Karnal, Haryana, India. It contains a tirtha identified as having national importance. The village Is belongs to Zamindar Rajput's. The Zamidars of this village is very well fulfilled in their fields. Some of the gangsters are from this village. The youth of this village is very powerful and they have their own group "Salwan Group" which is led by Rajput's. This village is one of the famous village of Haryana. The famous personality of this village Dr. Devinder Singh.
Salwan | |
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village | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | karnal |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Haryanvi, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 132046 |
| Telephone code | 01749 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR 40 |
| Nearest city | panipat, assandh, safidon, karnal |
| Lok Sabha constituency | karnal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Assandh |
| Climate | dry hot during summer with less rainfall (Köppen) |
| Website | haryana |
This village is famous for their historic value like Tirtha and Mata Mansa Devi Mandir.
The village was the subject of much media attention in 2007, when the beating death of a [Rajput] man was followed by a wave of violence directed toward local Dalits. About 150 lower-caste families fled the village.