Kosli
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 Kosli
Kosli
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| Coordinates: 28°23′30″N 76°28′46″E / 28.391771°N 76.4793315°ECoordinates: 28°23′30″N 76°28′46″E / 28.391771°N 76.4793315°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Haryana |
| District | Rewari |
| Founded by | Baba Mukteshwar Puri |
| Named for | Maharaj Koshal |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi हिंदी |
| • Spoken | Ahirwati अहीर्वती |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 123302 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR – 43 |
| Sex ratio | 57:43 ♂/♀ |
Kosli is a village and "tehsil" in the Rewari district of Haryana in India. It is situated 80 kilometers from Delhi. Kosli Tehsil is part of Ahirwal region.
Kosli is today well known for the high proportion of soldiers and officers it contributes to the Indian Army and other Armed Forces of India, and for the number of teachers it contributes to the Haryana education system.
According to British historians W. E. Purser, Herbert Charles Fanshawe Ahirs of Kosli and Rohtak region are descended from a great-grandson of Rao Raja Tula Ram Singh Ji. According to Haryana State Gazetteer Kosli was founded in 1193 A.D. by Kosal Dev Singh Yadav, the grandson of king of Delhi, as a Yaduvanshi Chandravanshi Ahirs village. Kosal Dev said to have met the sage Baba Mukteshwar Puri Maharaj engaged in meditation at Kosli, which was then under dense shrub jungle.
Today it has a small population made up mostly of Chandravanshi Yadavs, in particular the gotra Kausaliya. Kosli is known for its largest contribution to armed forces Paramilitary and the Police. During British Raj there were as many as about seventy senior commissioned officers and about one hundred and fifty Junior Commissioned Officers in Kosli. 247 soldiers from Kosli participated in the first world war between 1914-1918, and three were decorated with Indian order of merit,01 military cross,02 ashoka chakras,01-Mahavir chakras 02- shurya chakras 04- COAS COMMENDATION,01- police MEDAL. There are about a hundred military pensioners living there today, including several recipients of different military honours during British rule/ A large number of soldiers served in BURMA during second world war from this village. Naib commandant Rao Ram Narayan Singh Ji was conferred with the title of Rai Bahadur in 1924. A part of his house served as Officers Mess for 40 years.
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