Phephana

Location of Phephana in Hanumangarh district

Phephana (फेफाना ) or Fefana is a village in Nohar tahsil of Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. It is situated on Nohar - Sirsa Road about 21km from Nohar in northeast.

Pond and Peepal (Such saying is that this tree is around 300 hundred years old

well in Phephana

Water tank in Phephana

Head at Nohar Feeder in Phephana

Jat Gotras

Jat Gotras living here are:

Bijarnia, Godara, Jyani, Dhaka, Saran, Punia, Jakhar, Gat, Dudhwal, Sihag, Mahla, Fadaulia, Khod, Ghintala, Mahiya, Beniwal, Dusad, Bhambhu, Ghanghas, Pandar, Ghotia,

There are about 3500 houses in the village out of them 2000 houses are of Jats.

Other castes are Kumhar, Rajput, Brahman, Meghwal, Nayak, Ghanak, Nai, Swami, Chhimpa, Khati, Suthar, Luhar, Sunar, Bawari, Yogi, Charan, etc.

History

Phephana was founded in samvat 1876 (1819 AD) on falgun sudi 5 during the period of Bikaner Maharaja Surat Singh. With the motivation of Ratna Ram Brahman of Siddhmukh, Kewala Ram Bijarniya came from Nangal (Bhadra) and settled here. Prior to this there were 12 helmets or Bas which are now in ruined condition.

The people of Phephana had played a very significant role in abolition of Jagirs and the freedom movement. To mention some such heroes namely, Ch. Pat Ram Punia, Ch. Likhma Ram Godara, Ch. Bahadur Singh, Shobha Ram , Ram Jas Mahla 'Bhajanopadeshak', Ganesh Ram Harijan, Kashi Ram Dhamu etc. Being the birth place of Ch Kumbha Ram Arya it was the centre of freedom movement. Arya Samaj acted as a catalyst for this movement.

Phephana is one of the biggest villages with population of 17,000 (approximately).

It is a historic village to be known at least 300 years history. People say that there is 300 hundred year old Peepal (पीपळ) tree near a pond in village.

Phephana is situated at border of Rajasthan and Haryana. It shares borders with villages Malwani (मलवाणी), Charanvasi (चारणवासी), Gudiya (गुडिया), Padampura (पदमपुरा) & Jananiya (जनाणियां) of Rajasthan and Madhosinghana (माधोसिघाना), Malleka (मल्लेकां), Jamal (जमाल) & Dhukda (ढुकडा) of Sirsa district in Haryana. Agricultural land of Phephana is irrigated by Nohar Feeder and its dividers.

Education in Phephana

There are 2 government higher secondary schools in Phephana:

1. Government Senior Secodary School, Phephana (GSSS, Phephana).
2. Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Phephana(GGSSS, Phephana).

GSSS, Phephana is one of the oldest higher secondary school of Hanumangarh district. GSSS was upgraded to Senior Secondary School in 1959.

GGSSS, Phephana is upgraded from Secondary School to Senior Secondary School in 2003.

Students of different schools are serving the country in different fields. There are number of doctors, engineers, teachers, army personnel, industrialists, politicians, etc. are amongst the proud alumnus of the schools in the village.

Religion in Phephana

Different temples, Arya Samaj, Mosque, Gurudwara, Dera Sachcha Sauda, etc. makes the village very religious in nature.

Arya Samaj, Phephana is one of the first ten Arya Samaj established in India. Arya Samaj, Phephana run a school to provide education, which is one of the oldest public school in Phephana.

List of temples

1. Arya Samaj Mandir
2. Hanuman Mandir
3. Baba Ram Dev Mandir
4. Jahar Veer Gogaji Mandir
5. Mata Sati Devi Mandir
6. Karni Mata Mandir
7. Shiv Mandir

In addition to there are two mosques in the village and a Gurudwara.

Famous People of Phephana:

1. Late Chaudhary Kumbha Ram Arya
2. Late Shobha Ram Arya
3. Late Sh Chunni Lal Godara
4. Late Dy.S.P. Hetram Godara
5. Smt Suchitra Arya - Ex. M.L.A. (NOHAR)
6. Sh. Hari Kumar Godara, Addl. Sessions Judge, Rajasthan.
7. Amarsingh Poonia
8. Smt Urmila Bijarania
9. Inderjeet Hooda - Ex. Sarpanch
10. Sarjeet Saharan
11. Rahul Arya

References

• Ram Jas Arya 'Bhajanopadeshak' : Jat Samaj, Agra, August 2002, p.9

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