What is "bhiwani"

Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, India. The headquarters city of the eponymous district, it is known as the city of temples and often termed "Bangarh Kashi" . Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of three former Haryana chief ministers: Bansi Lal, Banarsi Dass Gupta and Hukum Singh.

The city has a conventional school of boxing, with almost all of the members of the Indian Boxing Squad coming from its SAI hostel. The late Capt. Hawa Singh, the legendary boxer, helped establish the boxing academy in Bhiwani.

Bhiwani was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Haryana until 2008. Later parts of it came under the newly devised Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency).

Bhiwani Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 90 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Haryana state in northern India.