Gurgaon

Gurgaon was a village of Jharsa pargana in the country southwest of Delhi. Its temple of Sitla Mata attracted offerings from worshippers, and an old account places the arrival of the goddess's image here in the fifteenth century. In 1776–77 Jharsa passed to Begum Samru, who claimed the shrine's offerings during the month of Chaitra; at other times the income was shared among local Jat families. After her death in 1836, her territory came under direct British rule.