In 1837,
Sirsa and Rania parganas were taken out of the then Hariyana district and
alongwith Guda and Malaut parganas were formed into separate district called
Bhatiana. The pargana of Darba from Hissar district and the small pargana
of Rori confiscated from erstwhile princely state of Nabha were transferred
to Bhatiana in 1838 and 1847, respectively2. In 1884, Wattu pargana running
upto Satluj was added to Bhatiana district3. The whole of Delhi territory
alongwith district of Bhatiana and Hissar was transferred to Punjab in 1858
and the district of Bhatiana was renamed as Sirsa.
The Sirsa district which comprising three tahsils; Sirsa, Dabwali and Fazilka
was abolished1 in 1884 and Sirsa tahsil consisting of 199 villages and 126
villages of Dabwali tahsil formed one tahsil and the same was merged with
Hissar district . Then Sirsa tahsil was formed a sub-division of Hissar district
.
In 1968, Sirsa tahsil
was bifurcated into Sirsa and Dabwali tahsils and on September 1, 1975, Sirsa
& Dabwali tahsils were constituted into a separate district with headquarters
at Sirsa. Sub-division was created at Ellanabad on November 1, 1989. During
the same period, Ellanabad and Rania were given the status of tahsils. Nathusari
Chopta and Chautala were declared as sub-tahsils.The administrative set- up
explaining sub-divisions, tahsils and sub-tahsils as on December 31, 1990
is given here:
Sub-division Tahsil Sub-tahsil
1. Sirsa 1. Sirsa 1.
Chautala 2. Dabwali 2. Dabwali 2. Nathusari Chopta
3. Ellanabad 3. Ellanabad 3. Kalanwali
4. Rania
