With the formation
of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) in 1948, the States were
grouped into eight districts, namely; Patiala, Barnala, Bhatinda, Kapurthala,
Fatehgarh Sahib, Sangrur, Mahendragarh and Kohistan, (Kandaghat). In 1953,
the number of districts was reduced to five, by merging Barnala with Sangrur
and Kandaghat and Fatehgarh Sahib with Patiala. Thus, the Sangrur district
comprised five tahsils, viz. Barnala, Malerkotla, Sangrur, Narwana and Jind
. However, in 1956 with dissolution of PEPSU , the major area was transferred
to Punjab. Subsequently, on November 1, 1966, the Jind district comprising
tahsils of Jind and Narwana was created.
In 1967, Jind tahsil was bifurcated into two tahsils; Jind and Safidon. In
January,1973, 54 villages of Kaithal tahsil were transferred to Jind district;
43 going to Jind tahsil, 5 to Safidon tahsil and 6 to Narwana tahsil.
In 1975, the Jind district had 3 tahsils (Jind, Narwana and
Safidon) and two sub-divisions, Jind and Narwana. Jind and Safidon tahsils
together formed Jind sub-division with its headquarters at Jind, while Narwana
sub-division comprised Narwana tahsil having its headquarters at Narwana.
In November, 1989, some territorial changes occurred when the new district
of Kaithal was formed . A part of Rajaund block and Kalayat sub-tahsil of
Jind district were included in the Kaithal district. As on 31st December,
1990, the district was as such :_ Sub-Division Tahsil Sub-Tahsil
1. Jind 1. Jind 1. Julana
2. Safidon 2. Safidon 2. Pilukhera
3. Narwana 3. Narwana 3. Uchana
