Interesting Facts
There is a very old fort in the village of Amin. This fort is situated at a higher level than the rest of the village. People say that this fort belonged to Abhimanyu, the son of Arjun in the Mahabharat times. Folklore also says that the Pandavas arrayed their forces before the last battle in the war of Mahabharat at Amin. The men of Amin are mostly from the Ror & Brahmin communities, with the Rors belonging to Chauhan and the Brahmins to Parashar gotra. The village is also inhabited by people from backward and scheduled castes as well as migrants, who came from Pakistan to India in 1947. The main occupation of the Ror & Brahmin communities is agriculture and some major landholders in the village are from Brahmin community. Nowadays, many of the rich Brahmin farmers are famous for their unconventional kind of vegetable farming, which has become a good business for them. There is a local saying that the Indian Volleyball team always has at least one Ror from this village. A perfect example of this village's contribution to Indian Volleyball is Arjuna Award winner Dalel Singh& Balkar Singh, who has also had the distinction of captaining the national team. Volleyball players of Amin Plays for BSF, CRPF, Indian Army, Indian railway, ONGC, Haryana Police etc. Pandit Rajesh Sharma is the sarpanch at present time. We have very nice sarpanches like punar vasu, sh. balbir ji, pandit bhagat ram sharma ji.
Another interesting fact about the village is that there is a "tirth-sthal" (holy spot) called "Surya Kund", where Mother Aditi gave birth to the Sun God (Surya Dev). This spot is said to be empowered by the hard worship of 86000 "Rishi-Munis" and the villagers generally leave the "asthi (mortal remains after the pyre is burnt) kalash" after cremation in that sarovar (kund) even though other Hindus take them to the Ganges in Haridwar. A strong myth prevails that if any pregnant lady takes a bath in that holy kund, then the upcoming male child will have excellent qualities like bravery & power.
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