Al-Hindiya

Al-Hindiya or Hindiya () is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates River. Al-Hindiya is located in the Kerbala Governorate and is the seat of Al-Hindiya District. The city used to be known as Tuwairij (), which gives name to the "Tuwairij run" () that takes place here every year as part of the Mourning of Muharram on the Day of Ashura. It has 84,100 citizens.
History.
The city was founded in 1793 AD by "Yahya Asif Al-Dawla Bahadur Al-Hindi" (يحيى آصف الدولة بهادر الهندي), who was a vizier of Bahadur Shah Zafar. The vizier funded digging a canal on the Euphrates to provide drinkable water for the region.
Notable People.
Nouri al Maliki went to school there in his younger days.