[2] Despite bordering Gurgaon district, Haryana's rich industrial and financial heartland, this district had the worst health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion and skill development and basic infrastructure.

[3][4] The Nuh district area is a small part of the vast historical and cultural region of Mewat.

The southern and western Gurgaon region remained under the Bharatpur Jat Kings and their vassal relatives, one of whom was Nahar Singh of Ballabgarh.

The Meos of southern Gurgaon (modern-day Nuh district) were leaders in the Rebellion and even momentarily formed their own government of Chaudharies as they drove the British out.

[12] During Indian independence, there was a surge in Communal tension when Jinnah demanded for a separate nation as a result of which Partition of India was proposed by the British rulers.

[13] Mahatma Gandhi later visited the village of Ghasera in the district and requested Meos not to leave India.

Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin Khan, a prominent social reformer in the region, was responsible for bringing Gandhi to Ghasera.

Yasin Khan put forward two political leaders during his lifetime, his own son, Tayyab Husain and Khurshid Ahmed.

The Nuh district, although was called Mewat, did not encompass the entire historical Mewat region, rather only a small part of it[16][17] The district currently comprises Nuh, Taoru, Nagina, Ferozepur Jhirka, Indri, Punhana and Pinangwan blocks, 431 villages and 297 panchayats.

[25] Nuh town is on National Highway 248A (NH 248A) (previously known as the Gurgaon–Sohna–Alwar road),[26] connecting the district to Gurugram and Alwar.

The closest railway station to the district headquarters, Nuh town, is 37 kilometres (23 mi) away in Palwal.

[citation needed] The planned route of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway will pass west of Pinangwan town and is expected to boost connectivity to cities.

[citation needed] Western Dedicated Freight Corridor passes through Sohna of this district.