HARYANA

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Basic Facts about Haryana

● Statehood: 1 November 1966

● Capital: Chandigarh

● Number of District : 22

● Governor: Satyadev Narayan Arya

● Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar (BJP)

● High court: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Chandigarh)

● Chief Justice: Ravi Shankar Jha

● Members of the Legislative Assembly: 90

● Lok Sabha Seats : 10

● Rajya Sabha Seats : 5

Boundaries

● It is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the north-east, by river Yamuna along

its eastern border with Uttar Pradesh, by Rajasthan to the west and south,

and Ghaggar-Hakra River flows along its northern border with Punjab.

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State Symbols

● State Animal: Blackbuck

● State Bird: Black francolin

● State Flower: Lotus

● State Tree: Peepal

History of Haryana

● The Indian government set up the Shah Commission under the chairmanship

of Justice JC Shah on 23 April 1966 to divide the existing state of Punjab.

● It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 November 1966 on

linguistic as well as on cultural basis.

● Bhagwat Dayal Sharma became the first Chief Minister of Haryana.

Geography

● Haryana has only 4% (compared to national 21.85%) area under forests.

● Karoh Peak, a 1,467-metre (4,813 ft) tall mountain peak in the Shivalik Hills

range of the greater Himalayas range located near Morni Hills area of

Panchkula district, is highest point in Haryana.

● It is ranked 22nd in terms of area with less than 1.4% of India's land area.

● The Yamuna-Ghaggar plain forming the largest part of the state is also

called Delhi doab.

● Legislative Assembly election was held in Haryana on 21 October 2019 to

elect 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.

● The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party and formed

the government in a post-poll alliance with the Jannayak Janta Party and

seven Independent MLAs.

● BJP's Manohar Lal Khattar and JJP President Dushyant Chautala were

sworn in as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively of BJP-

JJP alliance government.

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Major Dams and Reservoirs

● Kaushalya Dam : Panchkula district : Yamuna River.

● Ottu barrage : Sirsa district : Ghaggar River.

● Tajewala Barrage : Yamunanagar district : Yamuna River.

● Hathnikund barrage : Yamuna River.

● Anagpur Dam : Faridabad district : Hakra River.

Important Lakes of Haryana

● Hathni Kund : Yamunanagar district

● Karna Lake : Karnal

● Tilyar Lake: Rohtak

● Badkhal Lake : Faridabad

● Sannihit Sarovar : Kurukshetra

● Surajkund Lake: Faridabad

● Blue Bird Lake: Hisar

● Damdama Lake: Gurugram

● Brahma Sarovar : Kurukshetra

General Facts

● Among the world's oldest and largest ancient civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization

sites at Rakhigarhi village in Hisar district and Bhirrana in Fatehabad district are 9,000

years old.

● Since Haryana surrounds the country's capital Delhi on three sides, consequently a

large area of Haryana is included in the economically-important National Capital

Region for the purposes of planning and development.

● According to the 2011 census, of total 25,350,000 population of Haryana, Hindus

(87.46%) constitute the majority of the state's population with Muslims (7.03%) (mainly

Meos) and Sikhs (4.91%) being the largest minorities.

● Haryana has the second largest Sikh population in India after Punjab.

● Literacy rate in Haryana has seen an upward trend and is 76.64 percent as per 2011

population census. Male literacy stands at 85.38 percent, while female literacy is at

66.67 percent.

GI Tags of Haryana

Phulkari (Also of Rajasthan and

Punjab)

Festivals & Fairs of Haryana

KAPAL-MOCHAN FAIR :

● This fair is held in Ambala

at Gopal-Mochan near

Bilaspur in Jagadhari tehsil.

MANGO FAIR :

● This fair is organised in the

month of June or July at

Yadavindra gardens in

Pinjore near Chandigarh.

Festivals & Fairs of Haryana

SURAJKUND CRAFTS FAIR :

Dances of Haryana

Ragini Dhamal

Saang: Saang is a popular

folk dance–theatre form in

Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar

Pradesh and Malwa region of

Madhya Pradesh.

Famous personalities of Haryana

● Manushi Chhillar, is an Indian model from Sonipat and beauty

pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2017.

● Baba Ramdev from Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, born in

Mahendragarh.

● General Deepak Kapoor, Chief of the Army Staff (India) 2007–

10.

● General VK Singh, Chief of the Army Staff (India) 2010–12.

● General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Chief of the Army Staff (India)

2014-2016, born in Bishan village, Jhajjar, Haryana

● Boxer Vijender Singh, born in Bhiwani.

● Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt

● Wrestler Sakshi Malik.

● Wrestler Geeta Phogat, born in Bhiwani

List of Monuments of National Importance in Haryana

● Barsi gate: Hisar

● Ferozshah Palace & Tehkhana : Hisar

● Gujri Mahal: Hisar

● Sheikh Chilli's Tomb: Kurukshetra district

● Narnaul Jal Mahal: Mahendragarh district

● Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb : Panipat