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HARYANA Location of Map of

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● Statehood: 1 ● Capital: ● Number of District : 22 ● : ● Chief Minister: (BJP) ● High court: and Haryana High Court (Chandigarh) ● Chief Justice: Ravi Shankar Jha ● Members of the Legislative Assembly: 90 ● Seats : 10 ● Seats : 5 Boundaries

● It is bordered by to the north-east, by river along its eastern border with , by to the west and south, and Ghaggar-Hakra River flows along its northern border with Punjab. Image Source: Maps of India State Symbols

● State Animal: Blackbuck ● State Bird: Black francolin ● State Flower: Lotus ● State Tree: Peepal

● 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 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. ● , a 1,467-metre (4,813 ft) tall mountain peak in the Shivalik Hills range of the greater range located near Hills area of 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 doab. ● Legislative Assembly election was held in Haryana on 21 October 2019 to elect 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. ● The Bharatiya 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 were sworn in as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively of BJP- JJP alliance government.

Image Source: India today Major Dams and Reservoirs

● : : Yamuna River. ● : district : Ghaggar River. ● : district : Yamuna River. ● Hathnikund barrage : Yamuna River. ● Anagpur Dam : district : Hakra River. Important Lakes of Haryana

● : ● Lake : ● : ● : Faridabad ● : ● Lake: Faridabad ● : ● : Gurugram ● : Kurukshetra General Facts

● Among the world's oldest and largest ancient civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization sites at village in and in 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 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 (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 : FAIR :

● This fair is held in ● This fair is organised in the at Gopal-Mochan near month of June or July at Bilaspur in Jagadhari tehsil. Yadavindra gardens in near Chandigarh. Festivals & Fairs of Haryana

SURAJKUND CRAFTS FAIR : Dances of Haryana

Saang: is a popular Ragini Dhamal folk dance–theatre form in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and region of . Famous personalities of Haryana

● Manushi Chhillar, is an Indian model from and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2017. ● Baba 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, , Haryana ● Boxer , born in . ● 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: ● Jal Mahal: ● Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb :