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Important Points about Haryana in PDF

Haryana Capital & Major , , , Cities , , , Formed 1 November 1966 On The Punjabi Suba movement wanted a separate state for Punjabi-speaking people in the erstwhile East . This movement started

in the 1950s resulted in the formation of Punjabi-majority Punjab state, the Hindi-majority Haryana state and the Union Territory of Chandigarh on 1 November 1966 Districts 22 Language Hindi Known as/ Milk Pail of India For Kurukshetra (war place cited in Mahabharata) is in the state of Haryana. Physical Haryana has four main Characteristics geographical features: - The -Ghaggar plain forming the largest part of the state - The Shivalik Hills to the northeast - Semi-desert sandy plain to the southwest - The Aravali Range in the south Natural Tropical thorn Vegetation Major Yamuna flowing from Rivers Kalinda Parbat in to the Ganga (Triveni Sangam – the Ganga, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati river at

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Allahabad) Ghaggar-Hakra flowing from in to Ottu in Haryana Major Baisakhi, Gangore, Lohri, Regional Gugga, Naumi Festivals Major Art dance, Khoria dance, Forms Dhamal dance, Ghoomar dance, Industry Handloom, Electrical Appliances, Automobiles, IT Minerals Iron Agriculture Sugar cane, oilseeds, rice, groundnuts, maize, wheat Geographical Phulkari (Punjab, Indications Haryana & ) State Animal Blackbuck State Bird Black francolin State Flower Lotus Important - Historical an ancient water Sites tank sacred to in Thanesar - a town in the where Krishna delivered the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna. Bhishma Kund - After his fall Bhisma requested the

assembled Kauravas and Pandavas for water to quench his thirst. Kauravas offered him cool water which he denied to drink. Arjuna soon understood the willingness of his great grandfather. He pierced the ground by an arrow called Parjanyastra. Bhisma thus quenched his thirst by the water that gushed out in consequence. The spot where Arjuna’s arrow struck into the ground is called Bhisma Kunda. World Heritage -- Sites Ramsar Sites -- Biodiversity Hotspots -- Bird Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Sanctuaries Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary National , Parks Biosphere -- Reserve Wildlife Abubshehar Sanctuaries Wildlife Sanctuary Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Bir Shikargarh

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Wildlife Sanctuary Chhilchila Wildlife Sanctuary Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary Hills (Khol-Hi-Raitan) Wildlife Sanctuary Tiger Reserve --

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