HARYANA

STATE FORMATION November 1, 1966 AREA WISE RANK 21

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: HINDI
CAPITAL- CHANDIGARH, LARGEST CITY – FARIDABAD CHIEF JUSTICE: Shiavax Jal Vazifdar
CM – MANOHAR LAL KHATTUR (BJP)
GOVERNOR – KAPTAN SINGH
NATIONAL PARKS – 2
 KALESAR AND SULTAN PUR
TIGER RESERVES -0
BIOSPHER RESERVES + WHO SITES - 0
WLS – 8
1. BIR SIKHAGARH 5. CHHILCHHILA LAKE
2. NAHAR 6. BHINDAWAS
3. MOMI HILLS KHOL KI RAITAN 7. ABUBSHEHAR
4. KALESAR 8. KHAPARWAS
STATE SYMBOL
ANIMAL – BLACKBUCK
TREE – PEEPAL OR PIPAL
BIRD – BLACK FRANCOLIN
FLOWER – LOTUS

NO SCHEDULED TRIBES IN HARYANA

LAKES
BEAUTY SANNIHIT SAROVAR TAJEWALA KAUSALYA
KARNA CURRENT DAMDAMA MASANI
TILYAR BRAHMA BASAI PATHRALA BARRAGE
SURAJKAND BLUE BIRD GURUGRAM BHIM SULTANPUR
LOST LAKE BADKHAL KUND BHINDAWAS AND
OTTU LAKE SUKHNA HATHNI KUND KHAPRWAS
NOTES FROM ECONOMIC FORUM
 STATE BORDER – NEW DELHI, RAJASTHAN, HIMACHAL PRADESH, UP AND PUNJAB.
ONE OF INDIA’S LARGEST AUTOMOBILE HUBS
 50% OF TRACTORS. ACCOUNTS FOR 60% BASMATI RICE IN EXPORTS
 60% OF MOTOCYCLES
 2/3RD OF PASSENGERS CARS
 3RD LARGEST EXPORTER OF SOFTWARE
 14TH AMONG EASE OF DOING BUSINESS
 AMAZON ECOMMERCE 22ND LARGEST FUFLILMENT SITE – SONIPAT HARYANA
 NISE – NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOLAR ENERGY IN GURGAON – HARYANA HEADQUARTED FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLAINCE
 WALMART PLANNED TO OPEN CHAIN OF STORES IN HARYANA
 10$ BILLION – INDUSTRIAL ZONE – CHINA’S DALIAN WANDA GROUP PLANS TO INVEST
 FDI – 2000-2017 – 68.03$ BILLION
 MANSAR – BAWAL INDUSTRIAL REGION SELECTED UNDER MAKE IN INDIA PROJECT
 1ST STATE IMPLEMENTED – STATE WIDE AREA NETWORK(SWAN) FOR VOICE, DATA AND VIDEO
TRANSMISSION
MINERALS FROM PDF
LARGE AMOUNT OF QUARTZ, SILICA AND QUARTZITE
FESTIVALS
BAISAKI SOHNA CAR RALLEY SURAJ KUND CRAFT
MANGO PINJORE HERITAGE KURUSHETRA
DANCES – FOLK KHOR
DAPH DHAMAL PHAG TEEJ PHAG
GUGGA LOOR KHORIA CHAUPAIYA
GAGOR JHUMUR SAANG CHHATHI
RIVERS TANGRI SAHIBI SOMB
MARKANDA RIVER GHAGGAR YAMUNA
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KOSH ALYA DAM
MORNI AND SOHNA – HILLS
KAROH PEAK – HIGHEST PEAK IN HARYANA
IMPORTANT SITES  KOS MINAR
 HUMAUNS MOSQUE  NABHA HOUSE
 LAT OF FEROZ SHAH  TOMB OF KHWAJA KHIZER
 BARSI GATE  BAB I FAIZ GATE TO NORTH SIDE OF
 GUJRI MAHA PANIPUT
 FEROZ SHAH PALACE  IBRAHIM LODHI TOMB
 GATE WAY OF OLD MUGHAL SARAI  SHAH QULI KHAN TOMB
 KUSHUNA STUPA –JARA SANDHA KA QILA  MIRAN SHAHIB TOMB
 PINJORE GARDERN  CANTONMENT CHURCH TOWER
 BHIMA DEVI TEMPLE  PUKKA PUL
 MUGHAL GARDERN  LEISURE AND SHIKAR PARK
 PEACOCK LAKE  ALA VARDI KHAN
 SHIEK CHILLI TOMB  TOPRA KALAN ASOK EDICT

ASI SITES
 FIROZ SHAH COMPLEX  JHUM PA KURD
 DHOSI HILL  MADHO GARH FORT
 ASI GARH FORT  JOGNA KHERA
 ADI BADRI  GHASERA FORT
 INDORI RIVER

3RD – LIN SEED, RAPE SEED AND MUSTARD AND WHEAT

NATIONAL DIARY RESEARCH - KARNAL
CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL ORG – CSIO – CHANDI GARH
P G I MEDICAL EDU AND RESEARCH – CHANDI GARH
Institute of Food Security - Gurgaon
National Power Training Institute - Faridabad
SOBRIQUETS
 PANIPAT – CITY OF WEAVERS, CITY OF HANDLOOM, CITY OF TEXTILES AND CARPERS AND BIGGEST
CENTRE SHODDY YARN IN WORLD, ECO CITY
 GURGAON – MILLENNIUM CITY
STADIUMS
 MAHABIR
 TAU DEVI LAL – F
 CHAUDRI BANSI LAL – C+H

POWER PLANT
GORAKH PUR NUCLEAR – PLANNED
RAJIV GANDHI THERMAL
DHEEN BANDHU CHOTTA RAM THERMAL
FARIDABAD + PANIPUT THERMAL
TAJEWALA HYDRO POWER HOUSE
AIRPORTS
 AMBALA  BHI WANI  PIN JORE  HISAR
 CHANDIGARH INT  NAR NAUL  SIRSA AIR FORCE  KARNAL
 MORNI AND KHUDANDA ARE THE MOUNTAINS IN HARYANA
 KAROH PEAK – HIGHEST PEAK IN MORNI HILLS RANGE
 SAMLASAN DEVI PEAK
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NH NO’S -- 1, 2, 8, 10, 21A, 22, 64, 65, 71, 71A, 72, 73, 73A, 71B & NE-II
1, 10 – Delhi, Haryana and Punjab
2 - Delhi, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and WB
8 – Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharastra
21 A – Haryana and HP
22 – Haryana, Punjab and HP
64, 71 – Punjab and Haryana
65- Haryana and Rajasthan
72 - Haryana, Uttarakhand, Punjab and HP
73 – UP, Uttarakhand and Haryana
236 – Haryana and Delhi
NE 2 – Haryana and UP

CENSUS 2011
 APPRX POPULATION – 2.54 CRORES –17TH PLACE
 POPULATION GROWTH – 19.9%
 2.09% % OF TOTAL INDIA POPULATION
 SEX RATIO – 879
 CHILD SEX RATIO – 834
 AREA – 44 212 KM2 – 20TH RANK
 DENSITY – 573 KM2
 LITERACY-75.5% - 22NDPLACES INCLUDING UT
 MALE LITERACY – 84.06%
 FEMALE LITERACY – 65.94%
 14TH IN URAN POPULATION AND 17TH IN RURAL POPULATION
RAIL ROUTES
Rewari Railway Station Delhi to Haryana
Ambala
Faridabad
Sports
Hockey - - Bharat Chikara, Jasjeet, Mamta , Sandeep, Sardar, Suman Bala, Kaur , Savita
Cricket - - Mohit Sharma, Shewag Amit Mishra, Nehra, Kapil Dev, Nehra
Vikas Krishnan – Boxer
Vijendra Singh - Boxer
Manoj Kumar – Gold Medal South Asian 2016 - Boxer
Santos Yadav – Girl Mountaineer 1st Women to Climb Mt Everest Twice
Yogeshwar Dutt – Wrestler
Sakshi Malik – Wrestler – 2017 Padma Sri, 2016 – Rajiv Gandhi Kel Ratna
Geetha Poghat – Wrestler
Anup Kumar – Kabbadi - Gold Medal South Asian 2016
Sunil Dabas – Female Kabadi Coacher
BANK
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Head office Gurgaon
Head Animesh Chauhan

Roshan Kumari – Kathak dancer

Shri T.K. Viswanathan - 2017 padma sri – civil service
Smt. Deepa Malik – Sports Atheletics - 2017 padma sri
Smt. Sakshi Malik – wresling - 2017 padma sri