UPKAR PRAKASHAN, AGRA-2

ByDr. C.L. Khanna

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Contents

● Haryana : At a Glance ……………………………………………………... 3–6

● Chandigarh : The Capital of Haryana : At a Glance …………………………. 7–9

● Haryana : History …………………………………………………………. 10–11

● Haryana : Geographical and Natural Location …………………………… 12–14

● Haryana : Districts and Population ……………………………………….. 15–28

● Haryana : Industries and Minerals ………………………………………… 29–32

● Haryana : Games ………………………………………………………….. 33–35

● Haryana : Art and Culture ………………………………………………… 36–37

● Haryana : Great Personalities ……………………………………………... 38–39

● Haryana : Miscellaneous ………………………………………………….. 40–46

● Haryana : Population (Final 2011) Tables …………………………..……. 47–52

● Haryana : Agriculture …………………………………………………….. 53–55

● Haryana : Irrigation and Projects ………………………………………….. 56–57

● Haryana : Education……………………………………………………….. 58–60

● Haryana : Tourist Places, Religious and Pilgrimcentres, Temples,Mosques, Old Monuments—Forts, Mahals, Tanks andMuseums …………………………………………………...…... 61–63

● Haryana : Transport ……………………………………………………….. 64–65

● Haryana : Budget ……………………………….………………………… 66–66

● Haryana : Political/Administrative ………………………………………... 67–68

● Haryana : Governors/Chief-Ministers …………………………………….. 69–69

● Objective Questions ………………………………………………………… 71–80

HARYANAGeneral Knowledge

(At a Glance)

Haryana : At a Glance

● State : Haryana

● Capital : Chandigarh (30·73°N to 76·78°E)

● Location : North-Western State of India

● Geographical Situation :27°–39′ to 30°–55′–5″ Northlatitude and 74°–27′–8″ to77°–36′–5″ East longitude.

● Boundaries States :Himachal Pradesh in the North,Uttarakhand in the North-EastRajasthan in the South and South

Map of Haryana

Sirsa

District Map of Haryana

Fatehabad

Hisar

Bhiwani

MahendragarhMahendragarh Rewari

Mewat(Mewat)

Jhajjar

(Gurgaon)

Nuh

Gurugram

Rohtak

Sonipat

PanipatJind

DelhiDelhi

Kurukshetra

Kaithal

Ambala

Karnal

PalwalPalwal

FaridabadFaridabad

YamunanagarYamunanagar

PanchkulaPanchkula

South-East, Uttar Pradesh andDelhi in the East and Punjab andChandigarh in the North-West.

● Area : 44,212 sq. km

● Rank of state according to area : 21st statein the country.

● District with largest area : Bhiwani

● District with smallest area : Panchkula

● Total population (2011 Final) of thestate : 2,53,51,462 Persons

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Population (2011) (F)

Males : 1,34,94,734

Females : 1,18,56,728

Rural population (2011)

: 1,65,09,359

Males : 87,74,006

Females : 77,35,353

Urban population (2011)

: 88,42,103

Males : 47,20,728

Females : 41,21,375

● City with one million population (2011) :Faridabad (1,055,938)

● Percentage of urban population (2011) inHaryana : 34·9%

● Rank of the state according to population(2011) : 18th

● Percentage of total population of the Country(2011) : 2.09%

● Total no. of the age group 0–6 years :33,80,721

● Total no. of the male children aged 0–6 years:18,43,109

● Total no. of the Female children aged 0–6years : 15,37,612

● District with highest population (2011) :Faridabad 18,09,733 (state population)

● District with lowest population (2011) :Panchkula (5,61,293).

● Districts with population (2011) more than 1·5million; 5 [Faridabad, Gurugram (Gurgaon),Hisar, Karnal and Bhiwani]

● Districts with population (2011) more than 1million : 10 [(Sonipat, Jind, Sirsa, Ambala,Yamunangar, Kaithal, Panipat, Rohtak, Pal-wal and Nuh (Mewat)].

● Districts with population (2011) more than0·5 million : 6 (Kurukshetra, Jhajjar, Fateha-bad, Mahendragarh, Rewari and Panchkula).

Increase rate 2001–11, Decadal population :19·90%.

● District with highest population growth rate :Gurugram (73·96%).

● District with lowest population growth rate :Jhajjar (8.90%).

● Density of population (2011) in the State :573 persons km2.

● Rank of state (Among the states & UT’s) inthe country according to density of popula-tion : 11th.

● District with highest density of population :Faridabad (2442).

● District with lowest density of population :Sirsa (303).

● Sex ratio : 879 females per 1000 males.

● District with maximum Sex-ratio : Nuh(Mewat) (1000 : 907).

● District with minimum Sex-ratio : Sonipatand Gurugram (1000 : 856).

● Rank in counting according to Sex-ratio in theState : 30th.

Percentage of literacy (2011)

in the State : 75·6%

Males : 84·06%

Females : 65·9%

Total no. of literate persons : 1,65,98,988

Total no. of literate males : 97,94,067

Total no. of literate females : 68,04,921

● Rank of the State (Among the states & UT’s)in the country according to literacy : 22nd

● District with highest literacy rate : Gurugram(Gurgaon) (84·70%)

● District with lowest literacy rate : Nuh(Mewat) (54·08%)

● District with highest Males literacy : Rewari(91·44%)

● District with lowest Males literacy : Nuh(Mewat) (69·94%)

● District with highest Females literacy :Gurugram (Gurgaon) (77·98%)

● District with lowest Females literacy : Nuh(Mewat) (36·60%).

● Total no. of workers in the State : 89,16,508

Males workers # 68,06,636

Females workers # 21,09,872

● Total no. of non-workers in the State :1,64,34,954

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Number of main workers : 70,15,283

Number of marginal workers : 19,01,225

● Working share in the State : 35·2%

● Males working share rate : 50·4%

● Females working share rate : 17·8%

● District with maximum working share rate :Fatehabad (45·09%)

● District with minimum working share rate :Ambala (32·01%)

Birth rate (2013) : 21·3 per 1000

Death rate (2013) : 6·3 per 1000

Infant Mortality Rate (2013) : 41 per 1000

Divisions : 4 [Ambala, Gurugram (Gurgaon),Hisar and Rohtak]

● No. of districts in the State : 21

● No. of Sub-divisions : 62

● No. of Tehsils : 83

● No. of Sub-Tehsils : 47

● No. of Blocks : 126

● No. of Villages : 6,841

● No. of Cities Towns : 154

● Mountains : Shivalik in the North and Ara-valli Ranges in the South-West.

● Rivers : Yamuna, Ghagghar, Markanda, Tan-gari, Sahibi

● Important Lakes : Badkhal and Saibi

● Agriculture : 70% people are engaged inagriculture

● Important Festivals/Fairs : ‘Lohri’ is theimportant festival and ‘Tikka’ is the importantfair.

● Aerodromes : Hisar, Pinjore, Karnal, Nar-naul and Bhiwani

● Wild life Sanctuary : Sultanpur Bird Sanc-tuary, Gurugram (Gurgaon).

Tourist Places : There are 44 tourists’ comp-lexes in Haryana where every year 55 lac,people comeover. The important touristscentres are Suraj Kund (near Delhi), Badkhallake (near Faridabad) Dabchik (Hodal),Jangal Babler (Dharu-Hera), Karn Jheel(Ujhana), Kala Titar (Abushhar), Blue bird

(Hisar), Shama (Gurugram), Gouriya (Baha-durgarh), Kingfisher (Ambala), Magpai orMagpie (Faridabad), Rajhans (Surajkund),Skylark (Panipat), Sohna, Surajkund, Blue Je(Samalakha), Chakravarti lake and oasis(Ujhana), Perakeet (Pipli), Pinjore Garden(Pinjore), Flemingo (Hisar), Maina (Rohtak),Red-Bishop (Panchkula), Damdama (Guru-gram), Sultanpur bird sanctuary (Gurugram),and Morni hill famous for pine tree.

● Per-capita income :

(a) At Constant (2011-12)

Price (2015-16) 1,32,251

(Quick estimated)

(b) At Current Price (2015-16) 1,65,204

● The area where the Kaurav-Pandav battletook place during the Mahabharat period :Kurukshetra

● First State of the country where the coopera-tive loans of farmers were exempted : Haryana

● The first State of the country where thevillages were electrified first : Haryana

● The State of the country where the maximumno. of tractors are manufactured : Haryana

● The State which introduced crop insurancepolicy in the State in North India : Haryana

● The State which produces 1/3rd of thecountry’s sanitary hardware : Haryana

● City of weavers in the country : Panipat

● Famous for Queen of hills : Morni hill

● The founder of Vishal Haryana Party at Har-yana : Rao Virendra Singh

● The State famous for milk and curd : Haryana

● Well known cricketer of Haryana : NawabPataudi and Kapil Dev.

● First novel written in Haryanvi language :Jharuphiri.

● First Haryanvi film : Chandraval (Producer–Sobhagay Devi Shankar)

● First State poet of Haryana : Sri UdaimanHans.

● Haryana Keshri : Pt. Neki Ram Sharma.

● Founder of Haryana Vikas Party : ChaudharyBansi Lal.

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● Founder of Bhakra-Dam-Project : ChaudharyChotu Ram.

● Awardee of Honour of Haryana Keshri :Chaudhary Devi Lal.

● Iron man of Haryana : Bansi Lal

● First woman to climb over Mt. Everest twice :Santosh Yadav (Haryana).

● Three-Lals of Haryana : Bhajan Lal, BansiLal and Devi Lal.

● H.M.T. Factory : Pinjore (Ambala).● Atlas cycle industry : Sonipat.

● Production of Maruti Cars : Gurugram(Gurgaon).

● Factory of Rajdoot Motor Cycles : Faridabad

● Manufacturing of Escort Tractors and Kelvi-nator Refrigerators : Faridabad

● National Dairy Research Institute : Karnal.● Biggest animal farm of Asia : Hissar● Haryana foundation day : 1st Nov. (1st Nov.,

1966)● Haryana High Court : Chandigarh.● Official Language : Hindi● Main language : Hindi and Haryanvi● Legislature : Unicameral system (Lower

House or Vidhan Sabha).

● No. of M.L.A.’s : 90 (Out of this 17 seats arereserved for SCs).

● No. of M.P.s : 10

● Members of Rajya Sabha : 05

● 1st Governor of the State : Dharamveer.

● 1st Chief Minister of the State : BhagwatDayal Sharma

● 1st Advocate General : Babu Ananad Swarup.

● State game : Wrestling

● State animal : Neel Gai

● State bird : Black Titar

● Haryana has a large industrial base havingmore than 1,347 large and medium and 80,000small scale units in the State.

● In 2014-15, the state Government has alsorecommended 28 SEZ’s proposals in IT/ITESsector, out of this, 6 SEZ’s are functioning.

● Haryana State Industrial and InfrastructureDevelopment Corporation (HSIIDC) is a Pio-neer Institute of the State Government in thePublic Sector, having its role as an institu-tional entrepreneur as well as development-cum-financial institution for accelerating thepace of industrial growth in the state pri-marily in the medium and large scale sectors.

Chandigarh : The Capital of HaryanaAt a Glance

Central territory : Chandigarh

Capital : Chandigarh Joint Capi-tal of Punjab and Har-yana)

Boundaries : Punjab in North andWest and Haryana inEast and South.

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To Kalka

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Railway Line

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Sukhna Lake

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SecretariatHaryana

SecretariatPunjab

SecretariatPunjab & Haryana

Madhya M

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Punjab University

Vigyan Marg

Chandigarh

Area : 114 sq. km

Longitude : 76°-47′-14′′ ELatitude : 30°-44′ N-14′′ N

Population (2011)(F) : 10,55,450 persons

Males : 5,80,663

Females : 4,74,787

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Sex Ratio : 818

Density : 9,258

Population growth : 17·19

Rural population : 28,991

Males : 17,150

Females : 11,841

Urban population : 10,26,459

Males : 5,63,513

Females : 4,62,946

Percentage of urban population : 97·24

Population (0–6 years) : 1,19,434

Males : 63,536

Females : 55,898

Sex ratio (0–6 years) : 880

Rank according to population, among theunion territories : 3rd (Total percentage ofthe country : 0·09%)

Decade increase 2001–11 : 17·2%

Literacy : 86·05%

Males # 89·99%

Females # 81·2%

Number of literates : 805438

Males : 4,65,346

Females : 3,40,092

Rank according to literacy among theunion territories : 2nd

Sex-ratio : 818 females per 1000 males

Density of population : 9258 km2

Rank according to density of populationamong the union territories : second

Main Language : Hindi and Punjabi

Cultivable land : 1325 Hectares (2008-09)

Irrigated land : 1305 Hectares (2008-09)

Main crops : Wheat, Maize and Rice

Electricity : 3·5 per cent of the total produc-tion of Bhakra is supplied to Chandigarh.

Industries : Woollen garments, Woollenhosiery, Electric meter, Antibiotic medicine,Biscuits, Cycle assembling material, Steelfurniture, Steel goods, Electronic screws,Sewing machines and their accessories, Ther-mometer, Tractor’s accessories, material of

colour photography, Knitting machines,Paints, Radio and T.V. etc.

Universities : Punjab University, Chandigarh,Post Graduate Institute of Medical Educationand Research, Chandigarh.

Aerodrome : Chandigarh.

Tourist places : Rose Garden, Rock Garden,Shantikunj, Art Gallery, National Gallery ofPortraits, Museum, Sukhna Lake, TerraceGarden, Memory Park, Bougainvillea Garden,International Doll’s Museum, Deer Park,Ledger Valley, Long Hut (Kuda Alisher) etc.

Chief Commissioners of Chandigarh● M. S. Randhawa 1 Nov., 1966–31 Oct., 1968

● Damodar Dass 31 Oct., 1968–8 April, 1969

● B. P. Bagchi 8 April, 1969–1 Sept., 1972

● M. P. Mathur 1 Sept., 1972–Dec. 1975

● G.P. Gupta Dec. 1975–15 June, 1976

● T. N. Chaturvedi 15 June, 1976–June 1978

● J. C. Agrawal June 1978–19 July, 1980

● B. S. Sarao 19 July, 1980–8 March, 1982

● Krishna Banerjee 8 March, 1982–2 June, 1984

● Krishna Banerjee 2 August, 1984–30 May, 1985

Administrator of Chandigarh● B. D. Pandey 2 June, 1984–3 July, 1984

● K. T. Satarawala 3 July, 1984–2 Aug., 1984

● Arjun Singh 30 May, 1985–14 Nov., 1985

● Hokishe Sema 14 Nov., 1985–26 Nov., 1985

● S. D. Sharma 26 Nov., 1985–2 April, 1986

● S. S. Ray 2 April, 1986–8 Dec., 1989

● Nirmal Mukherjee 8 Dec., 1989–14 June, 1990

● Virendra Verma 14 June, 1990–18 Dec., 1990

● O. P. Malhotra 18 Dec., 1990–7 Aug., 1991

● Surendra Nath 7 Aug., 1991–9July, 1994

● S. P. Kurdukar 10 July, 1994–18 Sept., 1994

● B. K. N. Chibber 18 Sept., 1994–27 Nov., 1999

● J. F. R. Jacob 27 Nov., 1999–8 May, 2003

● O. P. Verma 8 May, 2003–3 Nov., 2004

● A. R. Kidwai 3 Nov., 2004–16 Nov., 2004

● S. F. Rodrigues 16 Nov., 2004–20 Jan., 2010● Shiv Raj Patil 22 Jan., 2010—22 Jan., 2015

● Kaptan Singh Solanki 22 Jan., 2015—till date

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Points to Remember● Chandigarh a beautiful city is situated at the

beautiful foot hill of Shivalik ranges.

● Chandigarh along with its adjoining areas wasgiven the status of union territory on 1st Nov.,1966.

● The plan of Chandigarh city was prepared byAlbert Mayor in 1950 which was later onreformed by French architect Le Corbusier incollaboration with Indian architects in 1952.

● Chandigarh is the joint capital of Haryana andPunjab State.

● The High Court of Punjab and Haryana Stateis situated at Chandigarh.

● High Court at Chandigarh was established in1966.

● The administration of Chandigarh is lookedafter by administrator. Only one member ofParliament is elected from Chandigarh.

● Near about 1400 hectares of cultivated land.

● Wheat, Maize, Vegetables, Fodder Rice her-bal and medicinal plants are the main crops ofChandigarh.

● Total length of the National Highway whichpasses through Chandigarh is 24·9 km.

● The number of large and medium scale indu-stries in the state are 1343 and small indus-tries are 80,000.

● The electricity needed for Chandigarh issupplied by the projects of adjacent states aswell as central projects. From the total pro-duction of Bhakra, Chandigarh gets 4·7%share of electricity.

● Near about 82·9 MW electricity is sanctionedto Chandigarh which is produced from ther-mal, atomic and gas based central pro-jects.All the adjoining villages of Chandigarh haveelectricity supply.

● By 2021 the population of Chandigarh isprojected to be around 19·5 lacs (at currentrate of growth).

Haryana : History

The glorious history of Haryana starts fromVedic period. This state is known as the birthplace of mythological Bharat dynasty withwhose nomenclature the name of this country‘Bharat’ is associated. The battle field for warbetween Kauravas and Pandavas, the Kurukshetra,is situated in Haryana. Prior to the arrival ofMuslims in India and making Delhi the capital ofIndia, Haryana played a major role in the historyof India. After that Haryana became the part ofDelhi. Prior to the first war of independence in1857 Haryana was anonymous. After crushing therebellion of 1857 the British administration re-established themselves and the Nawabs of Jhajjarand Bahadurgarh, the ruler of Ballabhgarh andRao Tula Ram of Rewari were dethroned and theirterritories were either merged with areas underBritish rule or were transferred to rulers of Patiala,Nabha and Jind. Thus, Haryana became the part ofPunjab and on 1st Nov., 1966 after the reorganisa-tion of Punjab, Haryana became the full- fledgedstate of India.

● The description of Haryana is found in Vedicliterature. The excavation of this place provesthat the development of Indus Valleys civili-zation and Mohenjodaro culture took place atthis place.

● There are different views regarding thenomenclature of Haryana. Haryana is eitherfrom Haryali or Hawar (Loot Mar or Robbery)or from Harinathak or Aryana.

● Haryana was formed on 1st Nov., 1966 as anautonomous state of Indian Republic. Prior tothat it was the part of Punjab state.

● 35·18% part of old united Punjab was trans-ferred to Haryana.

● According to archaeologists the pre-historicrecords of Pre-Harrapan, Harappan, Post-Harappan are found in the excavation ofBanwali, Siswal, Kunal, Mirzapur, Daulatpur,and Bhagwanpura places.

● The famous battle of Mahabharat was foughthere at Kurukshetra. Here Lord Krishnapreached the message of Geeta.

● In olden times Haryana state was known asBrahmavart Pradesh, Brahmarishi Pradeshand Uttarvedi of Brahma.

● Agroha place of Haryana was known as thecapital of Agraigana.

● Sthanvishwar (Thaneshwar) of Haryana wasthe capital of king Harshwardhan.

● The glory and prosperity of Thaneshwar, thecapital of Harsha has been beautifully descri-bed by the Chinese traveller Huen-Tsang.

● The life and cultural traditions of Haryanaduring that period have been fully describedin ‘Harsha Charita’ of ‘Banbhatt’.

● Areno Raja, the Chauhan ruler (1131-51) dur-ing the 12th century attacked Haryana Pradeshand defeated the Tomars.

● The account of progress of trade, art andculture of Haryana, during the Tomar’s rule isfound in Yashistlak Champu volume.

● In 1014 Mahmmud Gajnabi attacked Thanesh-war.

● Bisaldev or Vighrey Raj VI conquered Delhiand Haryana in 1156 and captured Delhi andHansi from Tomars. Thus, Chauhans estab-lished their rule over Haryana in 12th century.

● Balban the ruler of slave dynasty tried tocrush the power of Mewas of Haryana in1265.

● Firoz Tuglaq, the Tuglaq ruler establishedFatehabad (New district) a town in the nameof his son Fateh Khan.

● In 1398, Taimur attacked India and afterconquering, he entered Haryana, alongsideGhagghar river.

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● After devastating Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar,Karnal, Kaithal, Ashand, Tugakpur andSalwan Taimur reached Panipat and indulgedin large scale plunder there.

● The battle between Babar and Ibrahim Lodiwas fought in 1526 at Panipat (Haryana), inwhich Babar won and he laid the foundationsof the Mughal empire in India.

● Hemchand, (Hemu) was the ruler of Rewariduring the reign of Akbar, the Mughal empe-ror.

● In 1556, the second battle of Panipat wasfought between Akbar and Hemu. Due toHemu’s defeat the dream of his expansion ofHindu state vanished and the Mughal empirewas established fully.

● Jalal Khan was the ruler of sub-divisionof Tavru at the time of attack of Babar in1526-27.

● Mandhar, a sub-division of Kaithal in Har-yana was the estate of Mohan Singh, theRajput ruler during the regime of Babar.

● During 1756-57 Haryana was under the con-trol of Marathas.

● In 1761 the third battle of Panipat was foughtbetween Ahmad Shah Abdali and Maratharulers, in which Marathas were defeated andtheir strength was weakened which was a

cause for the expansion of British rule in theSouth.

● While returning to his own country, Northernpart of Ambala, Jind, Kurukshetra, Karnalwere handed over to Jain Khan, the governorof Sarhind by Ahmad Shah Abdali.

● During 1809-10 the entire Haryana was ruledby Britishers.

● Most of the soldiers who took part in therevolt of 1857 at Meerut belonged to Gurgaon,Rothak and Hisar districts of Haryana.

● Brave soldier, Ram-Krishan Gopal of Haryanawas the assistant Kotwal (Chief-Inspector ofPolice) of Meerut, during the time of Meerutrevolt.

● During the first war of independence RajaNahan Singh of Ballabhgarh was the leader ofrevolutionary forces in Delhi.

● During the revolution of 1857 the Jind estateof Haryana supported the Britishers.

● Hisar of Haryana was the political and socialwork place of Lala Lajpat Rai.

● Gandhiji was arrested from Palwal (Haryana)on 8th April, 1919.

● Till after independence in 1947, Haryana wasthe part of Punjab province.

Haryana : Geographical and Natural Location

The State of Haryana was created on Nov. 1,1966 after separating the designated area from theState of Punjab. With the exception of a fewSiwalik ranges in the North and Aravalli ranges inthe South, the entire Haryana is a plain area. TheState of Haryana lies in the North-Western part ofthe country, extending from 27°-39' N to 30°-55'-5" N Lat. and 74°-27'-8" E to 77°-36'-5" E Long.The state is adjacent to the National Capital. It isbounded in the North by Himachal Pradesh, in theEast by Himachal Pradesh and Delhi; in the Southand South-East by Rajasthan and in the North-West by Punjab and Rajasthan and by U.P. in theEast. The state covers an area of 44,212 sq. km,with a 21st place in the country (according toarea). As the flow of river indicates, the northernpart is slopy from North-East to South-West. Theplain area of Haryana is the part of Indo-gagenticplain which has been formed due to the depositionof alluvial sediment.

Physical Divisions

The State of Haryana can be divided into fourphysical divisions :

(i) Hilly area of Shivalik,

(ii) Plains area

(iii) Sandy area

(iv) Dry area of Aravalli Ranges

(i) Hilly area of Shivalik Ranges● This hilly area is the North-Eastern part of the

state.● Its height is from 900 meters to 2300 meters.

● Rivers Ghagghar, Tangari, Markanda andSarswati emerge from this hilly area.

● Huge trees and Limestone are found here. TheLimestone is used for cement manufacturing.

(ii) Plains area● This covers the largest area of the state.

● This area extends from North to South. Insummer it is very hot while in winter it issevere cold.

● Here Shishum, Pipal, Banyan, Mango, Neemand Plumbago trees are found.

● Bibipur and Najafgarh famous lakes aresituated in this area.

(iii) Sandy area● Western part of the state adjacent to Rajasthan

is sandy.● Here small sand dunes are found at places.

Here warm wind blows which causes scantyrainfall.

● Here Keekar, Khair and Thorn trees withXerophytes as well as scrubs are found.

● The part of Mahendragarh, Bhiwani, Sirsaand Hisar districts are sandy.

(iv) Dry area of Aravalli Ranges● The dry ranges of Aravalli are found in

southern part of Haryana.● This range is an offshoot of Aravalli Ranges

situated in Rajasthan.● The limestone and slate are found in these

rocks.● Due to scanty rainfall Xerophytes vegetation

is found in the area.● Aravalli ranges are situated in the Nuh

(Mewat) area of Gurgaon district of Haryana.

ClimateTemperature● Haryana experiences continental type of

climate.● Here summers are very hot and winters are

severely cold.

Haryana General Knowledge

Publisher : Upkar Prakashan ISBN : 9788174823830 Author : Dr C L Khanna

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