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Panchkula is a well planned city in the Panchkula district, Haryana. It forms a part of the tri- city area i.e. Panchkula, Chandigarh and Mohali. The city hosts the Chandimandir Cantonment which is the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army.

Ambala is located on the border with the Indian state of Punjaband Chandigarh. Ambala has two sub-areas: Ambala Cantonment (Ambala Cantt) and Ambala City, which has earned it a name of the “Twin City”.

Yamunanagar district came into existence on Ist November, 1989. Its area is 1,756 square kilometers, in which there are 655 villages, 441 Panchayats, 10 towns, 2 sub-divisions, 2 tehsils and 4 sub-tehsils. Before being named as Yamunanagar, it was known as Abdullapur. It is an important industrial town having metal, utensil and plywood industries. Large industries like Shri Gopal Paper Mills and Saraswati Sugar Mills (biggest Sugar mill in Asia) are also located here.

In the very first verse of Bhagwad-Gita (धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः | मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किम् अकुर्वत संजय ||), Kurukshetra is described as DHARAMKSHETRA i.e. ‘Region of righteousness’. Kurukshetra is intimately related to the Aryan civilization and its growth all along the sacred river Saraswati.

It is also believed that the place had been founded by Yudhishthira, the head of Pandavas. Kaithal is a Municipal Council that falls under Kaithal District. The district of Kaithal is a flourishing agricultural area known for its cotton and rice.

It is believed that it was founded by Raja Karna, the eldest son of Kunti and hence the city is called the city of Daanvir Karna.The place got its share of fame in 1739 when Nadir Shah defeated Muhammad Shah here.

It is believed that here a Jayanti Devi Temple was built in honour of Jayanti Devi (The Goddess of Victory) by Pandavas. Slowly the town was developed around the temple hence the name Jaitapuri turned Jind. Another legend is that the Sikh Maharaja Ranjeet Singh named this city after on the name of his youngest queen “Maharani Jind kaur” as this city was under the erstwhile Patiala Riyasat.

This area was also a part of the Nanda, Mauryan and Kushan empires. It is believed that Chandra Gupta Maurya was assisted by Agroha people from this region at the time of his war against Greeks.

The name of the district has been taken from its headquarters Sirsa. It is said to be one of the oldest places of North India and its ancient name was Sairishaka, which finds mention in Mahabharata, Panini’s ‘Ashtadhyayi’ and Buddhist text ‘Divyavadan’. It must have been a flourishing city in the 5th century B.C., as it has been mentioned by Panini.

The present city of Hisar, one of the important cities of North India, is situated 164 kilometers west of Delhi on the National Highway No.10.The city of Hisar was founded by a Muslim ruler, Firozshah Tughlaq in 1354 A.D. ‘Hisar’ is an Arabic word, which means ‘Fort’. But as the days rolled by, the very word ‘Firoza’ was dropped from its original name.

Bhiwani, a city of nearly 300 temples is also known as ‘mini Kashi’ of India. Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district. According to another legend, the city got its name from the name of a Queen of a Rajput King Neem, named “Bhani”. Historically, Ain-e-Akbari also has references of Bhiwani, as it was one of the important centres of commerce during the Mughal period.

The district derives its name from its headquarter town Rohtak, which is said to be a correction of Rohtashgarh, a name still applied to the ruined sites (also called khokhrakot) of two older sites, one lying immediately north of the present town and other about 5 kms.
Traditionally, it was named after Raja Rohtash, during whose reign, the city is said to have been built. It is also claimed that the town derives its name from the Roherra (Tacoma Undulate) tree called Rohitaka in Sanskrit.

As per another legend, this place belongs to Raja Soni, the thirteenth descendent of Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers.It is also believed that the earliest reference of this city comes in the epic Mahabharata and this was one of the five villages demanded by the Pandavas instead of the kingdom of Hastinapur. The other four villages were Panprastha (Panipat), Baghprastha (Baghpat), Indraprastha and Tilprastha (Tilpat).

District Panipat has a very glorious place in the history of India. It is said that, at the time of battle of Mahabharata, the five villages which were demanded by the Pandavas from Duryodhana, “Panipat” was also one of them.

Jhajjar is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state, India. Jhajjar district, Haryana was carved out of Rohtak district on July 15, 1997. The district headquarter is situated in its namesake, Jhajjar town at a distance of about 65 kms. from Delhi. Another legend is that the name is derived from Jharnanagar – a place of a natural fountain.

Faridabad was founded in 1607 A.D. by Sheikh Farid, treasurer of Jahangir, with the object of protecting the highway, which passed through the town. Shaikh Farid built a fort, a tank and a mosque, which are now in ruins. Later, it became the headquarters of a pargana, which was held in jagir by the Ballabgarh ruler. Faridabad became 12th district of Haryana state on 15th August, 1979.

Although the nomenclature of the district is not very old, the archaeological explorations conducted in the region have brought to light late- Harappan sites in the Rewari tehsil. However this type of evidence along with Painted Grey Ware (PGW), Northern Black Polished Ware and Early Historical Ware has been also gathered from the adjoining districts of Bhiwani and Gurgaon.

The ancient city has its references in Indian epics like Rigveda and Mahabharata and it is also known as Brahmvarta, a place where Vedic Sanskriti was developed.

Officially known as Gurugram, this city has grown from a sleepy town to a fast paced urban centre in a very short span. Witnessing rapid urbanisation, Gurugram has become a leading financial and industrial hub with the third-highest per capita income in India.The city’s rise to economic stronghold began with the establishment of Maruti Suzuki India Limited and today it harbours hundreds of Fortune 500companies

The city was named after revered teacher Dronacharya of epic Mahabharata. It is believed that Dronacharya was gifted this ancestral village by his disciples, the Pandavas and Kauravas. He gave spiritual instructions to them at this place.

Today the same place is marked with development, modern facilities and a planned infrastructure. The public-private sector partnership model in real estate development has been the major force behind Gurugram’s emergence as the corporate capital. Its close proximity to the National Capital Region has also resulted in Gurugram becoming a corporate hub of BPO companies, IT companies, etc. in an uptrend in the hospitality industry here, with MICE tourism being the major driving force.

Gurugram with its location on NH-8, closer to international airport, offers world-class commercial development, entertainment centers and shopping complexes

Apart from being a city with throbbing commercial activities, Gurugram is also blessed with quite a few tourist destinations that are worth exploring.

During the Maratha Empire, Mahadaji Shinde, had conquered the most of the region from the Mughals and northern Mewat (Nuh district) came under the of the Maratha Confederacy.

The city is situated at a distance of 60 kms. from Delhi on the Delhi-Mathura highway (NH-2). It is a place of great antiquity, supposed to figure in the earliest Aryan traditions under the name of Apelava, part of the Pandava kingdom of Indraprastha, which was later restored by Vikramaditya.