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INDIA - HARYANA
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Date-wise Events |
- April 23, 1966: The Indian
government set up the Shah Commission under the chairmanship
of Justice JC Shah on this day to divide the existing Punjab
and determine the boundaries of new state Haryana giving
consideration to the language spoken by the people.
- May 31, 1966: The Shah
commission gave its report on this day. According to this
report the then districts of Hisar, Mahendragarh, Gurgaon,
Rohtak and Karnal were to be a part of the new state of
Haryana. Further, the tehsils of Jind in (district Sangrur),
Narwana in (district Sangrur), Naraingarh, Ambala and
Jagadhri were also to be included. The commission
recommended that the tehsil of Kharar (which includes
Chandigarh, the state capital of Punjab) should also be a
part of Haryana.
- November 01, 1966: The
State of Haryana was carved out of the former state of East
Punjab on this day on a linguistic basis. The city of
Chandigarh was made a union territory, serving as the
capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
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Description |
- Bhagwat Dayal Sharma became first Chief Minister of
Haryana.
- Haryana is one of the most economically developed
regions in South Asia, and its agricultural and
manufacturing industries have experienced sustained growth
since the 1970s.
- Since 2000, the state has emerged as the largest
recipient of investment per capita in India.
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