On 1 Nov, 1966 Haryana
was carved out from the state Punjab. Haryana state was formed on the
recommendation of the Sardar Hukam Singh Parliamentary Committee. The
formation of this committee was announced in the Parliament on 23
September 1965. On 23 April, 1966, acting on the recommendation of the
Hukam Singh Committee, the Indian government set up the Shah Commission
under the chairmanship of Justice J. C. Shah, to divide and set up the
boundaries of Panjab and Haryana. The commission gave its report on 31 May, 1966. According to this report the then districts of Hissar , Mahendragarh , Gurgaon
, Rohtak , and Karnal were to be a part of the new state of Haryana.
Further the Tehsils of Jind (district Sangrur), Narwana (district
Sangrur) Naraingarh , Ambala and Jagadhari were also included. The
commission recommended that Tehsil Kharar (including Chandigarh) should
also be a part fo Haryana. The city of Chandigarh , also a Punjabi
speaking area of district Rupnagar was made a union territory to serve
as capital of both these states. Chandigarh was due to transfer to state
of Punjab in 1986, according to the Rajiv-Longowal Accord , but the
transfer has been delayed pending an agreement on which parts of the
Hindi speaking areas of Abohar and Fazilka , currently part of Firozpur
District of Punjab, that should be transferred to Haryana in exchange.
Vedic Period Many
settlements dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization have been found
along river Saraswati bed, at Naurangabad and Mittathal in Bhiwani
District , Kunal , in Fatehabad District , Agroha
and Rakhigarhi in Hisar District , Rukhi in Rohtak District and
Banawali in Sirsa District . The ancient Vedic civilization also
flourished on the banks of the Saraswati, and the hymns of Rigveda were
composed here. In some ancient Hindu texts, the boundaries of
Kurukshetra correspond roughly to the state of Haryana. Thus according
to the Taittiriya Aranyaka 5.1.1., the Kurukshetra region is south of
Turghna (Srughna/Sugh in Sirhind , Punjab ), north of Khandava ( Delhi
and Mewat region), east of Maru (desert) and west of Parin. Mahaharata ,
the great epic of India mentions Haryana as Bahudhhanyaka , ‘land of
plentiful grains’ and Bahudhana , ‘land of immense riches’. Several
places mentioned in Mahabharata correspond to modern day cities in
Haryana: Prithudaka ( Pehowa ), Tilprastha (Tilput), Panprastha ( Panipat
) and Sonprastha ( Sonipat ). Gurgaon refers to the village of the Guru
Dronacharya . The great battle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas
took place near the city of Kurukshetra
. Krishna preached the Bhagvad Gita to the reluctant Arjuna there. .For
eighteen days following that, armies from all over India battled in the
plains of Kurukshetra to decide who sits on the throne of Hastinapur . Maharaja Agrasen is said to have established a flourishing city of merchants at Agroha near modern Hisar
. Legend has it that anyone wishing to settle in the city was given a
brick and a rupee by each of the city’s lakh residents. Thus, they would
have enough bricks to build a house and enough money to start a
business of their own.
Medieval Period After ousting the Huns , king Harshavardhana established his capital at Thanesar near Kurukshetra
in the 7th century AD. After his death, the kingdom disintegrated. The
region, however, remained strategically important for the rulers of
Delhi, as it lay in the path of invaders from the northwest. Prithviraj Chauhan
established a fort at Hansi in the 12th century. Muhammad Ghori
conquered this area in the Second Battle of Tarain . Following his
death, the Delhi Sultanate was established that ruled much of India for
several centuries. The earliest reference to ‘Hariana’ occurs in a
Sanskrit inscription dated 1328 AD kept in Delhi Museum, which refers to
this region as The heaven on earth , indicating that it was fertile and
relatively peaceful at that time. Firoz Shah Tughlaq established a fort
at Hisar in 1354 to further fortify the region, and also constructed
canals or Rajwahas as they were referred to in the Indo-Persian
historical texts. The three famous battles of Panipat took place near
the modern town of Panipat . The first battle took place in 1526, where
Babur , the ruler of Kabul defeated Ibrahim Lodi of the Delhi Sultanate ,
through the use of field artillery . This battle marked the beginning
of the Mughal empire in India. In the second battle of Panipat (
November 5 , 1556 ), Akbar ‘s general Bairam Khan defeated Hemu , and
paved the way for Akbar’s reign. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought
in 1761 between the Afghan warlord Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
under Sadashivrao Bhau of Pune. Ahmad Shah won decisively, on January 13
, 1761.
British Raj During the British Raj , most of Haryana
formed part of the Punjab province. Some parts were ruled by the
princely states of Loharu , Nabha , Jind and Patiala . During the Indian
rebellion of 1857 , several leaders from this region, including Rao
Tula Ram , participated actively. Later, during the Indian Freedom fight
people from Haryana took part actively and fought a lot of battles with
them. A lot of battles were fought by not only the Kings of territories
but by the farmers also. British army was defeated at a lot of places.
Some most important fights were from Sonipat , Rohtak , Sirsa and Hissar.
In Sirsa the famous battle of Chormar was fought. Later, leaders like
Sir Chhotu Ram played an important role in the politics of the Punjab
province. Rao Tula Ram was one of the most important leaders of the 1857
revolt .
Like all other states of India, the head of the state of Haryana
is the Governor, appointed by the President of India. His or her post
is largely ceremonial and the Chief Minister is the head of the state
government and is vested with most of the executive powers.
Haryana’s legislature is unicameral, i.e.,
it has one house – the Haryana Legislative Assembly, consisting of 90
members. Haryana has 5 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 10 in the Lok Sabha , India’s national parliament. The key political players in Haryana are the Indian National Lok Dal , Bhartiya Janata Party and the ruling Indian National Congress . The present political scenario of the state is clear and it has a stable government under Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Rohtak, who is presently the C.M. of the state.
Social Justice and Empowerment
Department of Social Justice and Empowerment,
Haryana, is implementing a number of welfare schemes for different
sections of the society. Therefore, the functioning of the department is
citizen centric. To strengthen Government to Citizen
(G2C) services, a dynamic web site containing useful information has
been developed to enable the public to access the required information
about various schemes on any time and any where basis. It will further
improve information delivery system at different levels of
administration and efficiency of the office.
Lokayukta
The establishment of the institutions of Lokayukta is part of an ongoing effort to provide clean, transparent
and accountable government to the people. Lokayukta today are the
institutional manifestations of the need to provide a quasi-judicial
body, which would act as a watchdog to pinpoint wrong doings of the
administration, look into complaints of the victims of corrupt elements
and suggest measures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our
Government. Lokayuktas have been unearthing corruption cases,
recommending measures to redress grievances of the people and above all,
acting as a much needed safety valve to release the bottled up pressure
of aggrieved citizens, which, if allowed to accumulate, would put a
question mark on the credibility of our administrative apparatus. The
very existence of a Lokayukta helps to generate a feeling of assurance
among the public at large, that they have a mechanism to fall back upon
when faced with corrupt public servants.
Haryana
(Haryanvi, Hindi: हरियाणा) is a state in north India. It started to be
on 1 November 1966 as a recently made state cut out of the Punjab state
on the premise of dialect. It has been a piece of the Kuru locale in
North India. The name Haryana is discovered specified in the twelfth
century AD by the Apabhramsha essayist Vibudh Shridhar (VS 1189–1230).
It is flanked by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north and by
Rajasthan to the west and south. The waterway Yamuna characterizes its
eastern fringe with Uttarakhand. Haryana likewise encompasses the
nation’s capital Delhi on three sides, framing the northern, western and
southern outskirts of Delhi. Thusly, an extensive territory of south
Haryana is incorporated in the National Capital Region for purposes of
anticipating improvement.
Framing of Haryana Haryana state was framed on 1 November 1966. The Indian government
set up the Shah Commission under the chairmanship of Justice JC Shah on
23 April 1966 to separation the current Punjab and focus the limits of
new state Haryana offering attention to the dialect talked by the
individuals. The commission provided for its provide details regarding
31 May 1966. As indicated by this report the then locale of Hisar,
Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Karnal were to be a piece of the new
state of Haryana. Further, the tehsils of Jind in (locale Sangrur),
Narwana in (region Sangrur), Naraingarh, Ambala and Jagadhri were
additionally to be incorporated. The commission suggested that the tehsil of Kharar (which
incorporates Chandigarh, the state capital of Punjab) ought to
additionally be a piece of Haryana. On the other hand, just a little
parcel of Kharar was given to Haryana. The city of Chandigarh was made
an union region, serving as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana,
until another capital is produced for Haryana. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma got to be first Chief Minister of Haryana.
Government and Politics
Like in all different states of India, Haryana is represented
through a representative, a to a great extent stately position who is
named by the President of India. The Chief Minister is the leader of the
Haryana state government and is vested with the vast majority of the
official and authoritative forces.
Haryana’s council is unicameral; its one house, the Haryana Legislative Assembly, comprises of 90 parts.
Haryana has five seats in the Rajya Sabha, the upper place of India’s
national parliament, and ten in the Lok Sabha, the lower house. The
biggest political gatherings in Haryana are the Indian National Lok Dal,
All India Forward Bloc, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Haryana
Janhit Congress, Bhartiya Janata Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Indian
National Congress. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a pioneer of the Indian
National Congress, has been the Chief Minister of the state since 2005.
Jagannath Pahadia, likewise a pioneer of the Indian National Congress,
was the state’s representative from 2009 uptill July 26, 2014.sri Kaptan
Singh Solanki, a BJP veteran pioneer has been confirmed as the new
senator on 27 July 2014.
Sports Haryana
has created a portion of the best Indian players in a mixture of games.
In the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Delhi, 22 out of 38 gold decorations
that India won originated from Haryana. Amid the 33rd National Games
held in Assam in 2007, Haryana stood first in the country with a
decoration count of 80, including 30 gold, 22 silver and 28 bronze
decorations. In group activities, Haryana has been the national champion
in men’s volleyball and ladies’ hockey. Haryana is a customary
powerhouse in recreations like kabbadi, kho-kho, judo, boxing,
volleyball and wrestling. Brandishes in the state are overseen by the
Department of Sports & Youth Affairs, Haryana. Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar won bronze decoration in 2008 Beijing
Olympics and silver in 2012 London Olympics and made a world record at
the 2010 Commonwealth Games by winning a diversion in only 11 seconds.
At the 2012 Olympics, an alternate wrestler named Yogeshwar Dutt won
bronze decoration. At the 2008 Olympics, boxer Vijender Singh Beniwal
won a bronze award in the middleweight class. Vikas Krishan Yadav, a
boxer from Bhiwani locale, won the gold decoration in the 2010 Asian
Games in the lightweight classification. Manoj Kumar of Rajound town,
Kaithal locale won athe gold decoration in light welterweight
classification at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Previous Indian
volleyball player Balwant Sagwal likewise hails from Haryana. Cricket is exceptionally main stream in Haryana. Previous India World
Cup winning skipper Kapil Dev is from Haryana. Nahar Singh Stadium was
inherent Faridabad in the year 1981 for global cricket. This ground has
the ability to hold around 25,000 individuals as observers. Tejli Sports
Complex is a Ultra-Modern games mind boggling in Yamuna Nagar. Tau Devi
Lal Stadium in Gurgaon is a multi-sport complex. It became a big deal
due to the Indian Cricket League’s inaugural Twenty20 competition. There
are Astro-turf hockey grounds in Nehru Stadium, Gurgaon and Shahbad,
Kurukshetra. Haryana even has a devoted games school MNSS at Rai,
Sonipat which is subsidiary to Sports Authority of India. SOURCES