Hariana
Sign in to saveHariana is a town and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is about 100 km from Amritsar International Airport.
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- Locality
- Hariana
- Region
- Punjab
- Country
- India
- Population
- 8,928
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hariana
- Settlement.official_name
- Hariana
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Punjabi,English
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Punjab, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hoshiarpur
- Settlement.founder
- Haria Jatt
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 300
- Settlement.population_total
- 12,800
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025 estimate)
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Hoshiarpur District
- Elevation
- 300
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 1886
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- postal code
- 144208
- different from
- Hariana cattle
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Hariana is a town and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is about 100 km from Amritsar International Airport.
== History == Hariana was founded by a Jatt named Haria and Hariana is conjunction of 2 words Hari + ana meaning the abode of Haria Jatt later the town was sold to Naru Rajput and it became the seat of Chaudhri/Jagirdars of the area during Mughal era. in 1748 Sardar Krora Singh Virk of Karorsinghia Misl captured Hariana and made it his headquarters,later Sardar Baghel Singh of the same Misl made it his headquarters and the family possessed it till Maharaja Ranjit Singh took the area from them
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