Sonipat
Sign in to saveSonipat is a planned industrial city and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It lies 214 km (128 miles) southwest of Chandigarh, the state capital. The Yamuna River runs along its eastern boundary. Sonipat was historically known as Swarnprastha.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sonipat
- Settlement.other_name
- Svarnaprastha
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sonipat Junction railway station, Technology Park and Mata Chintapurni Mandir in Sonipat, Haryana
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Haryana#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Haryana, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Haryana
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rohtak
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sonipat
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal corporation
- Settlement.governing_body
- Sonipat Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rajeev Jain
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Article
26 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography and topography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Religion
- City
- Tehsil (district)
- Government and politics
- Municipal corporation
- Sonipat Lok Sabha
- Places of interest
- Mughal architecture
- Yamuna River
- Economy
- {{anchor| Sonepat Industrial Area | Industrial Model Township Sonepat | IMT Sonepat }} Industrial estates
- Transport
- Education
- Colleges
- Universities
- Sports
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Sonipat is a planned industrial city and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It lies 214 km (128 miles) southwest of Chandigarh, the state capital. The Yamuna River runs along its eastern boundary. Sonipat was historically known as Swarnprastha.
On 22 December 1972, Sonipat was designated a full-fledged district. Sonipat Junction railway station is the main railway junction on Delhi-Kalka line. It lies on Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway (NE II) and Grand Trunk Road (NH 44) as well as the planned Delhi–Sonipat–Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System.