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**Hariana**
	Hariana
	Hariana Location of Hariana; in Punjab and India
Coordinates	31°38′N 75°50′E / 31.64°N 75.84°E
Country	India
State	Punjab
District(s)	Hoshiarpur
Population	7,813 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area; • Elevation	; • 300 m (984 ft)

For the Indian state, see Haryana.

Hariana is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Hariana is named after Guru Hari Sen; the guru of the famous singer Tansen. It was a famous music gharana once. Gujjar Mal Vasudev raagi & Pandit Telu Ram were famous singers & residents of hariana. When the mugals entered into India; they made a Quila in a place called Malot nearby Hariana & Hariana was their tehsil at that time. The city has provided a lot of freedom fighters like Pandit Jagat Ram, Lala Lachman Das and Sardar Partap Singh.

[edit] Geography

Hariana is located at 31°38′N 75°50′E / 31.64°N 75.84°E / 31.64; 75.84^[1]. It has an average elevation of 300 metres (984 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Hariana had a population of 7813. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Hariana has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 73%. In Hariana, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. This town is about 100 km from Amritsar International Airport.

[edit] Education

This a center of education for various surrounding villages. GGDSD College is a college which gave educations after independence. Before partition Formally it is HINDU NATIONAL college in Gujrawala(Now In Pakistan). After partition with the efforts of great freedom fighter Goswami Ganesh Dutt ji it shifted to small town Hariana. Since than this college is a land mark to provide good education.In these days Dr. Gurdeep sharma is principal of this college and he is running this college successfully. There are many other school listed as below:-

SIR MARSHAL CONVENT SCHOOL JANAURI ROAD BHALIALA.( C.B.S.E, ENGLISH MEDIUM, CO EDUCATIONAL)

D A V SR SECONDARY SCHOOL SHAMCHOURASI ROAD
HDN SR SECONDARY SCHOOL
DAYANAND PUPLIC SCHOOL
BABA MANJ CONVENT SCHOOL KANGA
MAI BHAGWATI GIRLS SR SECONDARY SCHOOL
KALLAR KHALSA SR SECONDARY SCHOOL
S D SCHOOL
GURU NANAK DEV EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

[edit] Religious and historical factors

This is famous for many religious factors. This is place of temples and guruduwaras. Sitla temple is the biggest temple of the town. GEBI RAM JI DA MANDIR,SITA RAM MANDIR,MEERA JI DA BAAG, GUGGA PIR MANDIR, DHARAM SABHA MANDIR, SATYA NARAYAN MANDIR, lakh data ji Nkkiwal are the beautiful temples of this area. The Ram Lila is famous of hariana. At the time of Dushera this is a center of main attraction. People of the different area visit here and see the Ram Leela. This town has some historic values also. This is place where sikh king BABA BAGHEL SINGH ji lived his last days. Baghel Singh (1730? - 1802) was an important military general in turbulent times of Eighteenth century Punjab. Several dozen Misls had sprung up in country side, which filled the power vacuum after decline of once formidable Mughal Empire. In March 1776, Baghel Singh's forces were defeated by imperial Army of Mughal emperor, Shah Alam II near Muzaffarnagar. The Sikh forces had joined with those of Zabita Khan to march on Delhi but found the Mughals too strong. Further afield at Panipat, they tried joining battle but after several hours of hard struggle had to sue for peace terms. In late 1778, The Sikhs revolted and defeated the Mughal faujdar of Sirhind, Maulah Ahmad Dad, killing him and driving back Mughal forces. The Sikhs then raided further east all the way up to Delhi whose suburbs were sacked. The red fort was captured by the silk soldiers. The sikhs hoisted their sikh flag, the nishan sahib over red fort.Baghel Singh established an octroi post in Chandni Chowk outside the Red Fort in Mughal capital Delhi in March 1783. Baghel Singh Dhaliwal died around 1802 at Hariana. Famous Arya Samaji leader Mahatma Hans Raj was also born in Hariana. Mai Bahgwati school is the first girls school in whole of United Punjab which includes Indian Punjab, Pakistani Punjab, Himachal and Haryana.

[edit] Famous people

Shri Pran Khosla, famous cartoonist
Late Shri Bhim Sain Nai
Late Shri Master Pargat
Late Dr. Sudesh Mitter(ex-mc)
Late Sh. Nihal Singh Khosla (S.S.P in railway police punjab, at the time of British rule)
Late Sh. Shiv Sharan Singh Khosla (First D.S.P in punjab, at the time of British rule)
Late Sh. Gurdial Singh Khosla (ex numberdar)
Late Sh. Vinod Kumar Khosla (ex numberdar)
Smt Bimla Marwaha(President municipal committee)
Sunil Kapila(vice president )
Sanjiv Kumar Sabarwal alias lalli s/o sh ved parkash , acc dealer (Business)
Rakesh Kumar Bahel(ex president)
Baldev Raj Baby(ex MC)
Ram Saroop Sabharwal(business man)
Jagjit Singh Komal(Poet
SmtRANI SHARMA(MHILA CONGRESS PRESIDENT AND SOCIAL WORKER)
Master Khreti lal sharma (Legendary English teacher)
freedom fighter shri Ram Lal Ji

pt. jagat Ram(Freedom fighter)

late master Dharam chand(veteran teacher)

[edit] References

^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Hariana
^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

[0] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Hariana

[1] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

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