One November 1, 1966, India saw the dawn of a new state, the
state of Haryana. Now as the state completes its interesting journey comprising
of political, social and economic upheavals of fifty years, let us check, how
much ahead the state has gone.
Haryana was carved on the basis of linguistic believes, the state
of Punjab was divided into two factions bases on the linguistic structures of
the two states. As per the census of 2011, Haryana stands as the eleventh most
populated state in the whole of nation and the journey at which the state
embarked on exactly fifty years ago, is truly worth reminiscing.
Haryana boasts of 44,212 km2 area. Its huge
development in agriculture, real estate as well as other sectors has made it
one of the most prolific states in the whole of South Asia. This is also the
state which received largest investment per capita in the whole of the nation.
Much has been written about the state of Haryana in the
ancient texts. The region of Kurukshetra, mentioned in Mahabharta speaks of the
areas of states which now coalesce to form the modern state of Haryana. Panipat
in Haryana has observed some of the most decisive battles in the whole Indian
history, an eyewitness to the battle between Babur and Lodhis which changed the
fate of Indian subcontinent for forever by entrenching the Mughal rule in India
which then lasted for around 300 years.
The modern
version of the state of Haryana became extant on 1st November, 1966.
The Indian government set up the Shah Commission under the chairmanship of
Justice JC Shah on 23 April 1966 to divide the existing Punjab, India and determine the boundaries of the
new state of Haryana after consideration of the languages spoken by the people.
The commission delivered its report on 31 May
1966 whereby 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 and Narwana in the Sangrur district—along with Naraingarh, Ambala and Jagadhri—were
to be included.
The
commission recommended that the tehsil of Kharad, which includes Chandigarh, the state capital of
Punjab, should be a part of Haryana. However, only a small portion of Kharad
was given to Haryana. The city of Chandigarh was made a union territory, serving as the
capital of both Punjab and Haryana. Today there are 21
districts, 62 sub-divisions, 83 tehsils, 47 sub-tehsils and 126 blocks. Haryana
has a total of 154 cities and towns and 6,841 villages.
Taking about
the physio-graphical division of the state, Haryana has Yamuna plain, Shivalik
hills, semi desert plains and Aravali Mountain ranges too. Yamuna, which flows
through the state’s eastern boundary, has made the state a very fecund land,
thus making agriculture a top occupation around the whole state. Today the state
has a whopping 84 percent cultivable area out of the total net geographical
area with a cropping density of 184.81 per cent.
In
manufacturing business also, the state has trounced many of its competitors.
Gurgaon is truly the hub of the real estate business in the whole nation. It is
home of India’s largest real estate company DLF. Faridabad has come out to be
the biggest industrial city of Haryana as well as the north India. Rohtak has a
complete industrial model township and has Asia’s biggest wholesale cloth
market. Panipat is the home of various chemical companies producing a huge
amount of steel and fertilizers to be exported round the nation.
Haryana State has always given high priority to the
expansion of electricity infrastructure, as it is one of the most important
inputs for the development of the state. Haryana was the first state in the
country to achieve 100% rural electrification in 1970 as well as the first in the
country to link all villages with all-weather roads and provide safe drinking
water facilities throughout the state. Haryana has a total road length
of 23,684 kilometres (14,717 mi). There are 29 national highways with a total length of 1,461
kilometres (908 mi) and many state
highways, which have a total length of 2,494 kilometres (1,550 mi). The
most remote parts of the state are linked with metaled roads. Its modern bus
fleet of 3,864 buses covers a distance of 1.15 million km per day.
In sports too, the state has left no stone unturned in
making the nation proud. State’s famous
wrestling players like Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh
Phogat, Geeta
Phogat and Babita
Kumari.
and boxers like Vijender Singh have made the nation proud in various
international competitions like the Commonwealth games and Olympics.
The state has truly unearthed huge success in its
journey hitherto. The great transportation, agricultural progress is in itself evidence
of the state’s successful ventures. In terms of literacy too, the state has
made immense progress producing a plethora of academicians and also serving the
state’s youth population with decent education system comprising of engineering
and medical colleges. All in all, a great work has been done till now. But
still, a lot needs to be done. Crimes like honour killing and female
infanticide and foeticide continue to besmirch the true progress that the state
has made. Its lowest male to female ratio has tarnished the state’s image
around the nation. Today is the need to effect a strong change in these social
things so that the state can rise up above these stigmas.
India’s experiment with Haryana has been a marvelous one
but still some lacunae need to be weeded out which would certainly take huge
beating.
JAI
HIND, JAI BHARAT
JAI
MA BHARTI
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