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English: Map titled 'Sketch of the Country North West of Delhi to the Southern Bank of the River Rauvee [Ravi]: including the Districts of Haryanah [Haryana] and Bykaneer [Bikaner]. Arranged from Materials delivered to Government by Mr. George Thomas, Benares, June 1802', created by William Francklin, Varanasi, June 1802. Published September 1805?

Description of the map by Tawarikh-e-Punjab on Instagram (from: [1]):

Here is a map of Hurryanah (Haryana) and Nurrduck (Nardak) country in 1802, it’s clearly labelled. Map was provided by the Irish Raja of Haryana George Thomas in Benaras, in 1802 after he was defeated and exiled to British territories by Phulkian states & Marathas after 4 years of war. You can see original Haryana (minus Panchkula, Ambala, Parts of Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar and Sirsa) is basically lands south of lower stream of Ghaggar, which is de facto border of Punjab and Haryana since times immemorial. Haryana always had its own cultural, linguistic history which has been seperate from Punjab. But since these areas were joined to Punjab in 1858 by the British ...

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Source Included in a book titled 'Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose from an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of India' (1805) by William Francklin, via: [2]
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