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| Karnal | |
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Karnal railway station
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Karnal
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| Coordinates: 29°41′N 76°59′E / 29.69°N 76.98°ECoordinates: 29°41′N 76°59′E / 29.69°N 76.98°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Karnal district |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation Karnal |
| • Mayor | Renu Bala Gupta |
| • Member of Parliament | Ashwini Chopra |
| • MLA, Chief Minister | Manohar Lal Khattar |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 286,827[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Haryanvi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 132001 |
| Vehicle registration | HR 05 |
| literacy rate | 75.03%[2] |
| Sex ratio | 12[3] |
| Website | karnal |
Karnal (
pronunciation (help·info)or the Rice Bowl of India) is a city located in the NCR (National Capital Region) and the headquarters of Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana. It is one of the Counter-Magnet cities.
Karnal is said to have been founded by Karna, a key figure in the epic Mahabharata fame, who died at the hands of his brother and archrival, Arjuna.[4]
Education[edit]
Smart City[edit]
Karnal has been ranked 65th (1st in Haryana) among 434 cities in the list of cleanest cities of India under Swachh Survekshan 2017.[6]
Karnal was selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.[7]
People from Karnal[edit]
- Kalpana Chawla, first Indo-American woman astronaut. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members that died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster[8]
- Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- The Great Cs Yachna Madaan, was born on 06 August 1995 in Karnal. She also won the award for the beauty contest in Doraemon Koko festival, Delhi. [9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Karnal (M Cl)". censusindia.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "Karnal (M Cl)". censusindia.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "Karnal (M Cl)". censusindia.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ Karnal. District of Karnal http://www.karnal.gov.in/. Retrieved 26 November 2013. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal, official website.
- ^ "Karnal cleanest in Haryana".
- ^ "Karnal to be developed as smart city".
- ^ http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-only-98-cities-instead-of-100-announced-all-questions-answered-about-smart-cities-project-2410576.html
- ^ http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-only-98-cities-instead-of-100-announced-all-questions-answered-about-smart-cities-project-2410576.html
External links[edit]
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Karnal. |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karnal. |
