Haryana Mixed Quiz: Set 19

During the nine nights of Navratri the unmarried girls of a Haryanvi household shape Sanjhi, a figure of the goddess, in clay and cow dung on the wall of the courtyard or the entrance, decorate her with mirrors, bangles and colour, sing to her every evening and at the end…

Sir Chhotu Ram was born at Garhi Sampla in Rohtak district on 24 November 1881.

The Chor Gumbad is a square domed tomb on a rise above the town, raised in the time of Firoz Shah Tughlaq by an Afghan noble named Jamal Khan, and its height made it a landmark for travellers.

Neeraj Chopra comes from Khandra village in Panipat district and won the gold medal in the javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympic gold for India in a track and field event; he later added an Olympic silver at Paris and a world championship title in the same…

Chaudhary Devi Lal, born on 25 September 1914 at Teja Khera in Sirsa district and known across the state as Tau, served as Chief Minister of Haryana and became Deputy Prime Minister of India in the government formed in 1989, holding that office into 1991.

Pajeb is the anklet of the Haryanvi woman, worn with the kade on the ankles and the bichhua on the toes, and it was traditionally made of silver rather than gold because silver was within reach of a farming household.

Sakshi Malik, from Mokhra village in Rohtak district, won the bronze medal in the 58 kg freestyle event at the Rio Olympics and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal; hers was also the first medal India won at those Games.

He raised the Kabuli Bagh mosque and the garden around it at Panipat to mark his victory in the first battle of Panipat in 1526, in which Ibrahim Lodi, the last Lodi sultan, was killed.

Bajra, the pearl millet of the dry south western districts, is the grain of the traditional Haryanvi kitchen: the daily roti is made of bajra or of wheat, bajra khichdi and bajra aloo roti are standard dishes, and bajra rabri is drunk in the hot months.

Loor belongs to the sandy Bagar country of the south-west of the state, around Bhiwani and Mahendragarh, and is danced by women and girls in the month of Phalgun and at Holi, when the spring crop is standing.

Neeraj Chopra was born on 24 December 1997 at Khandra village in Panipat district.

Ahirwati, also called Hirwati, is the speech of the Ahirwal tract in the south of the state, which covers Rewari, Mahendragarh and parts of Gurugram.

He comes from Nahri village in Sonipat district and won the silver medal in the 57 kg freestyle class at the Tokyo Olympics, losing only the final; his silver was the better of the two wrestling medals India won at those Games.

Jyotisar lies a short distance from Kurukshetra town on the road to Pehowa, and an ancient banyan there is pointed out as the spot of the discourse, with a chariot sculpture and a tank beside it.

The boxer from Kaluwas in Bhiwani district won a bronze medal in the middleweight class at the Beijing Olympics of 2008, the first Olympic medal in boxing for India.

The amphitheatre-shaped tank at Surajkund, with stepped embankments on a hill slope, is attributed by tradition to the Tomar king Surajpal, and the name of the place is taken from his, which is why the modern crafts fair carries it too.

Shahabad Markanda, a small town in Kurukshetra district, is called the nursery of Indian women hockey; Rani Rampal, who captained the national team and has received both the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and the Padma Shri, learnt the game on its astroturf, and the former men team captain and…

The wrestler from Mokhra in Rohtak district won the bronze medal in the 58 kilogram freestyle class at the Rio Olympics of 2016 and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal.

Known as the Haryana Hurricane, he played his domestic cricket for Haryana, led India to the World Cup in 1983 and captained the state side to its Ranji Trophy title in the season of 1990 and 1991, which remains the great achievement of Haryana cricket.

Manu Bhaker comes from Goria village in Jhajjar district. At the Paris Olympics of 2024 she won a bronze in the women's 10 metre air pistol and a second bronze in the 10 metre air pistol mixed team event, becoming the first Indian to win two medals at a single…