On which date did Haryana come into existence as a separate state of the Indian Union?
- A.1 November 1947
- B.1 November 1956
- C.1 November 1966
- D.1 November 1971
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 1 November 1966. On that day the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 came into force and the Hindi-speaking districts of the old State of Punjab became the new State of Haryana, with seven districts and Chandigarh as a shared capital. The day is observed every year as Haryana Day.
Option A is wrong because 1947 is the year of independence and partition, when the region lay inside the newly formed State of East Punjab. Option B is wrong because 1 November 1956 is the appointed day of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which merged PEPSU into Punjab and created a still larger bilingual Punjab instead of a separate Haryana; Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh date their formation to that day, which is why examiners offer it here. Option D is wrong because 1971 is the year Himachal Pradesh became a full state, not the year Haryana was created.
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Practice Questions
View allHaryana was carved out of the erstwhile State of Punjab under which law?
- A.States Reorganisation Act, 1956
- B.Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
- C.North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
- D.Haryana State Act, 1965
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Parliament passed it as Act No. 31 of 1966 after the Shah Commission reported, and it created Haryana, made Chandigarh a Union Territory and joint capital, transferred the hill areas to Himachal Pradesh, kept a common High Court for both states and set up a board for the Bhakra-Nangal and…
Read the full explanation →Which commission, appointed in April 1966, demarcated the boundary between Punjab and Haryana?
- A.Fazl Ali Commission
- B.Dhar Commission
- C.Shah Commission
- D.Sarkaria Commission
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It was appointed on 23 April 1966 under Justice J. C. Shah of the Supreme Court, took the tehsil as its unit and the language returns of the 1961 census as its test, and submitted its report on 31 May 1966, after which the Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Haryana?
- A.Rao Birender Singh
- B.Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
- C.Bansi Lal
- D.Devi Lal
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He belonged to the Congress and was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Haryana on 1 November 1966, the day the state came into being, heading a ministry formed from the Punjab legislators of the Haryana region.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Governor of Haryana?
- A.Dharma Vira
- B.Gurdial Singh Dhillon
- C.Sardar Hukam Singh
- D.Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
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A senior civil servant, he took office as the first Governor of Haryana on 1 November 1966, the day the state was created, and swore in the first Chief Minister.
Read the full explanation →How many districts did Haryana have when it was formed in 1966?
- A.Five
- B.Seven
- C.Twelve
- D.Twenty-two
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The new state began with Ambala, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Karnal, Mahendragarh and Rohtak, spread over 44,212 square kilometres.
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