 Farrukhnagar became a municipality in 1967.Efforts to revive the salt mining by the government failed, after a massive flood in the 1970s watered down the saline level in the wells.The area saw steep rise in land prices starting from the 1990s onwards due to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation in the Gurgaon district, as a result small section large landowners amassed great wealth in short period, which also encouraged public splurging.