+ History of Haryana On 1 Nov, 1966 Haryana was carved out from
the state Punjab. Haryana state was formed on the recommendation
of the Sardar Hukam Singh Parliamentary Committee. The formation
of this committee was announced in the Parliament on 23
September 1965. On 23 April, 1966, acting on the recommendation
of the Hukam Singh Committee, the Indian government set up the
Shah Commission under the chairmanship of Justice J. C. Shah, to
divide and set up the boundaries of Panjab and Haryana. The
commission gave its report on 31 May, 1966. According to this
report the then districts of Hissar , Mahendragarh , Gurgaon ,
Rohtak , and Karnal were to be a part of the new state of
Haryana. Further the Tehsils of Jind (district Sangrur), Narwana
(district Sangrur) Naraingarh , Ambala and Jagadhari were also
included. The commission recommended that Tehsil Kharar
(including Chandigarh) should also be a part fo Haryana. The
city of Chandigarh , also a Punjabi speaking area of district
Rupnagar was made a union territ