#language en = Haryana = '''Haryana''' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language|Hindi]]: हरियाणा, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_language|Punjabi]]: ਹਰਿਆਣਾ, ~-IPA: -~[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA|[hərɪjaːɳaː]]]) is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India|state]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India|India]]. Historically it is a part of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(kingdom)|Kuru]] region of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_India|North India]].The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apabhramsha|apabhramsha]] writer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibudh_Shridhar|Vibudh Shridhar]] ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Samvat|VS]] 1189-1230). It is bordered by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(India)|Punjab]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] to the north, and by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] to the west and south. The river [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamuna|Yamuna]] defines its eastern border with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]. Haryana also surrounds [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi|Delhi]] on three sides, forming the northern, western and southern borders of Delhi. Consequently, a large area of Haryana is included in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Capital_Region_(India)|National Capital Region]]. The capital of the state is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh|Chandigarh]] which is administered as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Territory|union territory]] and is also the capital of Punjab. The name ''Haryana'' means ''the Abode of God'' from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] ''Hari'' (the Hindu God [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu|Vishnu]]) and ''ayana'' (home), although it may also refer to the lush green landscape of the state (from Sanskrit ''harit'' meaning green). == Teams == Please add links to your team(s) name here: * [[2010/Asia/India/Haryana/Rohtak|Rohtak-1]] * [[2010/Asia/India/Haryana/OsumClub|OsumClub NIT Kurukshetra]] * [[2010/Asia/India/Haryana/Faridabad|Freedom Lingaya's University, Faridabad]] (The idea of adding another team page is that there many be more than one team in a region/city) == Create a new Team page: == <> In all cases you need to keep the {{{CategoryRegion}}} to allow your page/region to be listed! ---- CategoryRegion