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Ambala Cantonment | |
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City | |
 Grand Trunk Road, at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj | |
| Nickname: Science City | |
  Ambala Cantonment Location in Haryana, India  Ambala Cantonment Ambala Cantonment (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30°21′43″N 76°50′53″E / 30.361915°N 76.8480778°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Ambala |
| Government | |
| • Body | Cantonment Board Ambala |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 55,370[1] |
| Languages[2][3] | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | English, Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | HR 01, HR 85, HR 37 |
| Website | haryana |
Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific and surgical instruments.
- ^ "Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana". Census 2011.
- ^ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ IANS (28 January 2010). "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2019.