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Karnal | |
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K3C Mall, Agro Mall, Sector 12 road, Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Dwar, Super Mall, Cantonment Church Tower. | |
  Karnal Location in Haryana, India  Karnal Karnal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°41′10″N 76°59′20″E / 29.686°N 76.989°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Karnal |
| Region | North India |
| Founded by | Raja Karna |
| Named for | Karna |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Karnal Municipal Corporation[2] |
| • Mayor | Renu Bala Gupta |
| • Municipal Commissioner | Abhishek Meena, IAS[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 87 km2 (34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 252 m (827 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 357,334[1] |
| Languages[4][5] | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Haryanvi[6] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 132001 |
| Area code | 0184 |
| Vehicle registration | HR-05 |
| literacy rate | 84.60%[7] |
| Sex ratio | 996/1000 Female/Male |
| Website | karnal |
Karnal () is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. The city is well connected as it lies on National Highway 01, in the south of the city lies the cities of Panipat and Sonipat and in the north lies Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar city while in the east lies the river Yamuna, on the other end of which lies Saharanpur and Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh on the eastern bank. Karnal was used by the East India Company army as a refuge during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Delhi. The Battle of Karnal between Nader Shah of Persia and the Mughal Empire took place in this city in 1739.[8]
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- ^ "Municipal Corporation Karnal". 16 June 2024.
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- ^ "Report of the Commissioner Aman 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.
- ^ "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Karnal (M Cl)". censusindia.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "History about the city of Karnal". Government of Karnal. Retrieved 7 February 2022.