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Kurukshetra
Dharmakshetra | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Bronze chariot with Shri Krishna and Arjuna in Kurukshetra (Haryana) | |
| Nickname: Land of the Bhagavad Gita | |
  Kurukshetra  Kurukshetra | |
| Coordinates: 29°57′57″N 76°50′13″E / 29.965717°N 76.837006°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Kurukshetra |
| Named for | King Kuru |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48 km2 (19 sq mi) |
| Languages[1][2] | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Haryanvi[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 136118 |
| Telephone code | 01744 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-07 |
| Website | kurukshetra |
Kurukshetra (Hindi pronunciation: [kʊrʊkʃeːtɾə], ) is a city and administrative headquarters of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita".
- ^ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). National Commission of Linguistic Minorities, India. 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. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 February 2020.