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>PQR01: Changing short description from "Airstrip in India" to "Airport of Haryana, India" (Shortdesc helper)

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Changing short description from "Airstrip in India" to "Airport of Haryana, India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Airport of Haryana, India}}
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[[File:airports and seaports map.png|thumb|400px|right|[[List of airports in India|Airports]] and [[Ports in India|seaports]] in India]]

'''Gurugram Airstrip''' (formerly '''Gurgaon Airstrip'''), also '''Bhondsi Airstrip''' and '''Silokhera Airstrip''', is an [[Aerodrome|airstrip]] located between [[Silokhera]] and Bhondsi villages, {{convert|10|km}} south of [[Gurugram]] city center, in [[Haryana]] state of India.<ref name=bhond1>[http://www.airportsindia.org.in/public_notices/aaisite_test/LIST-UNSERVED-AS-ON22NOV16.pdf "List of Unserved RCS airports."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035729/http://www.airportsindia.org.in/public_notices/aaisite_test/LIST-UNSERVED-AS-ON22NOV16.pdf |date=1 December 2017 }}, [[Airport Authority of India]], November 2016.</ref><ref name=bhond2>[http://www.airportsindia.org.in/public_notices/aaisite_test/DETAILS-UNSERVED-AS-ON22NOV16.pdf "Details of Unserved RCS airports."], [[Airport Authority of India]], November 2016.</ref><ref name=bhond3>[http://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/Final%20Regional%20Connectivity%20Scheme%20%28RCS%29.pdf UDAN-RCS Plan (final version, 2016)], [[Government of India]], 2016.</ref><ref name=bhond6/>

==History==
===Air strip===
{{see also | List_of_airports_in_India#Haryana | label 1 = Airports in Haryana | History_of_Haryana#Aviation | label 2 = Aviation history of Haryana | Civil_aviation_in_India#History | label 3 = Civil Aviation History of India | Aviation_History | label 4 = World Aviation History | Aviation_in_India | label 5 = Aviation in India | Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation }}

In 1948, first airstrip was built in Haryana when [[Ambala Air Force Station]] was established. During 1980s, the airstrip, hangar, air conditioned yoga ashram and TV studio were built by former Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]'s favorite godman and yoga guru [[Dhirendra Brahmachari]] who died in 1994 in a plane crash.<ref name=bhond6>1990, [https://books.google.com/books?id=I6R1g9aQqm0C "The Illustrated Weekly of India."], [[The Times Group]], Volume 111, Issues 13-25, p. 35.</ref> Indira use to visit Brahmachari here once a week.<ref name=bhond6/> The 1980s teleserials "India Quiz" and [[Hum Log (TV series)|Hum Log]] (ran from July 1984 to 17 December 1985) were shot here.<ref name=bhond6/> Brahmachari charged INR25,000 per shift for the use of ashram's TV studio facilities here for the shooting of Hum Log.<ref name=bhond6/> In 1983, Brahmachari had written letter to then Chief Minister of Haryana, [[Bhajan Lal]], with a request to acquire 5,000 acre land around [[Aravalli Range]], potentially up to 70,000 acres in total, to build facilities to rival [[Disneyland]], including a yoga research and training centre, a wildlife sanctuary, folk arts and crafts centre, amusement centre and other facilities such as helipad, aquarium, planetarium and games and thrillers.<ref name=bhond5>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/swami-dhirendra-brahmachari-plans-to-open-health-and-recreation-centre-in-gurgaon/1/372342.html "Swami's Disneyland."], [[India Today]], 28 February 1983.</ref> The aircraft hangar still has two ruined aircraft belonging to Brahmachari, likely including a [[Maule M-5]] American aircraft owned by him that landed him in investigations for tax evasions.<ref name=bhond12>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/swami-dhirendra-brahmachari-a-man-with-no-official-standing-but-awesome-power/1/410239.html "Dhirendra Brahmachari: The controversial yogi."], [[India Today]], 30 November 1980.</ref>

This airstrip lies near the "Bharat Yatra Kendra" "Bhondsi ashram" set up by the former Prime Minister [[Chandra Shekhar]] in 1983 on 600 acre of [[panchayat]] land, where another godman [[Chandraswami]] and godman's associate [[Adnan Khashoggi]] (a Saudi Arabian billionaire international arms dealer embroiled in various scandals) use to visit him.<ref name=bhond7>1996, [https://books.google.com/books?id=l05DAAAAYAAJ "India Today"], - Volume 21, Issues 7-12, p. 122.</ref><ref name=bhond8>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/visit-of-notorious-middleman-adnan-khashoggi-leaves-a-trail-of-perplexing-questions/1/317902.html "Creating a stir."], [[India Today]], 28 February 1991.</ref><ref name=bhond11>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/an-escape-to-nature-in-the-backyard-of-gurgaon/story-lasdCPsyY2jIS8UXIwV2dP.html "An escape to nature in the backyard of Gurgao."], [[Hindustan Times]], 20 June 2017.</ref> Before 2002, some of the government land of the ashram was taken back by the [[Government of Haryana]] on the instructions of then Chief Minister [[Om Prakash Chautala]] (in office 1989-91 and 1999-2004).<ref name=bhond9>2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=g_EvAQAAIAAJ "Outlook."], Volume 43, Issues 47-51, p. 102.</ref> In 2002, [[Supreme Court of India]] returned most of the land, barring some land, to the Bhondsi [[gram panchayat]].<ref name=bhond10>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/name-ashram-after-former-pm-vardhan/articleshow/59185541.cms "Name ashram after former PM Chandra Shekhar: Harsh Vardhan.], [[Times of India]], 17 June 2017.</ref>

==Facilities==
It has a kilometre-long runway and an aircraft hangar large enough for 3 aircraft.<ref name=bhond6/>

==Current status==
This airstrip is included in the [[Airport Authority of India]]'s [[UDAN|UDAN-RCS]] regional connectivity scheme to inaugurate new flight routes from the unserved airports in India.<ref name=bhond1/><ref name=bhond2/><ref name=bhond3/>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

[[Category:Gurgaon district]]
[[Category:Airports in Haryana]]
[[Category:Airports established in the 1980s]]
[[Category:1980s establishments in Haryana]]

Gurugram Airstrip - Revision history

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>PQR01: Changing short description from "Airstrip in India" to "Airport of Haryana, India" (Shortdesc helper)