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{{Short description|Ethnolinguistic group of Haryana}}
{{infobox ethnic group
| group = Haryanvi
| image =
| flag =
| caption =
| population = 26 million
| popplace = [[India]] ([[Haryana]], [[Delhi]])
| langs = [[Hindi]] ([[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]), [[English language|English]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| religions = '''Predominantly:'''<br />{{hlist|[[File:Om.svg|15px]] [[Hinduism]]}}<br />'''Minority:'''<br />[[Sikhism]], [[Islam]] & [[Jainism]]
| related = [[Indo-Aryan peoples]]
}}

The '''Haryanvi people''' are an [[Indo-Aryan people|Indo-Aryan]] [[ethnic group]] native to [[Haryana]], in northern India. They speak [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]], a central [[Indo-Aryan language]] related to [[Western Hindi]], as well as other similar dialects such as [[Ahirwati]], [[Mewati]], [[Puadhi dialect|Puadhi]] and [[Bagri language|Bagri]]. The term ''Haryanvi people'' has been used both in ethnolinguistic sense as well for someone who is from Haryana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/the-way-tough-haryanvis-speak-18241|title=The way tough Haryanvis speak|website=tribuneindia|date=28 December 2019|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Folk Songs">{{cite web|url=http://web.iitd.ac.in/~singhk/home/Phase1.htm|title=Social Status of a Haryanvi Rural Woman: A Reflective Study through Folk Songs|website=iitd.ac.com|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/no-takers-in-their-own-land-753271|title = No takers in their own land}}</ref><ref>https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-gurugram/20181224/281629601383742 {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref>

==History==
{{see also | History of Haryana }}
Haryana has been inhabited since the pre-historic period. During the Bronze Age period, Haryana was part of [[Indus valley civilization]]. The ancient sites of [[Rakhigarhi]] and [[Bhirrana]] are one of the oldest sites of Indus valley civilization.<ref name="Singh2008">{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Upinder |title=A History of Ancient and Early medieval India: from the Stone Age to the 12th century |year=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-317-1120-0 |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&q=malvan}}</ref> In the [[Vedic era]], Haryana was part of [[Kuru Kingdom]] during 1200 BCE.{{sfn|Pletcher|2010|p=63}}{{sfn|Witzel|1995|p=6}}{{sfn|Witzel|1995}}
The area that is now Haryana has been ruled by some of the major empires of India.
The [[Pushyabhuti dynasty]] ruled the region in 7th century with its capital at [[Thanesar]]. [[Harsha]] was a prominent king of the dynasty.{{sfn|Hans Bakker|2014|p=79}} The [[Tomara dynasty]] ruled the region from 8th to 12th century. They were defeated by [[Chahamanas of Shakambhari]] in 12th century.{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2008|p=571}}
[[File:Harsha Ka Tila.jpg|thumb|140px|''Harsha Ka Tila'' mound, ruins from the reign of 7th century ruler [[Harsha]].]]
[[File:Outer Wall of Lal kot and Rai Pithora.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Qila Rai Pithora|Lal kot]] built by [[Anangpal Tomar]] in 1052]]
[[File:Maharaja Hemu Bhargava - Victor of Twenty Two Pitched Battles, 1910s.jpg|140px|thumb|Portrait of [[Hemu|Hem Chandra Vikramaditya]], who fought and won across North India from the [[Punjab region|Punjab]] to [[Bengal]], winning 22 straight battles.{{sfn|Sarkar|1960|p=66}}]]
In 1192 Chahamanas were defeated by [[Ghurid dynasty|Ghurids]] in [[Second Battle of Tarain]].{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2008|p=571}} In 1398, [[Timur]] attacked and sacked the cities of [[Sirsa]], [[Fatehabad, Haryana|Fatehabad]], [[Sunam]], [[Kaithal]] and [[Panipat]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9Q6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA497|title=The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period: Ed. from the Posthumous Papers of the Late Sir H. M. Elliot ..|last1=Elliot|first1=Sir Henry Miers|last2=Dowson|first2=John|date=1871|publisher=Trübner and Company|pages=427–31}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Haryana, Ancient and Medieval|last=Phadke|first=H.A.|date=1990|publisher=Harman Publishing House|page=123}}</ref>
In the [[First Battle of Panipat]] (1526), [[Babur]] defeated the [[Lodi Empire|Lodis]].
[[Hem Chandra Vikramaditya]] claimed royal status after defeating Akbar's Mughal forces on 7 October 1556 in the [[Battle of Delhi (1556)|Battle of Delhi]]. In the [[Second Battle of Panipat]] (1556), [[Akbar]] defeated the local Haryanvi Hindu Emperor of Delhi, who belonged to [[Rewari]]. [[Hem Chandra Vikramaditya]] had earlier won 22 battles across India from Punjab to Bengal, defeating Mughals and Afghans. Hemu had defeated Akbar's forces twice at Agra and the [[Battle of Tughlaqabad|Battle of Delhi]] in 1556 to become the last Hindu Emperor of India with a formal coronation at [[Purana Quila]] in Delhi on 7 October 1556. In the [[Third Battle of Panipat]] (1761), the Afghan king [[Ahmad Shah Abdali]] defeated the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky |author2=Roger D. Long |title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA300 |year=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-37462-3 |page=300 }}</ref>

In 1966, the Punjab Reorganisation Act (1966) came into effect, resulting in the creation of the state of Haryana on 1 November 1966.<ref>{{citation|title=the punjab reorganisation act, 1966 - Chief Secretary, Haryana|url=http://csharyana.gov.in/WriteReadData/Acts/Re-Organisation/1474.pdf|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref>

==Distribution ==
===Haryanvis within Haryana ===
{{see also | Haryana#Demography | l1= Demography of Haryana }}

The main communities in Haryana are [[Jat]], [[Ahir]], [[Brahmin]], [[Nai (caste)|Nai]], [[Ror]], [[Gujjar]], [[Rajput]], [[Saini]], [[Agarwal]], [[Kumhar]], [[Chamar]], [[Bishnoi]] etc.<ref>{{cite book | title= Bansi Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana|isbn = 9788170249856| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NejXcIusclUC&q=ahirwati+bansi+lal&pg=PA7|last1 = Bakshi|first1 = S. R.|last2 = Sharma|first2 = Sita Ram|last3 = Gajrani|first3 = S.|year = 1998}}</ref> Punjabi khatri and Sindhi refugees who migrated from Pakistan had settled in large numbers in Haryana and delhi.

===Haryanvi diaspora overseas ===
{{expand section|date=July 2021}}
{{see also | Indian diaspora | l1= Indian disaspora overseas }}

There is increasingly large diaspora of Haryanvis in [[Australian Indians|Australia]], [[Canadian Indians|Canada]], [[Singaporean Indians|Singapore]], [[Indian New Zealanders|New Zealand]], [[Indians in Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]], [[Indians in the United Arab Emirates|UAE]], [[British Indians|UK]], [[Indian Americans|USA]], etc.

In Australia, the community lives mainly in Sydney and Melbourne, has set up ''Association of Haryanvis in Australia'' (AHA) which organise events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nriaffairs.com/australian-haryanvi-community-celebrates-teej-mela-in-style/|title=Australian Haryanvi community celebrates Teej Mela in style|publisher=nriaffairs|date=24 July 2022|access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref>

In Singapore, the community has set up the ''Singapore Haryanvi Kunba'' organisation in 2012 which also has a Facebook group of same name. Singapore has [[Arya Samaj in Singapore|Arya Samaj]] and several [[List of Hindu temples in Singapore|Hindu temples]].

==Culture==
{{Main | Haryana#Culture | l1= Haryanvi culture }}

=== Language ===
{{Main|Haryanvi language }}
Haryanvi, like [[Khariboli]] and [[Braj Bhasha|Braj]] is a branch of the [[Western Hindi]] [[dialect]], and it is written in [[Devanagari]] script.<ref>{{cite web |title=Haryanvi |url=http://multitree.org/codes/bgc.html |publisher=Multitree |access-date=6 October 2018}}</ref>

===Folk music and dance===
{{Main|Music of Haryana}}
Folk music is integral part of Haryanvi culture. Folk song are sung during occasion of child birth, wedding, festival, and Satsang (singing religious songs).<ref name="Folk Songs"/> Some haryanvi folk songs which are sung by young woman and girls are Phagan, katak, Samman, Jatki, Jachcha, Bande-Bandee, Santhene. Some songs which are sung by older women are Mangal geet, Bhajan, Sagai, bhat, Kuan pujan, Sanjhi and [[Holi]]. Folk songs are sung in ''Tar'' or ''Mandra stan''.<ref name="Musical Heritage of India">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuWBch2jTqAC|title=Musical Heritage of India|publisher=APH Publishing corporation|author=Manorama Sharma|page=65|isbn=978-8131300466|year=2007}}</ref> Some dances are Khoriya, Chaupaiya, Loor, Been, [[Ghoomar]], Dhamal, [[Phalguna|Phaag]], [[Shraavana|Sawan]] and Gugga.<ref name="Musical Heritage of India"/>

===Cuisine===
Haryana is agricultural state known for producing foodgrains such as [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[pearl millet]], [[maize]], [[rice]] and high-quality [[dairy]]. Daily village meal in Haryana consist of a simple thali of [[roti]], paired with a leafy stir-fry (saag in dishes such as gajar methi or aloo palak), condiments such as chaas, [[chutney]], [[Pickling|pickles]]. Some known Haryanvi dishes are green choliya (green chickpeas), bathua yogurt, {{transliteration|bgc|italic=no|bajre ki roti}}, {{transliteration|bgc|italic=no|sangri ki sabzi}} (beans), {{transliteration|bgc|italic=no|kachri ki}} chutney (wild cucumber) and {{transliteration|bgc|italic=no|bajre ki khichdi}}. Some sweets are panjiri and pinni prepared by unrefined sugar like bura and shakkar and diary. [[Malpua]] are popular during festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/gG7NxOnm6jufRzBYcPdyEN/Haryanvi-thali-Not-just-dhaba-fare.html|title=Haryanvi thali: Not just 'dhaba' fare|website=livemint|date=4 May 2018|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>

===Clothes===
{{see also | History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent | Textile_industry_in_India#History_of_Textile_industry_in_India | label2= History of Textile industry in India }}

Traditional attire for men is turban, shirt, [[dhoti]], [[jutti]] and cotton or woollen shawl. Traditional attire for female is typically an orhna (veil), shirt or [[Angia (garment)|angia]] (short blouse), ghagri (heavy long skirt) and Jitti. Saris are also worn. Traditionally the [[Khadi|Khaddar]] (coarse cotton weave cloth) is a frequently used as the fabric.<ref name=cloth1>Arihant Experts, Haryana SSC Recruitment Exam 2019, Page 13.</ref><ref name=cloth2>Ram Sarup Joon, 1967, History of the Jats, Page 11.</ref>

===Cinema===
{{see also | Haryanvi cinema | List of Haryanvi-language films }}

The First movie of Haryanvi cinema is Dharti which was released in 1968. The first financially successful Haryanvi movie was ''[[Chandrawal]]'' (1984) which spurted the continuing production of [[Haryanvi Cinema|Haryanvi films]], although none have been as successful.<ref name=govt>{{cite news|title='Haryanvi movies need govt push'|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-06/chandigarh/28259020_1_haryanvi-entertainment-tax-hindi-movie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323190345/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-06/chandigarh/28259020_1_haryanvi-entertainment-tax-hindi-movie|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 March 2012|access-date=17 March 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 October 2010}}</ref> Other films such as ''Phool Badan'' and ''Chora Haryane Ka'' followed with only about one out of twelve films being profitable at the box office.<ref name=govt/> In 2000, Aswini Chowdhary won the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] at the [[National Film Awards]] for the Haryanvi film ''Laddo''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Press Trust of India|title=President to give away national film awards on Sept 18|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/20000916/ina16014.html|access-date=17 March 2011|newspaper=Indian Express|date=16 September 2000}}</ref> In 2010 the government of [[Haryana]] announced they were considering establishing a film board to promote Haryanvi-language films.<ref>{{cite news|title=Haryana may set up board to promote Haryanvi films|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/03/stories/2010100359290700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008025813/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/03/stories/2010100359290700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2010|access-date=17 March 2011|date=3 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

==Notable People==
{{See also|List of people from Haryana}}


*[[Anangpal Tomar]], king
*[[Arvind Kejriwal]], politician
*[[Babita Kumari]], wrestler
*[[Baje Bhagat]], poet and writer
*[[Bajrang Punia]], Wrestler
*[[Bansi Lal]], politician
*[[Dayachand Mayna]], poet and freedom fighter
*[[Dhruv Rathee]], YouTuber
*[[Dushyant Chautala]], politician
*[[Geeta Phogat]], wrestler
*[[Hemu]], emperor
*[[Jat Mehar Singh Dahiya]], poet and freedom fighter
*[[Juhi Chawla]], actress
*[[Lakhmi Chand|Lakhmi chand]], poet, folk singer
*[[Mahavir Singh Phogat]], wrestler
*[[Mallika Sherawat]], actress
*[[Manushi Chhillar]], Miss World 2017
*[[Mohit Sharma (soldier)|Major Mohit Sharma]], [[Ashok Chakra]] recipient
*[[Neeraj Chopra]], Javelin thrower
*[[Priyanka Phogat]], wrestler
*[[Rajkummar Rao]], actor
*[[Ramdev|Baba Ramdev]], yoga guru
*[[Randeep Hooda]], actor
*[[Ravi Kumar Dahiya]], wrestler
*[[Ravi Kumar Punia]], Football Player
*[[Rao Gopal Dev]], king
*[[Rao Tula Ram|Rao tularam]], freedom fighter
*[[Ritu Phogat]], wrestler
*[[Sakshi Malik]], wrestler
*[[Saina Nehwal]], badminton player
*[[Satish Kaushik]], actor, director, writer
*[[Santosh Yadav|Santosh yadav]]
*[[Subhash Chandra]], media entrepreneur and politician
*[[Sunil Grover]], actor and comedian
*[[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]], wrestler
*[[Vijender Singh]], boxer
*[[Vikas Krishan Yadav]], boxer
*[[Vinesh Phogat]], wrestler
*[[Virender Sehwag]], cricket player
*[[Yogeshwar Dutt]], wrestler
*[[Yuzvendra Chahal|Yuzi chahal]], cricket player

==References==
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===Works cited===
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* {{Citation |last=Pletcher |first=Kenneth |year=2010 |title=The History of India |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=9781615301225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsujRFvaHI8C&q=Kuru+Kaushambi&pg=PA63}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoRDAAAAYAAJ |title=Military History of India |publisher=Orient Longmans |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |year=1960 |pages=66–69 |isbn=9780861251551}}
* {{cite book |author=Upinder Singh |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA562 |year=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-1120-0}}
* {{Citation |last=Witzel |first=Michael |year=1995 |title=Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state |journal=EJVS |volume=1 |issue=4 |url=http://www.ejvs.laurasianacademy.com/ejvs0104/ejvs0104article.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611142934/http://www.ejvs.laurasianacademy.com/ejvs0104/ejvs0104article.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2007}}

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