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The '''Nardak''' ("high tract") is a region in western and northern parts of [[Karnal district]] in northeastern area of [[Haryana]] state of India. All definitions of this area include [[Assandh]], [[Nissing]] and [[Nilokheri]] [[Community Development Block]]s (CDB) in western and northern parts of [[Karnal district]], and it ends in the north of Karnal city at [[Indri]] where Nardak, [[Khadir and Bangar]] areas of [[Yamuna]] river basin meet.<ref name=wolv1/> Sometimes, the definition of Nardak is broadened to include the territories of districts of [[Kurukshetra district|Kurukshetra]]. [[Ambala district|Ambala]], and [[Panchkula district|Panchkula]]. This area is rich in fertile [[loamy]] soil. Nardak is the high tract, hence a sub-region of [[Khadir and Bangar|bangar]] (unflooded) region of Yamuna river basin. <br />
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During the [[Vedic era]], it is was part of [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]] [[janapada]], hence presently has many ''[[Mahabharata]]'' era [[Tirtha (Hinduism)|tirthas]] which are part of the wider [[48 Kos Parikrama of Kurukshetra]]. Nardak area lies on either side of [[Grand Trunk Road]]. <br />
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==Etymology==<br />
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According to [[Denzil Ibbetson]], ''Nardak'' is a title of the [[Kurukshetra]] from the words ''"Nirdukh"'', meaning the ''"painless"''.<ref name=nard1>1890, Calcutta Review, Volumes 90-91, Page 108.</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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Before the re-alignment of the [[Western Yamuna Canal]] (WYC), the Nardak area of Karnal comprised about 150,085 acres with 63 villages.<ref name =nard2>1992, Tools and tillage, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 39.</ref><ref name=nar1>Sir James McCrone Douie, 1916, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=Y2IkAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT277&dq=Nardak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8eDy-KPlAhUHfX0KHUgyDrYQ6AEIPTAE#v=onepage&q=Nardak&f=false The Panjab: North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir], Library of Alexandria</ref> The soil is of a [[loamy]] nature. During [british raj]] the [[groundwater]] use to be [[saline water|saline]] and was not fit for irrigation. Presently, the area is irrigated by the freshwater from Western Yamuna Canal.<br />
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According to [[George Watt (botanist)|George Watt]], a [[Colonial India|British Colonial]] botanist, this area has historically grown cotton.<ref name=nar2>[[George Watt (botanist)]], 2014 reproduction, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=ZihOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Nardak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8eDy-KPlAhUHfX0KHUgyDrYQ6AEIUzAI#v=onepage&q=Nardak&f=false A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India], Cambridge University Press, Volume 4, Page 121.</ref><br />
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According to [[Ihsan H. Nadiem]], during [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] the [[Chauhan]]s of Nardak assisted the [[Company rule in India|British colonials]], raised a regiment of cavalry, and provided 20 [[wikt:chowkidar|chowkidars]] to protect [[Karnal]] city and its [[Civil Lines]]. However, the natives of larger villages of area caused much anxiety to Britishers during the mutiny of 1857 - notably Siwan, [[Asandh]], [[Jalmana]], [[Gonder, Haryana|Gondar]], [[Salwan]], [[Bhalla, Karnal|Bhalla]]<br />
, etc.<ref name=raj1>2006, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=pohuAAAAMAAJ&q=Nardak&dq=Nardak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7noGugqTlAhUIbn0KHX5cCfM4HhDoAQg-MAQ Punjab and the Indian Revolt of 1857], Page 72.</ref><br />
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==Demography==<br />
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The land-owners in the Nardak region are [[Jats]], [[Ror community|Rors]], [[Rajputs]] and [[Punjabis]]. The [[Punjabis]] mostly came from present-day [[Pakistan]] after the [[partition of India]] in 1947.<br />
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The areas bordering Punjab are influenced by the [[Punjabi language]] and culture, while the areas near Himachal Pradesh, in Panchkula and Yamunanagar districts of Haryana, are influenced by the [[Sirmauri language|Sirmauri]] (Pahari) language.<ref>M.R. Madhava Menon, 2002, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=gm_tzXsC12gC&pg=PA6&dq=Nardak+haryana&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitrKmD86PlAhWZWisKHVOnBFIQ6AEITzAH#v=onepage&q=Nardak%20haryana&f=false Criminal Justice India Series: Haryana], [[West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences]], vol 10, Page 6.</ref>{{Verify source|date=December 2019}}<br />
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==Ecology==<br />
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Earlier, Nardak area was favorite among emperors for hunting lions. Area was also abundant in wolves, jackals and wild pigs.<ref name=wolv1>K. K. Aggarwal, 1975, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=W187AAAAMAAJ&q=Nardak&dq=Nardak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR-Y7cgKTlAhWTYysKHXZ2Bf44FBDoAQhKMAY Karnal District], page 2.</ref> Presently, thus area has no lions, and forests have been converted to agricultural fields.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Administrative_divisions_of_Haryana|Regions of Haryana]]<br />
** [[Ahirwal]]<br />
** [[Bagar tract]]<br />
** [[Deshwali]]<br />
** [[Mewat]]<br />
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* [[Yamuna]]<br />
** [[Doab]]<br />
** [[Khadir and Bangar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Karnal]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Haryana]]<br />
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