State (pop., 2001 prelim.: 21,082,989), northern India.
Bordered by the states of Rajasthan , Punjab , Uttaranchal , and Uttar Pradesh and the Delhi national capital territory, it occupies an area of 17,070 sq mi (44,212 sq km). The city of Chandigarh is the joint administrative capital of Haryana and Punjab. The region is the legendary birthplace of Hinduism , and its festivals attract many pilgrims. Most of Haryana lies on the flat Gangetic Plain , an area that has seen waves of migration from the time of Alexander the Great . It came under the control of the British East India Company in 1803, became a part of Punjab in 1858, and became a separate state in 1966. Its economy is mainly agricultural.