Haridwar is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India.
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15 Facts About Haridwar
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Haridwar is regarded as a holy place for Hindus, hosting important religious events and serving as a gateway to several prominent places of worship.
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Pandas of the Haridwar have been known to keep genealogy records of most of the Hindu population.
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Haridwar has a rich and ancient religious and cultural heritage.
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Haridwar was first connected with railways, via Laksar, through branch line in 1886, when the Awadh and Rohilakhand Railway line was extended through Roorkee to Saharanpur, this was later extended to Dehradun in 1900.
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Haridwar has been an abode of the weary in body, mind, and spirit.
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Development of Haridwar took an upturn in the 1960s, with the setting up of a temple of modern civilisation, BHEL, a 'Maharatna PSU' in 1975, which brought along not just a its own township of BHEL, Ranipur, close to the existing Ranipur village, but a set of ancillaries in the region.
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In Hindu traditions, the 'Panch Tirth' within Haridwar, are "Gangadwar", Kushawart, Bilwa Tirtha and Neel Parvat.
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An Edtech startup in Haridwar providing live online classes through visualization techniques.
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Haridwar is headquarters of Haridwar district and it has good connectivity with the other towns of the district and the state.
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Buses from Delhi to Haridwar are available daily, more than 150 buses are available.
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Haridwar is rapidly developing as an important industrial township of Uttarakhand since the state government agency, SIIDCUL established in 2002, set up the Integrated Industrial Estate in a district attracting many important industrial houses which are setting up manufacturing facilities in the area.
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Haridwar has a thriving industrial area situated at the bypass road, comprising mainly ancillary units to PSU, BHEL, which was established here in 1964 and currently employs over 8000 people.
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