Faridabad:

Faridabad pronunciation is a major industrial city and population center in Haryana state, northern India. It is located in Faridabad District. the city was founded in 1607 by Shaikh Farid, treasurer of Jahangir, with the object of protecting the highway which passed through the town. Shaikh Farid built a fort, a tank and a mosque which are in ruins. Later, it becomes the headquarters of a pargana which was held in jagir by the Ballabgarh ruler. Faridabad became 12th district of Haryana State on 15th August, 1979.

Faridabad is about 25 Kilometres south of Delhi at 28deg 25' 16" North Latitude and 77deg 18' 28" East Longitude. It is bounded by the National Capital Territory of Delhi on its north, Gurgaon District on the west, and of Uttar Pradesh State on its east and south. Delhi-Mathura National Highway No.2 passes through the centre of the district. It has an Indian Railway station on the Delhi-Mathura double track broad-gauge line of the Central Railway.

Faridabad is famous for Henna Production on agriculture sector while tractors, motorcycles, switch gears, refrigerators, shoes and tires are other famous industrial products of the city. Badkhal Lake tourist complex, Suraj Kund Tourist Complex, Aravalli Golf Club, Raja Nahar Singh Palace and Dabchick are the famous tourist spots. For the ease of civil administration, Faridabad District is divided into five sub divisions, Faridabad, Ballabgarh, Palwal, Hodal and Hathin. Each subdivision is headed by a sub-divisional officer. Recently Faridabad has been suffering due to the departure of many manufacturing companies. Faridabad has seen Gurgaon and Noida speed ahead in development with lot of multinational companies setting up there.
 
Geography:


Faridabad City itself is a plain bordered by the River Yamuna to the east and Aravalli Hills towards the west and south West. Being in close proximity to the Yamuna the land east of the National Highway is better in quality than the western side. Today virtually all of the land has been filled up with residential housing as the population of the city swelled during the mid 90s.

Much like the rest of India the people of Faridabad rely on ground water for their basic needs which is the gift of good monsoon season. In Faridabad most of the population is Sikhs and Hindus and having lot of Gurudwaras & Temples. Among main Gurudwaras includes Santo Ka Gurudwara, Singh Sabha, Pothi Mala and amongst temples Hanuman Mandir, Shiv Mandir and Ghusain Ka Mandir.
 
Transportation:

It includes everything starting from an auto-rickshaw to the rich cars like Maybach. Auto-rickshaws run mainly on national highway connecting Delhi border and Ballabgarh. Likewise other means of transport are taxis, buses etc. Personal cars and two-wheelers have gradually been increasing since recent years making the city cause of jams and traffic blocks. Trains stop at three railway stations in Faridabad connecting Ballabgarh to New Delhi. Metro rail services are likely to reach the city by 2010 as proposed by Delhi government.
 
 
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