<P> After the sack of Bhatner fort during the Timurid conquests of India in 1398, Timur attacked and sacked the cities of Sirsa, Fatehabad, Sunam, Kaithal and Panipat . When he reached the town of Sarsuti, the residents, who were mostly non-Muslims, fled and were chased by a detachment of Timur's troops, with thousands of them being killed and looted by the troops . From there he travelled to Fatehabad, whose residents fled and a large number of those remaining in the town were massacred . The Ahirs resisted him at Ahruni but were defeated, with thousands being killed and many being taken prisoners while the town was burnt to ashes . From there he travelled to Tohana, whose Jat inhabitants were stated to be robbers according to Sharaf ad - Din Ali Yazdi . They tried to resist but were defeated and fled . Timur's army pursued and killed 200 Jats, while taking many more as prisoners . He then sent a detachment to chase the fleeing Jats and killed 2,000 of them while their wives and children were enslaved and their property plundered . From there he proceeded to Kaithal whose residents were massacred and plundered, destroying all villages along the way . On the next day, he came to Assandh whose residents were "fire - worshippers" according to Yazdi, and had fled to Delhi . Next he travelled to and subdued Tughlaqpur fort and Salwan before reaching Panipat whose residents had already fled . He then marched on to Loni fort . </P> <P> The area that is now Haryana has been ruled by some of the major empires of India . Panipat is known for three seminal battles in the history of India . In the First Battle of Panipat (1526), Babur defeated the Lodis . 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 Delhi in 1556 to become the last Hindu Emperor of India with a formal coronation at Purana Quila in Delhi on 7th October 1556 . In the Third Battle of Panipat (1761), the Afghan king Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas . </P> <P> Haryana state was formed on 1 November 1966 . The Indian government set up the Shah Commission under the chairmanship of Justice JC Shah on 23 April 1966 to divide the existing state of Punjab and determine the boundaries of the new state of Haryana after consideration of the languages spoken by the people . The commission delivered its report on 31 May 1966 whereby the then - districts of Hisar, Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Karnal were to be a part of the new state of Haryana . Further, the tehsils of Jind and Narwana in the Sangrur district--along with Naraingarh, Ambala and Jagadhri--were to be included . </P> <P> The commission recommended that the tehsil of Kharad, which includes Chandigarh, the state capital of Punjab, should be a part of Haryana . However, only a small portion of Kharad was given to Haryana . The city of Chandigarh was made a union territory, serving as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana . </P>

When did haryana receive the full state status