Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Hisar (India). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Deer Park, Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park, and Jahaj Kothi Zonal Museum. Also, be sure to include Firoz Shah palace complex in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Hisar (Haryana).
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Deer Park
Wildlife park in Hisar, India. The Deer Park, Hisar, on Hisar-Dhansu in Hisar city of Haryana state in India has an area of 19 hectares including a 6-acre plot for producing fodder for the deer. Park as 4 species, blackbuck, chital spotted deer and 6 sambar. It also doubles up as the wildlife rescue clinic for the treatment injured wild animals and birds brought here by the people, which are released back in to the wild after the recovery.
Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park is 1 km northeast of the Deer Park.[1]
Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park
The Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park, Hisar, named after the shatavar herb, is a 125-acre herbal park for the conservation of several endangered ayurvedic medicinal herbs. It is located on Hisar-Dhansu road, which runs off 'Hisar-Barwala NH-52', in Hisar city of Haryana state in India.
The Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park is located 1 km northeast of Deer Park, both located on the 'Hisar-Dhansu link road' are run by the Forests Department of Government of Haryana. Vatika is 6 km away from Hisar Bus Stand and 7 km away from Hisar Railway Station.
Hisar Airport and Blue Bird Lake are also nearby.[2]
Jahaj Kothi Zonal Museum
Museum. The Jahaj Kothi Museum in Hisar, Haryana, India, originally an 18th-century Jain temple which was also the residence of George Thomas and James Skinner, is located inside the Firoz Shah Palace Complex which lies in front of Hisar Bus Stand.[3]
Firoz Shah palace complex
Museum in Hisar, India. Firoz Shah palace complex is an archaeological complex in Hisar, Haryana and India, built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq of the Delhi Sultanate in 1354 AD. The original town of Hisar was a walled settlement inside of the fort.
The complex contains the Lat ki Masjid mosque and an Ashokan pillar.
Gurjari Mahal, another palace nearby, was also built by Firoz Shah, for his wife Gurjari in 1356.
The Jahaj Kothi Museum, a past residence of George Thomas, which is inside of the Firoz Shah palace complex, is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.[4]
Asigarh Fort
Monument in Hansi, India. Asigarh Fort, also called Hansi Fort, is located on the eastern bank of Amti lake in Hansi town of Haryana, India, about 135 km from Delhi on NH9. Spread over 30 acres, in its prime days this fort used to be in control of 80 forts in the area around it. The fort is said to be one of the most impregnable forts of ancient India and has been declared a centrally protected monument by ASI in 1937.[5]
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University
Also known as: चौधरी चरण सिंह हरियाणा कृषि विश्वविद्यालय
Public university in Hisar, India. Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is a public funded agricultural university located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the biggest agricultural university in Asia. The university has 8,645 acres of land. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh.
It was initially a satellite campus of Punjab Agricultural University at Hisar. It was established as a university by Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, ratified 2 February 1970 and was named as Haryana Agricultural University. So basically it is considered as the first established university of state Haryana. On 31 October 1991, it was renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. A. L. Fletcher was the first vice-chancellor of the university.
The university publishes the largest number of research papers among agricultural universities in India. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997 and in 2017. It contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India.
Golden Jubilee Year celebrations started in the university on 2 February 2019 and ended on 1 February 2020 marking the 50 glorious years of service towards mankind.[6]