Taraori

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Taraori is a town in the Karnal district of Haryana, India, known historically as the site of the Battles of Tarain between Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori.

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Taraori canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeDivision municipal committee ⓘ
agriculturalProduct other food grains ⓘ
rice ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
associatedDynasty Chauhan dynasty ⓘ
associatedEmpire Ghurid Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Muhammad Ghori ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad of Ghor

Prithviraj Chauhan ⓘ
battlefield site of major medieval battles ⓘ
category Cities and towns in Karnal district ⓘ
country India ⓘ
district Karnal district ⓘ
economy agriculture-based ⓘ
governingBody local municipal committee ⓘ
historicalEvent First Battle of Tarain ⓘ
Second Battle of Tarain ⓘ
historicalName Tarain ⓘ
historicalPeriod 12th century ⓘ
historicalRegion northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
historicalSignificance key site in the struggle for control of northern India in the 12th century ⓘ
knownFor Battles of Tarain ⓘ
medieval battles between Rajputs and Ghurids ⓘ
languageSpoken Haryanvi ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
locatedBetween Karnal ⓘ
Kurukshetra ⓘ
linked to: Thanesar
locatedIn Haryana state of India ⓘ
linked to: Haryana

northern India ⓘ
locatedNear National Highway 44 ⓘ
nearbyRiver Yamuna river region (broadly) ⓘ
nearestCity Karnal ⓘ
Kurukshetra ⓘ
linked to: Thanesar
officialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
partOf Karnal district ⓘ
region Doab between Yamuna and Ghaggar rivers ⓘ
Karnal division ⓘ
religion Hinduism (majority) ⓘ
Islam (minority) ⓘ
Sikhism (minority) ⓘ
state Haryana ⓘ
strategicLocation on route between Delhi and northern India ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
transport served by road via National Highway 44 ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

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