Sirsa (Haryana, India)

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Name (Latin)
Sirsa (Haryana, India)
Other forms of name
Sarsutī (India)
Sarasvatī (India)
Coordinates
76.56666667 76.56666667 29.53333333 29.53333333 (gooearth )
E0750100 E0750100 N0293200 N0293200 (geonames )
Associated country
India
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 136129393
Wikidata: Q1797298
Library of congress: n 86141590
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 29°32ʹ00ʺN 075°01ʹ00ʺE)
  • Jagdish Kumar. Sārasvata home of Kālidāsa, 1985:p. 2 (Sirsa, a district town in Haryana, corruption of Sarsutī or Sarasvatī)
  • Where is it, 1976(Sirsa, 29.5N, 75.1E, a town)
  • Col. Lip. 1951(Sirsa, Pop, town in Hissar dist., near Panjab, India; a town in Allahabad dist., U.P., India)

Wikipedia description:

Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. It is located near the Thar Desert, 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilometers south-west of the state capital Chandigarh. Sirsa's nearest cities include Hisar, Fatehabad, Ellenabad, Bhadra, Nohar, Mandi Dabwali and Hanumangarh. Its history dates back to the time of the Mahabharata. At one time, the Sarasvati River flowed in this area.

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