Ambala is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-areas: Ambala Cantonment and Ambala City, eight kilometres apart, therefore, it is also known as "Twin City." It has a large Indian Army and Indian Air Force presence within its cantonment area. It is located 200 km (124 mi) to the north of New Delhi, India's capital, and has been identified as a counter-magnet city for the National Capital Region to develop as an alternative center of growth to Delhi.
Panchkula is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite town of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh. The origin of the name Panchkula came from "the place where five irrigation canals meet". It is approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Chandigarh, 105 km (65 mi) southwest of Shimla, 44 km (27 mi) from Ambala and 259 km (161 mi) northeast of New Delhi, the national capital. It is a part of the Chandigarh capital region or Greater Chandigarh. The Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula metropolitan region collectively forms a Chandigarh Tricity, with a combined population of over two million.
Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific and surgical instruments.
Sushma Swaraj was an Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi government from 2014 to 2019. She was the second person to complete a 5-year term as the Minister of External Affairs, after Jawaharlal Nehru. A senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Swaraj was the second woman to hold the office of Minister of External Affairs, after Indira Gandhi. She was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. At the age of 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of the Indian state of Haryana. She also served as Chief Minister of Delhi for a short duration in 1998 and became the first female Chief Minister of Delhi.
Selja Kumari is an Indian politician and a Member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian parliament. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has served as the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment and Tourism during Manmohan Singh's premiership.
Venod Sharma is an Indian politician, father of Manu Sharma and the founder of the Jan Chetna Party. He was a student leader and associated with INC student outfit NSUI. He made it into the political mainstream when he was elected as MLA from Banur in the 1980 Punjab assembly election. In the next assembly elections he lost to Kanwaljit Singh. He was formerly a member of the Indian National Congress, which he represented as a Member of Legislative Assembly (1980) from Banur, Punjab then Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (1992–1998) and as a Member of Legislative Assembly (2005–2014) from Ambala City, Haryana.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Haryana.
Nirmal Singh Mohra is an Indian politician from Haryana. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is a four time former member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
Elections in Haryana, which is a state in India, have been conducted since 1967 to elect the members of state-level Haryana Legislative Assembly and national-level Lok Sabha. There are 90 assembly constituencies and 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Rattan Lal Kataria was an Indian politician from Haryana. He served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment till 7 July 2021. He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha. He was elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Ambala as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 612,121 votes out of 1,220,121 total, defeating INC candidate Raj Kumar Balmiki. Previously, he was elected to 13th Lok Sabha from Ambala as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1991, representing the Radaur Assembly constituency. He was born on 19 December 1951, and educated at Kurukshetra University.
Anil Vij is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party serving as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana.
Ambala City Assembly constituency is one of the 90 assembly seats of Haryana Legislative Assembly. Ambala city is a part of Ambala district.
Mulana is one of the 90 assembly seats of Haryana. It is located in Ambala district and is reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes. As of 2019, its representative is Varun Chaudhary of the Indian National Congress party.
Panchkula Assembly constituency is one of the 90 assembly seats of Haryana in the Panchkula district of Haryana, India. It is under Ambala. It forms a part of a continuous area with the Union Territory of Chandigarh and the city of Mohali.
Naraingarh Assembly constituency is one of the 90 assembly seats of Haryana in the Ambala district of the Indian state of Haryana.
Aseem Goel is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Ambala city in the 2014 and 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and also get ticket from Bharatiya Janata Party for 2024 Haryana legislative Assembly election. and lost Ambala city seat to Indian National Congress Candidate Nirmal Singh Mohora.
Chitra Sarwara is daughter of Chaudhary Nirmal Singh Mohra and a second generation politician. She was a former member of Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal and was appointed as State Vice President, Haryana since April 2023. She joined Indian National Congress in January 2024.
Jagadhri is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly of Haryana, a northern state of India. Ateli is also part of Ambala Lok Sabha constituency. Jagadhri assembly constituency is considered as gurjar dominant. And the number of gurjar voters in this seat is around 60 thousand.
Yamunanagar Assembly constituency is one of the 90 assembly seats of Haryana, India. It is a part of Yamunanagar district and includes Yamunanagar city. It comes under Ambala for national elections.
Varun Chaudhary is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament of the 18th Lok Sabha representing Ambala. He was member of 14th Haryana Legislative Assembly representing Mulana. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.
