Ellenabad is a city and a municipal committee in the Sirsa district of the state of Haryana, India. It lies to the north of the Ghaghar River. Earlier this area was known as "Kharial". Ellenabad is situated as an entry point to Haryana, and is 5 KM from Rajasthan. It has about 33,000 population and is the constituency of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Ellenabad was founded by Robert Hutch, the Commissioner of Hissar during the British Raj, whose wife gave birth to a child in the area. The story is that Robert Hutch was the commissioner of Hisar and his wife Madam Ellena was very fond of hunting. Because the land of Kharial was very grassy with many kind of animals. Madam Ellena always came here for hunting. Once she came here with her companions. She was pregnant. While hunting she suffered with delivery pain. Then her companions took her to Kharial. The people of Kharial served her well and took care of her like their own relative. Madam Ellena got healthy. She was grateful to the people of...
