Thanesar . The name Thanesar is derived from its name in Sanskrit, Sthanishvara which means Place/Abode of the Lord. Thanesar was an obscure village until the 1950s. After the partition of India, a large refugee camp was set up here, which became the nucleus of a bustling commercial city. It grew so much that in 23rd January, 1973, a new district named Kurukshetra district was created, of which Thanesar was the main town. Now Thanesar is a Municipal Council. People now tend, erroneously, to refer to Thanesar town as "Kurukshetra". The new district was named Kurukshetra in...
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