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Morni is a village and tourist attraction in the Morni Hills in the Panchkula district of the northern Indian state of Haryana.The village lies at a hight of 1,267 metres (4,157 ft) above sea level and is located around 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Chandigarh and 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Panchkula city.
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.
Karoh Peak is a 1,467-metre (4,813 ft) tall mountain peak in the Sivalik Hills range of greater Himalayas range located near Morni Hills area of Panchkula district, Haryana, India. It is the highest point in the state of Haryana. [3]
Morni Fort is a nature museum and learning centre [1] situated in Morni Village, about 32 km from Panchkula City in the Panchkula district in Indian state of Haryana. The 200 years old Morni fort [ 2 ] in Morni hills was transformed into a museum at a cost of over INR 1 crore.
Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary and Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary are only 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) aerial distance from each other, both are also only few km away from Kalesar National Park, all of which lie in the Shivalik hills of Haryana. All these three sanctuaries have similar species of wild animal that migrate from century to another.
Panchkula district was formed as the 17th district of the Indian state of Haryana on 15 August 1995. It comprises two sub divisions and two tehsils: Panchkula and Kalka.It has 264 villages, out of which 12 are uninhabited and ten wholly merged with towns or treated as census towns according to the 1991 census.
It will reduce the distance from Chandigarh to Delhi, Narnaul, and Jaipur, thus decongesting NH-44 and NH-48. [3] The alignment intersects with 15 national highways, including NH-9, and several State Highways, including SH6, SH9, SH8, SH11, SH12, SH14, SH10, SH16A, SH20, SH24 and SH26. [4]
World Herbal Forest is an initiative of Government of Haryana to develop a forest of medicinal plants in Morni hills, Panchkula district, Haryana. [1] it is a joint task force of the Haryana Forest Department, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, and local people of Morni.