Faridabad Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

An industrial city of Haryana, it has been named after its founder, Shaikh Farid, the treasurer of Emperor Jahangir, in 1607 A.D. It was built in order to protect the highway passing through the town. As a town it housed a fort, a tank and a mosque, which unfortunately are ruins today. As of 15^th August 1979, Faridabad became the official 12^th district of the State of Haryana. It accounts for Haryana's largest percentage of revenue generated through the 15,000 small, medium and large industries it houses, and ranks 9^th in the category of Asia's largest Industrial estate, generating a turnover of Rs 1500 billion. Faridabad is also said to have one of the finest