About Faridabad

Origin & Development 

            Faridabad was founded in A.D. 1607 by Saikh Farid, Treasure of Jahangir, with the object of protecting the highway which passed through the town. Shaikh Farid built a fort, a tank and a mosque which are in ruins. Later, it became the headquarters of a pargana which was held in jagir by the Ballabgarh ruler. The District Faridabad came on the map of Haryana on 15^th August, 1979 as the 12^th District of the state. The new district was carved out from erstwhile Gurgaon District.

Location & Boundaries 

            Faridabad is about 25 Kilometers away from ISBT  Delhi in 28 25’ 16” North Latitude and 77 18’ 28” East Longitude. It is bounded by Union Territory of Delhi ( Nation Capital) on its north, Gurgaon District on the west and state of Utter Pradesh on its east & south. The river Yamuna separate the District Boundary on eastern side with Utter Pradesh state. Delhi – Agra National Highway No 2 ( Shershah Suri Marg) passes through centre of the  District. It has a railway station on the Delhi-Mathura double track broad-gauge line of the Indian Railway. 

administrative structure 

            Faridabad comes under the Faridabad Commissionerate.Commissioner of Police, Fariabad is Sh.P.K.Aggarwal,IPS and Joint Commissioner of Police, Faridabad is Sh.Arshinder Singh Chawla, IPS . As per Police administration district Faridabad is divided in three parts  ( Faridabad NIT DCP Sh.Maharaj Singh, IPS and Faridabad Central DCP S.Anand, IPS Faridabad Ballabgarh) Faridabad is divided into twelve  sub divisions  and each sub division is headed by ACP's .

infrastructure

            Faridabad has well connected networks of road and electricity. All the villages of the District are connected by metal led roads and all the villages have been supplied electricity sine 1970. Faridabad is well connected with other parts of the country by Rail and Road. The broad gauge railway line of Northern and North- Central Railway passes through the District and most of the trains going to South and west of India passes through the District. Also Delhi- Mathra_ Agra road NH-2, passes through the middle of the district Faridabad, Ballabgarh,  are the mains towns of the District on the National Highway

industry

            There are now about 15,000 small, medium and large industries in this complex providing direct and indirect employment to nearly half a million peoples and  ranks  9^th largest industrial estate in Asia. The combined turnover is estimated to be about Rs. 1500 billion. Many international/multinational companies like Whirlpool, Goodyear, Larson & Turbo, Asia Brown Boveri, GKN Invel, Woodward Governor, Castrol besides, Escorts, Eicher, Cutler Hammer, Hyderabad Asbestos, Nuchem are located in this  district.