Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday directed that gazetteer of each district should be kept in every educational institute and library in the district so that students and other readers could benefit from it.
The Chief Minister issued directions while releasing gazetteer of district Panipat here in a meeting.
Speaking on this occasion, Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu said that gazetteer is a very important document hence marketing of the same would also be carried out so that it could reach to all school, colleges and libraries in the State.
It was informed in the meeting that Gazetteers’ organisation had brought out 13 district gazetteers, two volumes of State gazetteers, besides the reprints of a number of old gazetteers (part A and B) and settlement reports of immense historical importance pertaining to the area of Haryana State.
The volume illustrates the physical features, history, people, agriculture and irrigation, industries, banking, trade and commerce, communications, miscellaneous occupations, economic trends, law and order and justice, general administration, revenue administration, education and culture, medical and public health, social services, public life, places of historical importance and tourist attraction etc. of the district in a fluent and simple language.
Capt. Abhimanyu said, “The Gazetteer of Panipat would serve as an eloquent commentary on the political, social and economic reforms introduced after independence besides serving as a factual account supported by figures and other data — of life story of the district and its people — from the earliest times. The document will serve as an important reference book not only for administrators, planners, research scholars and journalists, but also for tourists and general public as well.”