Karnal or the Rice Bowl of India) is a city located in Haryana. and the headquarters of Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana. Karnal is said to have been founded by Karna, a key figure in the epic Mahabharata fame, who died at the hands of his half-brother and archrival, Arjuna. It was a place of refuge for British survivors of the 1857 Uprising in Delhi.
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