Faridabad was founded in AD 1607 by Shaikh Farid, treasurer of Jahangir. The District Faridabad came on the map of Haryana on 15th Aug. 1979 as the 12th District of the state.

The new District was carved out from erstwhile Gurgaon District.

Faridabad is about 25 kilometers from Delhi (National Capital). It is bounded by Union Territory of Delhi on its north, Gurgaon District on the west and State of Uttar Pradesh on the east & south.

Faridabad has well connected network of road & electricity. It is well connected with other parts of the country by rail and road. Most of the trains going to South and West of India passes through the middle of the District. Also Delhi-Mathura-Agra road NH-2 passes through the middle of the District. Faridabad district has six telephone exchanges and about 126 post offices.

There are about 15000 small, medium and large industries in this complex providing direct and indirect employment to nearly half a million people. The combined turnover is estimated to Rs1500 billions. Many international/multinational companies like Whirlpool, Goodyear, Larson & Toubro, Asia Brown Boveri, GKN Invel, Castrol are operating in this belt. Renowned companies like Escorts, Eicher, Cutler Hammer, Hyderabad Asbestos and Nuchem are also operating in this belt.

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