Hindi-speaking, primarily Hindu Haryana split from Punjabi-speaking, primarily Sikh Punjab in 1966, but they still share a capital, Chandigarh. Apart from its prodigious manufacturing and agriculture industries, and the precocious Delhi satellite of Gurgaon, Haryana is best known for the Hindu holy site of Kurukshetra.
Founded and designed by Nawab Fidai Khan, who also designed Badshahi Mosque in Lahore (Pakistan), the gardens served as a retreat for the Mughal kings and their harems. Nowadays there s an annual heritage festival (see p200) here.
AB s INDIAN $$ (%2795666; Sector 26; mains 195-525; h11ammidnight; a) Settle back at suave AB s (specialising in Punjabi, Kashmiri and Mughlai cuisine) and savour the likes of tabakh maaz (spicy, marinated mutton ribs), paneer achari (slow fl ame-cooked, spice-andpickle- marinated unfermented cheese) and jungli gosht (spicy mexican plug adapter tomato-based mutton).
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