Northwest India’s Faridabad city is in the southeast of the state of Haryana. It borders the national capital area of Delhi to the north and is located immediately west of the Yamuna River.

Shaikh Farīd, the Mughal emperor Jahāngīr’s treasurer, established Faridabad in 1607 to guard the main route connecting Delhi and Agra. In 1867, it became a municipality. In 1950, a scheme for the city’s modest industrial growth and resettlement of Pakistani refugees was started.