Hisar or Hissar
[key], city, Haryana state, NW India, on the West Yamuna Canal. It is a
district administrative center in a well-irrigated area and is a market for
cotton, grain, and oilseed. An agricultural experimental farm is on Hisar's
outskirts, one of N India's largest livestock-breeding centers. Cotton and
silk fabrics are made by handloom in the town. Hisar, founded in 1356,
became important under the Mughal empire. Depopulated by famine in
1783, Hisar was occupied by the British in 1803.
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