The name of Panchkula comes from the five irrigation canals or kuls as they were called, making it Panch Kul of five canals, that take water from the Ghaggar in the uphill section and distribute it from Nada Sahib to Mansa Devi. Though the district came into existence in the mid of last decade of 20th century, yet its antiquity is beyond any doubt.
The earliest inhabitants of the district were a primitive people using stone tools of the lower palaeolithic age such as choppers, unworked flakes, cleavers, hand-axes, etc. It has been reveal from Mansa Devi area (Bilaspur), Pinjore and Saketri. The tehsil of panchkula was created in October 1989 by transfering 77 villages of Kalka tahsil and 19 villages of Naraingarh tehsil. Out of these 96 villages, four villages were fully merged in Panchkula Urban Estate. The whole Panchkula district came into existence from 15-8-1995. Now it had two tahsils Kalka and Panchkula.
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