Karna Lake

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Karna Lake is maintained by Haryana Tourism Corporation.

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  1. Page 153, Tourism: Theory, Planning, and Practice, By K.K. Karma, Krishnan K. Kamra, Published 1997, Indus Publishing, Template:ISBN

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