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Agriculture is an imperative for the development of an economy because most of the rural population directly or indirectly reliant on agriculture for their livelihood. After the green revolution in 1966-67, there was crop specialization enlarged in India towards rice and wheat in particular. In the 1990s there has been seen crop diversification had been taking place in Indian agriculture to mitigate the risk associated with mono-cropping. Diversification towards high value crops such as horticulture has been taking place. The study tries to analyze the trend, pattern, and magnitude of crop diversification in Haryana. In the study, the researcher includes variables such as, the landholding size, cropping pattern, and diversification towards the high remunerative crops. The study is based on the secondary data collected from various government sources. The study found that farmers of Haryana diversified their cropping pattern towards fruits and vegetables.