The 5th session of the Haryana History Congress was held on December 25-26, 2020 online via the Google Meet platform.

The General President was Prof. Vijay Kumar, Former Vice Chancellor, Chaudhary Devi Lal University (CDLU), Sirsa, and currently in the Department of History and Archaeology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. The Ancient Sectional President was Dr. Akshat Kaushik, Senior Assistant Archaeologist, Chandigarh Circle, Archaeological Survey of India, Chandigarh, and his topic was “Kabhi Sirsa Kabhi Nirsa : An Idiomatic Expression of the Archaeo-historical Investigation at Sirsa”, the Medieval Sectional President was Sh. Brajendra Kumar Singhal, Eminent Scholar of the Bhakti Movement in India and his topic was “Sant Nityanand se mera parichay" and the Modern Sectional President was Dr. U.V. Singh, former Head, Department of History, Sanatan Dharma College Ambala, Haryana.

The valedictory address was delivered by Prof. S.M. Azizuddin Husain, former Head, Department of History, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi, currently Senior Academic Fellow of ICHR, New Delhi. In this two-day virtual conference, more than 60 abstracts were accepted, and 50 papers were presented.