URL with a query string has hash before the query string parameter in IE9 and IE10

Hi,

I have a webpage url which looks similar to this

https://abc.com/xyz?year=2014.

This URL works fine and the query string reaches the server in Edge(IE11), FF and Chrome.

But in IE9 the URL becomes https://abc.com/xyz#/?year=2014.

as the hash tag appears in the URL the query string is not sent part of the http request. It would be great if somebody could guide me what's going on. Thanks

Ram