Shahjahanpur () is a

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, town and district headquarters of

Shahjahanpur District Shahjahanpur is a district of Uttar Pradesh India. It is a part of Bareilly division. It was established in 1813 by the British Government. Previously it was a part of district Bareilly. Geographically the main town is Shahjahanpur, which is i ...

Western Uttar Pradesh Western Uttar Pradesh is a region in India that comprises the western districts of Uttar Pradesh state, including the areas of Rohilkhand and Upper Doab those where Hindi, Urdu and Braj are spoken; it is in the region of Western Uttar Pradesh ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. It is located between

Bareilly Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city ...

and

Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...

, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

History

Shahjahanpur was established by

Diler Khan Diler Khan Daudzai was a Mughal general who served under Aurangzeb and was the governor of Awadh. He is known for engaging in battle and killing Murarbaji, the military general of Shivaji and the in-charge of Purandar Forts. His brother's name wa ...

and Bahadur Khan, sons of Darya Khan, a soldier in army of the

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Jahangir Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was List of emperors of the Mughal Empire, Emperor of Hindustan from 1605 until his death in 1627, and the fourth Mughal emperors, Mughal ...

. Darya Khan was originally from

Kandahar Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city, after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118 in 2015. It is the capital of Kandahar Pro ...

, in modern-day

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. Both Diler Khan and Bahadur Khan were dignitaries in the regime of

Shah Jahan Shah Jahan I, (Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked the ...

. Pleased with the services of Diler Khan,

gave him 17 villages with the permission to construct a

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in 1647, following the suppression of the rebellious Katheria

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

s. The area was then settled by Afghans, brought by Bahadur Khan following one of his campaigns. On 9 August 1925, the Indian freedom fighters

Ram Prasad Bismil Ram Prasad Bismil (; 11 June 1897 – 19 December 1927) was an Indian poet, writer, and revolutionary who fought against British Raj, participating in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918, and the Kakori Conspiracy of 1925. He composed in Urdu and ...

Ashfaqulla Khan Ashfaqulla Khan (22 October 1900 – 19 December 1927) was a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement against British rule and the co-founder of the Hindustan Republican Association, later to become the Hindustan Socialist Republic ...

Chandrashekhar Azad Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari (23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931), popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Rep ...

and

Rajendra Lahiri Rajendra Nath Lahiri (29 June 1901 — 17 December 1927), known simply as Rajendra Lahiri, was an Indian revolutionary, who was a mastermind behind the Kakori conspiracy and Dakshineshwar bombing. He was an active member of the Hindustan Repu ...

conducted a

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of government funds near

Kakori Kakori is a town and a nagar panchayat in Lucknow district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 19 km North of Lucknow city centre. Kakori was a centre for Urdu poetry, literature and the Qadiriya Qalandari Sufi order. On 9 August 1925, ...

railway station. Both Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan were born in Shahjahanpur.

Geography

Shahjahanpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 194 metres (600 feet). It is situated at the junction of two river.

Climate

Demographics

As per the 2011 census, Shahjahanpur urban agglomeration had a population of 329,736, out of which males were 173,006 and females were 156,730. The literacy rate was 67.25%: 71.49% for males and 62.59% for females. Scheduled Castes make up 8.47% of the population.

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is the most spoken language.

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is the second most-spoken language.

Transport

Shahjahanpur is well-connected with major towns and cities in Uttar Pradesh through road and rail network. National Highway 30 links Shahjahanpur with

and

. A spur route National Highway 731 too passes through Shahjahanpur, linking it to the eastern UP town of Jaunpur. Shahjahanpur railway station lies on Lucknow–Moradabad line of

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. Several through trains from Lucknow to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

pass through Shahjahanpur station.

Cultural heritage

Over the years, the Shahjahanpur gharana contributed eminent sarod players such as Enayat Ali (1883 - 1915), Ustad Murad Ali Khan, Ustad Mohammed Ameer Khan, Pandit Radhika Mohan Moitra and Pandit

Buddhadev Das Gupta Buddhadev Das Gupta (1 February 1933 – 15 January 2018) was an Indian classical musician who played the sarod. He used to reside in Kolkata, India. He was one of the artists featured in Nimbus Records' '' The Raga Guide''. Early life and t ...

. Present Sarod legend,

Amjad Ali Khan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (born 9 October 1945) is an Indian classical ''sarod'' player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. Khan was born into a classical musical family (the Bangash lineage of the Senia Gharana) and has performed ...

also belongs to Shahjahanpur gharana.

Notable people

(Freedom Fighter) *

Roshan Singh Thakur Roshan Singh (22 January 1892 – 19 December 1927) was an Indian revolutionary, born in the village of Nabada in Shahjahanpur district of United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh) in a Rajput family, who was sentenced in the Bareilly shooting ...

(Freedom Fighter) *

Prem Krishna Khanna Prem Kishan Khanna (2 January 1894 – 3 August 1993) was an Indian freedom fighter and active member of the Hindustan Republican Association from Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Khanna worked as a contractorKakori Shaheed Smriti page 89 for t ...

(Freedom Fighter) *

Ram Chandra (Babuji) Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur (1899-1983), also known as Babuji, was a yogi from Uttar Pradesh in northern India. He spent most of his life developing a method of Raja Yoga meditation called Sahaj Marg. He founded an organization called Shri R ...

(Indian Spiritual Leader) * Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (Pakistani Islamic Scholar) * Dil Shahjahanpuri (Urdu Ghazal Writer) * Madan Shahjahanpuri (Indian Muslim Theologian) *

Rajpal Yadav Rajpal Naurang Yadav (born 16 March 1971) is an Indian actor and comedian. His breakthrough came in Ram Gopal Varma's ''Jungle'' (2000) with a negative role. Although Yadav has gained widespread recognition for his slapstick comic performances ...

(Film Actor) *

Alok Pandey Alok Pandey (born 30 April 1989) is an Indian actor and model who is best known for playing MS Dhoni’s best friend in the former Indian Cricket Team captain’s biopic '' M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story''”, a negative role with John Abraham i ...

(Film Actor) *

Hira Thind Hira Thind is an Indian Punjabi-language singer and theatre actor. He is best known for his songs like Speciality and Mere Jinna Pyaar. He is also known for his works in theatre. Early life Thind was born and brought up in Powayan in the Sha ...

(Punjabi singer) *

Jitin Prasada Jitin Prasada (born 29 November 1973; ) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed cabinet minister by the government of Uttar Pradesh on 26 September 2021. Earlier, he has been the former minister of state for Human Resource ...

(Former Central Government Cabinet Minister) * Hriday Narain Mehrotra (Writer) *

Jitendra Prasada Jitendra Prasada (12 November 1938 – 16 January 2001) was an Indian politician and a former vice-president of the Indian National Congress. He was also the political advisor to two prime ministers of India, Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 and P. V. Nara ...

(Former M.P.) * Naik Jadu Nath Singh (Param Vir Chakra) * Mithlesh Kumar (Former member of parliament) * Krishna Raj (Former MP) * Suresh Kumar Khanna (UP Government Cabinet Minister) *

Rammurti Singh Verma Rammurti Singh Verma (; 29 July 1950 – 23 April 2021) was an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. He represented the Dadraul constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of th ...

(Former Minister of UP) * Roshan Lal Verma (MLA Tilhar) * Sharad Vir Singh (MLA Jalalabad) *

Salona Kushwaha Salona Kushwaha is an Indian politician and a member of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. She represents the Tilhar (Assembly constituency), Tilhar constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janat ...

(MLA Tilhar) * Yunus Samad Khan (Director of Eden Public Inter College Korokuiyan) * Dr. Gopal Saran Gupta (Scientist)

Education

* Gandhi Faiz-E-Aam College * Swami Shukdevanand Post Graduate College *State medical college shahjahanpur(http://www.smcshah.in) *varun arjun medical college shahjahanpur(https://www.vamcrh.com/)

References

{{Bareilly division topics Cities and towns in Shahjahanpur district Cities in Uttar Pradesh