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[[File:Sengar River (2).jpg|thumb|Sengar River]]<br />
'''Sengar River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[river Yamuna]] in the [[northern India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<br />
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== Course ==<br />
Sengar originates near Adhawan lake in [[Aligarh district]] and drains [Hathras District ][[Etawah district|Etawah]], [[Mainpuri district|Mainpuri]] and [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur district]]s before it confluences with the Yamuna between [[Kalpi]] and [[Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur]]. It has a total length of 304&nbsp;km (190 miles).<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=George|title=The Geography of British India, Political & Physical|year=1882|publisher=John Murray|page=[https://archive.org/details/geographybritis01smitgoog/page/n217 170]|url=https://archive.org/details/geographybritis01smitgoog|quote=sengar river.}}</ref> The Sengar flows parallel to the Yamuna in Etawah district and is joined by the Sirsa river near [[Amritpur, Uttar Pradesh|Amritpur]]. It forms a [[doab]] with the [[Rind River|Rind]] in Kanpur district. Much of the Sengar's basin in Etawah and Kanpur districts is under [[red soil|red]] [[loam]]y soil.<ref>{{cite web|title=District Gazetteer - Etawah (Uttar Pradesh)|url=http://www.etawah.nic.in/gaz/1.htm|accessdate=13 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="books.google">{{cite book|last=Wright|first=F N|title=FINAL REPORT ON THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CAWNPORE DISTRICT|year=1878|pages=1,147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-poIAAAAQAAJ&q=sengar+river&pg=PA147}}</ref> The 1878 settlement report for Kanpur district also notes that the river is fringed by a series of [[ravines]] that had impacted adversely the fertility of the soil in the river's vicinity.<ref name="books.google" /><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
Sengar - originally called Basind - is said to have been named after the [[Sengar|Sengar Rajputs]] after they captured most of Etawah following the fall of [[Kannauj]] in the medieval period.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bingley|first=A H|title=Handbook on Rajputs|year=1899|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location=New Delhi|page=121|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cc2HyXP5dygC&q=sengar+river&pg=PA121|isbn=9788120602045}}</ref><br />
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== Ecological issues ==<br />
Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation and the discharge of domestic and industrial [[effluent]]s into the river has caused severe pollution in the river.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Arvind|title=Fish Management and Aquatic Environment|year=2006|publisher=Daya Publishing House|location=Delhi|page=272|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y24yoEfIK90C&q=sengar+river&pg=PA272|isbn=9788170354291}}</ref><br />
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Starting point:Ranuah<br />
End point: in Yamuna keotra Katari Uttar Pradesh<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Yamuna River]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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