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{{About|the municipality (municipal corporation) in Uttar Pradesh, India|its namesake district|Saharanpur district}}
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'''Saharanpur''' is a city and a [[municipal corporation]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is also the [[public administration|administrative]] headquarters of [[Saharanpur district]].

Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti.<ref>https://saharanpur.nic.in/history/</ref> A very famous temple of "[[Siddhpeeth Shri Shakumbhari Devi, Saharanpur|Shakumbhri Devi]]" is situated in Saharanpur. [[Lakh]]s of pilgrims visits the temple during [[Navaratri|navratras]]. Some peoples says that it was founded by Sah Ranbir singh, a [[Katheriya Rajput]] nobleman,<ref name="indiatvnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/india-s-agrawal-community-its-history-and-prominent- personalities -18629.html|title=India's Agrawal community: Its history and prominent personalities|last=Desk|first=India TV News|date=2012-11-16|website=Indiatvnews.com|language=en|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref> who laid the foundations of the present-day city on the site of an [[Cantonment|army cantonment]].

Saharanpur is declared as one amongst the 100 Smart Cities by [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|MOUD]] as a part of [[Smart Cities Mission]] of the [[Government of India]].

==History==
{{See also|Saharanpur division|History of Uttar Pradesh}}

===Maratha rule (1757–1803 AD)===
In 1757, the [[Maratha Army]] invaded the Saharanpur region, which resulted in Najeeb-ud-Daula losing control of Saharanpur to the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] rulers [[Raghunathrao|Raghunath Rao]] and [[Malharao Holkar]]. The conflict between [[Rohilla]]s and Marathas came to an end on 18{{nbsp}}December 1788 with the arrest of [[Ghulam Kadir|Ghulam Qadir]], the grandson of [[Najib ad-Dawlah|Najeeb-ud-Daula]], who was defeated by the Maratha general [[Mahadji Scindia|Mahadaji Scindia]]. The most significant contribution of Nawab Ghulam Qadir to Saharanpur city is the Nawab Ganj area and the Ahmedabadi fortress therein, which still stands. The death of Ghulam Qadir put an end to the Rohilla administration in Saharanpur and it became the northernmost district of the [[Maratha Empire]]. Ghani Bahadur Banda was appointed its first Maratha governor. The Maratha Regime saw the construction of the [[Bhuteshwar Temple]] and Bagheshwar Temple in Saharanpur city. In 1803, following the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]], when [[British East India Company]] defeated the Maratha Empire, Saharanpur came under British suzerainty.

===British colonial period (1803–1947 AD)===
When [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|India rebelled in 1857]] against the foreign Company's occupation, now referred to as the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|First War of Indian Independence]], the Saharanpur and the present-day [[Muzaffarnagar]] Districts were part of that uprising. The centre of freedom fighters' operations was [[Shamli]], a small town in the Muzaffarnagar region which was liberated for some time. After the uprising failed, British retribution was severe. Death and destruction were particularly directed against Muslims of the region, whom the British considered as the main instigators of the rebellion; Muslim society was devastated beyond recognition. When social reconstruction started, the cultural and political history of Muslims began to revolve around [[Deoband]] and [[Aligarh]]. Maulana [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi|Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi]] and Maulana [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]], both proponents of the reformer [[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi|Shah Waliullah]]'s ideology for social and political rejuvenation, established a school in Deoband in 1867. It found popularity and global recognition as the [[Darul Uloom Deoband|Darul Uloom]]. Its founders' mission was twofold: to raise and spread a team of scholars able to awaken the religious and social consciousness of Muslims through peaceful methods and to make efforts, through them, to educate Muslims in their faith and culture; and to bring about a feeling of nationalism and national unity by promoting the concept of [[Hindu–Muslim unity|Hindu-Muslim unity]] and a [[Akhand Bharat|united India]]. Muslim scholars in the city of Saharanpur were active supporters of this ideology and went on to establish the [[Mazahir Uloom|Mazahirul Uloom Saharanpur]] theological seminary six months later.

==Geography and climate==
Saharanpur is located at {{coord|29.97|N|77.55|E|}}, about {{convert|140|km}} south-southeast of [[Chandigarh]], {{convert|170|km}} north-northeast of [[Delhi]], {{convert|65|km}} north-northeast of [[Shamli]] and about {{convert|61|km}} south-west of [[Dehradun]]. It has an average elevation of {{convert|269|m}}. Saharanpur is a part of a geographical [[doab]] region. Saharanpur district join four states together [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]] and [[Haryana]].

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==Demographics==
[[File:Weeks Edwin Lord Indian Barbers Saharanpore.jpg|thumb|Barbers in Saharanpur, a painting by [[Edwin Lord Weeks]] (1849–1903)]]
{{India census population
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| 1911=62850
| 1921=62261
| 1931=78665
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|footnote= Source<ref name="dchb a">{{cite book|title=District Census Handbook Saharanpur Part-A|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh|location=Lucknow|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0901_PART_A_DCHB_SAHARANPUR.pdf}}</ref>{{rp|470–471}}
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According to the [[2011 Indian census]], Saharanpur had a population of 705,478, 12.5% of whom were under the age of six, living in 129,856 households within the municipal corporation limits.<ref name="dchb b">{{cite book|title=District Census Handbook Saharanpur Part-B|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh|location=Lucknow|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0901_PART_B_DCHB_SAHARANPUR.pdf}}</ref>{{rp|26-27}} The city is spread over an area of {{convert|46.74|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}} and with a population density of {{convert|15093.67|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on}}, is the [[List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population|eleventh most populous city]] in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 7 July 2012 }}</ref> Saharanpur had a population of 455,754 in 2001 and 374,945 in 1991.<ref name="dchb a" />

[[Male]]s constitute of 52.7% of the total population while [[female]]s constitute of 47.3% of the total population and thus, the city has a [[Human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 891 females for every 1,000 males. The city has an average literacy rate of 76.32%. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] account for 14.2% and 0.1% of the population respectively.<ref name="dchb b" /> There are 233,196 people, constituting about 33% of the total population, who live in slums in the city.<ref name="dchb a" />

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Roughly half of the city's population are [[Hindu]]s, who form a slight majority, while [[Muslim]]s constitute about forty five percent of the total population. [[Sikh]]s and [[Jain]]s are also present in smaller numbers.<ref name=census2011 />

The most widely spoken language in Saharanpur is [[Hindi language|Hindi]], which alongwith [[Urdu language|Urdu]] is the official language of Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=20 December 2018|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> There are significant numbers of Urdu and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] speakers, while [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]] is also spoken by some people.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref> The standard dialect of Hindi spoken is the [[Kauravi dialect|Khari Boli dialect]].<ref name="ref04piyuq">{{Citation | title=An Outline of the cultural history of India | author=Syed Abdul Latif | publisher=Oriental Books, 1979 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SHNDAAAAYAAJ | quote=... Khari Boli is spoken as mother-tongue in the following areas: (1) East of the Ganges, in the districts of Rampur, Bijnor and Moradabad,Bareilly, (2) between the Ganges and the Jamuna, in the districts of Meerut, Muzaffar Nagar, Azamgarh, Varanasi, May, Saharanpur and in the plain district of Dehradun, and (3) West of the Jamuna, in the urban areas of Delhi and Karnal and the eastern part of Ambala district ...| year=1958 }}</ref>

== Government and politics ==
Saharanpur city is governed by Saharanpur Municipal Corporation, erstwhile Municipal Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Municipalities {{!}} District Saharanpur, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India|url=https://saharanpur.nic.in/municipalities/|access-date=2020-09-17|language=en-US}}</ref> The city is divided into 4 zones and 70 [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|wards]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ward Map|url=http://www.saharanpurnagarnigam.in/img/Ward%20Map.JPG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917072047/http://www.saharanpurnagarnigam.in/img/Ward%20Map.JPG|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-09-17|access-date=17 September 2020|website=Saharanpur Nagar Nigam}}</ref> represented by 70 [[councillor]]s who were elected by municipal or local elections in 2017 for a five-year term.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com News|date=2017-12-02|title=Saharanpur Municipal Corporation Election 2017 Results Winners' List|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/saharanpur-nagar-nigam-elections-2017-results-winners-list-names-of-winning-candidates-of-bjp-bsp-sp-congress-aap-aimim-in-up-2701934/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref> The head of the administrative wing is the Municipal Commissioner, currently Gyanendra Singh<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-10|title=UP's unique ATMs installed to sensitize hands and discharge Masks for only ₹5, initiative receives praises|url=https://www.theyouth.in/2020/09/10/ups-unique-atms-installed-to-sensitize-hands-and-discharge-masks-for-only-%e2%82%b95-initiative-receives-praises/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=The Youth|language=en-US}}</ref> while the head of the elected wing is the [[Mayor]] Sanjeev Walia from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sanjeev Walia(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SAHARANPUR(SAHARANPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=http://myneta.info/uplb2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=3663|access-date=2020-09-17|website=myneta.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-01|title=Saharanpur Mayor Election Result 2017: BJP's Sanjeev Walia wins by 1200 votes|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/saharanpur-municipal-corporation-nagar-nigam-elections-mayor-polls-results-2017-live-updates/955081/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref>

The city is also part of the [[Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saharanpur Lok Sabha]] constituency, which elected [[Haji Fazlur Rehman]] from the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] in 2019 as the [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-22|title=BSP announces first list of candidates, banks on Gujjar-Jat-Muslim support|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/bsp-releases-first-list-of-11-candidates-danish-ali-to-contest-from-amroha/story-K1Xs7CjazbNZmPPJbnMTyO.html|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/AlphabeticalList.aspx|access-date=2020-09-17|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> and part of the [[Saharanpur (Assembly constituency)|Saharanpur Assembly constituency]] that elected [[Masood Akhtar (Politician)|Masood Akhtar]] from the [[Indian National Congress]] in 2017 as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saharanpur Election Results 2017: Masood Akhtar of Congress Wins|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/saharanpur-election-results-2017-masood-akhtar-of-congress-wins-1358579.html|access-date=2020-09-17|website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Masood Akhtar(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- SAHARANPUR(SAHARANPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=1122|access-date=2020-09-17|website=myneta.info}}</ref>

=== Civic utilities ===
There is only one [[Sewage treatment|sewage treatment plant]] located in Saharanpur,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-16|title=Untapped drains, under-used STPs continue to pollute Hindon, Yamuna rivers|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/untapped-drains-under-used-stps-continue-to-pollute-hindon-yamuna-rivers/story-L65Pao3YOiPOEYYawjlR5O.html|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> while most of the waste water is discharged into the [[Hindon River|Hindon]] river, further polluting it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-16|title=New plan on the anvil to restore polluted stretches of Hindon river|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/new-plan-on-the-anvil-to-restore-polluted-stretches-of-hindon-river/story-jkI7GP1SyFiVGH8A6gE1AN.html|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Culture==
===Places of interest===
The Saharanpur Botanical Gardens, known as the Company Garden and once the preserve of British East India Company, is one of the oldest existing gardens in India, dating to before 1750. Then named Farahat-Bakhsh, it was originally a pleasure ground set out by a local chief, Intazam ud-ullah. In 1817, it was acquired by the British East India Company<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PjfVFGM4p6wC&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&dq=Farahat-Bakhsh&source=bl&ots=nYmwaJfiPb&sig=f0ofrNx-JEbCaQzfYLsnXIGBvO4&hl=en&ei=9jjPSfyhH6a2tAOqkuSiAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result Sharad Singh Negi, ''Biodiversity and its conservation in India''] 2nd revised ed. New Delhi, Indus Publishing (2008) {{ISBN|978-81-7387-211-2}}</ref> and placed under the authority of the District [[Surgeon]]. [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]] says of this Botanical Garden that "''Amongst its greatest triumphs may be considered the introduction of the tea-plant from China, a fact I allude to, as many of my English readers may not be aware that the establishment of the tea-trade in the [[Himalaya]] and [[Assam]] is almost entirely the work of the superintendents of the gardens of [[Calcutta]] and Seharunpore.''"<ref>"Joseph Dalton Hooker, ''Himalayan Journals, or Notes of a Naturalist ...,'' Kew (1854), vol. I, p. 5.</ref>

In 1887, when the [[Botanical Survey of India]] was set up to reform the country's [[botany|botanical sciences]], Saharanpur became the centre for the survey of the northern Indian [[flora]]. The Garden is seen historically as being second only to the [[Indian Botanical Gardens|Calcutta Gardens]] for its contribution to science and economy in India. Under private auspices today, it is full of greenery and has many different kinds of plants and flowers.<ref>[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/online-exhibitions/art-themes/india/more/lily_more_info.htm Saharanpur Botanic Garden]</ref>

== Transport ==
[[File:Saharanpur Railway Station, Uttar Pradesh.jpg|thumb|A train passing through [[Saharanpur railway station|Saharanpur Railway Station]]|225x225px]]
Two major National Highways pass through Saharanpur — [[National Highway 709B (India)|NH 709B]] and [[National Highway 344 (India)|NH 344]]. The NH 709B originates in Saharanpur and connects it to [[Delhi]] via [[Shamli]] and [[Baghpat]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/180449.pdf|title=New National Highway 709B notification - GOI|website=[[The Gazette of India]]|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref> while the NH 344 connects Saharanpur with [[Ambala]], [[Yamunanagar]] and [[Roorkee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of Indian National Highways|website=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331002823/http://www.morth.nic.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=31 March 2012|access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> [[State Highway 57 (Uttar Pradesh)|Uttar Pradesh State Highway 57]], commonly known as Delhi-Yamunotri highway, also passes through the city.<ref name=UPPWDSHList>{{cite web|title=Complete Road_Detail's_SH |url=http://uppwd.up.nic.in/pdf/SH_Road_List.pdf |date=2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611081808/http://uppwd.up.nic.in/pdf/SH_Road_List.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2016 |publisher=Public Works Department, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] |access-date=12 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Delhi–Saharanpur–Dehradun Expressway]] has also been proposed, which will be ready by March 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=goyal |first1=raghav |title=Centre Gives In-Principle Approval For Dehradun-Delhi Expressway |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/centre-gives-in-principle-approval-for-construction-of-dehradun-delhi-expressway |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=TheQuint |date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=K. Dash |first1=Dipak |title=23 new expressways and highways coming up in next 5 years {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/23-expressways-new-highways-coming-up-in-next-5-years/articleshow/77526921.cms |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

[[Saharanpur Junction railway station|Saharanpur Junction]] is the primary railway station serving the city. The station is under the administrative control of [[Ambala railway division]] of the [[Northern Railways]],<ref name=amb1>[http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,263,314,319 Ambala Division map and history].</ref> and is located at the junction of [[Moradabad–Ambala line]], [[Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line]] and the [[Delhi–Shamli–Saharanpur line]]. Saharanpur was connected with rail lines when the [[Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway]] completed the {{convert|483|km|mi|0|adj=mid|-long}} {{stnlnk|Amritsar}}–{{stnlnk|Ambala Cantonment Junction||Ambala}}–{{stnlnk|Saharanpur}}–{{stnlnk|Ghaziabad}} line in 1870 connecting {{stnlnk|Multan Cantonment||Multan}} (now in Pakistan) with {{stnlnk|Delhi Junction||Delhi}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899) |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html| access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref> Another line connecting Saharanpur with [[Moradabad]] was completed in 1886.<ref name=orr>{{cite web | url = http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.html | title = Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway | publisher = Management Ebooks | access-date = 17 January 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140111051716/http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.html | archive-date = 11 January 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title = IR History – Early Days II (1870–1899)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 17 January 2014}}</ref>

The Shahdara–Saharanpur light railway connecting [[Shahdara]] in Delhi with Saharanpur was opened to traffic in 1907. The railway was built in {{RailGauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} [[Narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] and total length was {{convert|94.24|mi|km}}.<ref name="Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway">{{cite web|url= http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Shahdara-Saharanpur_Light_Railway | title=Shahdara–Saharanpur light railway | publisher= fibis| access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=lightrailway>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/steam/sslr.html | title=Shahdara–Saharanpur light railway |last= R. Sivaramakrishnan| publisher= IRFCA| access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IR V">{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html |title= IR History Part V (1970–1995)|publisher= IRFCA| access-date=8 March 2014}}</ref> However, due to increasing losses, the railway was closed in 1970. It was later converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}} broad gauge and was repopened in the late 1970s.<ref name=lightrailway>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/steam/sslr.html | title=Shahdara–Saharanpur light railway |last= R. Sivaramakrishnan| publisher= IRFCA| access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="IR V"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1973-74.pdf | title= Speech of Shri Lalit Narayan Mishra introducing the Railway Budget for 1973-74, on 20th February 1973 | work= Light Railways| publisher= Indian Railways| access-date=8 March 2014}}</ref> Saharanpur falls on the route of the proposed {{convert|1839|km|adj=on}} [[Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India|Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor]] project.<ref>[http://dfccil.org/wps/portal/DFCCPortal/ Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808014851/http://dfccil.org/wps/portal/DFCCPortal |date=8 August 2011 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Saharanpur district]]
* [[Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

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