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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{other uses|Shambala (disambiguation)}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Sambhal<br />
| native_name = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. --><br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = City<br />
| image_skyline = Sambhal_Jama_Masjid_wash_drawing.jpg<br />
| image_alt = Shahi Jama Masjid Sambhal<br />
| image_caption = Pencil and wash drawing of royal mosque at Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh by Thomas and [[William Daniell]], 24 March 1789.<br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|28.58|N|78.55|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = Division<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Moradabad Division|Moradabad]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Sambhal district|Sambhal]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = 12th Century AD<br />
| founder = [[Prithviraj Chauhan]]<br />
| named_for = <br />
| leader_title = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]<br />
| leader_name = [[Shafiqur Rahman Barq]] ([[Samajwadi Party|SP]])<br />
| leader_title1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]<br />
| leader_name1 = [[Iqbal Mehmood]] ([[Samajwadi Party|SP]])<br />
| leader_title2 = Chairman<br />
| leader_name2 = Arefa Shakeel ([[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]])<br />
| governing_body = <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 16<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India |url=https://www.latlong.net/place/sambhal-uttar-pradesh-india-22729.html |website=latlong.net |access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
| elevation_m = 203<br />
| population_total = 220,813 <br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = 11433<br />
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2011 census data">{{cite web|title=Census of India Search details |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=123480|publisher=censusindia.gov.in|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| population_demonym = Sambhali<br />
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<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><br />
| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/><br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 244302<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = (+91) (05923)<br />
| registration_plate = UP-38<br />
| website = {{URL|http://sambhal.nic.in}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Sambhal''' {{IPA audio link|Sambhal pronunciation.ogg}} is a city located in the [[Sambhal district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in [[India]]. The city lies approximately 158 kilometres (98&nbsp;mi)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ltd|first=rome2rio Pty|title=New Delhi to Sambhal - 5 ways to travel via train, bus, taxi, and car|url=https://www.rome2rio.com/map/New-Delhi/Sambhal|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Rome2rio|language=en}}</ref> east of [[New Delhi]] and 355 [[Kilometres per hour|kilometres]] (220&nbsp;mi)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ltd|first=rome2rio Pty|title=Lucknow to Sambhal - 5 ways to travel via train, bus, taxi, car, and plane|url=https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Lucknow/Sambhal|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Rome2rio|language=en}}</ref> north-west of state capital [[Lucknow]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:An awards ceremony in the Sultan Ibrāhīm’s court before being sent on an expedition to Sambhal.jpg|thumb|right|A folio from the [[Baburnama]]: An awards ceremony in Sultan Ibrāhīm Lodi's court before an expedition to Sambhal]]<br />
Sambhal is identified with [[Shambhala]], which is mentioned as the birthplace of [[Kalki]], the next incarnation of [[Vishnu]], in the [[Purana]]s.<ref name=MW>''Śambhala'', also ''Sambhala'', is the name of a town between the Rathaprā and Ganges rivers, identified by some with Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. In the [[Purana]]s, it is named as the place where [[Kalki]], the last incarnation of Vishnu, is to appear (Monier-Williams, ''Sanskrit-English Dictionary'', 1899).</ref> This was borrowed into the [[Buddhist mythology]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] where it is described as a [[mythological place|mythological kingdom]] and [[pure land]] beyond the [[Himalayas]] where the future [[Maitreya]] will emerge from.<ref>[https://snl.no/Shambhala Shambhala]. ''[[Store norske leksikon]]''.</ref><br />
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Sambhal has been an urban center for hundreds of years. It was a prominent town during the medieval period. The painting shown here is a folio from the [[Baburnama]], and depicts an award ceremony in Sultan [[Ibrahim Lodi]]'s court before an expedition to Sambhal in the early 16th century.<br />
Sambhal is said to have flourished under the rule of Akbar but subsequently deteriorated in popularity when Akbar's grandson [[Shah Jahan]] was made in charge of the city, and the capital of the province was shifted to [[Moradabad]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/520415/Sambhal|title = Sambhal &#124; India &#124; Britannica}}</ref><ref>Ain-i-Akbari, Vol II, Tr.H.S. Jarrett, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, repr., 1989. p. 295.</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As per provisional reports of the [[2011 Census of India]], the [[population]] of Sambhal city in 2011 was 221,334, of which 116,008 were male and 105,326 were female. Total literates in Sambhal city are 92,608 of which 51,382 are males while 41,226 are females. The average literacy rate in Sambhal city is 49.51 percent, of which male [[literacy]] was 52.27 percent and female 46.45 percent. The sex ratio of Sambhal city is 908 per 1,000 males and the child sex ratio of girls is 936 per 1,000 boys. Total children (0-6) in Sambhal city were 34,279 as per the records of Census India 2011. There were 17,702 boys and 16,577 girls. The children form 15.49% of the total population of Sambhal City.<ref name="2011 census data"/><br />
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==Religions in Sambhal==<br />
Sambhal is [[Muslims|Muslim]] majority city in India with approximately '''77.67 %''' of city population following [[Islam]] as their religion. Hinduism is second most common religion in city of Sambhal with approximately 22.00% following it. In Sambhal city, Christianity is followed by 0.12%, Jainism by 0.02%, [[Buddhism]] by '''0.03 %''' and Sikhism by 0.06%. <br />
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==Economy==<br />
Sambhal has the largest market of [[menthol]] in South Asia.<br />
Most of menthol oil is exported to Western Europe and China.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mentha Oil Rate Today: मेंथा ऑयल में बिकवाली, रिकॉर्ड उत्पादन से कीमतों पर दबाव |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/hindi/business-news/mentha-oil-rate-today-on-8-june-2020-mcx-mentha-oil-price-today-sambhal-demand-export/1984558/ |access-date=19 August 2022|website=Financialexpress |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Sambhal has many schools and Inter colleges for primary and secondary level education affiliated with CBCS, ICSE, UP Board and Madarsa Board.<br />
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===Degree Colleges===<br />
*[[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Post Graduate College]]<br />
*[[Government Degree College Sambhal]]<br />
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===UP Board===<br />
*[[Al-Qadeer Higher Secondary School, Sambhal]]<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
*[[Maharana Pratap]]<br />
*[[Shivaji|Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Shambhala]]<br />
* [[Sambhal (Assembly constituency)]]<br />
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