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	Shergarh was originally called '''Kabar''', and it was alternately a stronghold of the [[Katehria]] Rajputs and the [[Delhi Sultanate]]. Very little remains of the earliest periods of settlement. When [[Alexander Cunningham]] visited the site in 1863, all he found was a few coins from the 9th and 10th centuries and two small figurines. One was badly damaged and could not be identified, but the other was identified as [[Durga]] slaying the demon [[Mahishasura]]. According to tradition, Kabar first came under Muslim rule in 1313, under [[Alauddin Khalji]]; however, [[Amir Khusrau]] wrote that Kabar was first conquered by [[Jalal-ud-din Khalji\|Jalal ud-Din Khalji]] in 1290. According to Amir Khusrau, the town was reconquered by the Hindus shortly after, but were then driven out by Jalal ud-Din's nephew. The Katehrias captured Kabar during the reign of [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] in the late 1300s, and it remained a stronghold of theirs until the 1500s.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book \|last1=Nevill \|first1=H.R. \|title=Bareilly - A Gazetteer \|date=1911 \|publisher=Government Press \|location=Allahabad \|~~page~~=~~237-38~~, ~~268-69~~ \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47989 \|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>		Shergarh was originally called '''Kabar''', and it was alternately a stronghold of the [[Katehria]] Rajputs and the [[Delhi Sultanate]]. Very little remains of the earliest periods of settlement. When [[Alexander Cunningham]] visited the site in 1863, all he found was a few coins from the 9th and 10th centuries and two small figurines. One was badly damaged and could not be identified, but the other was identified as [[Durga]] slaying the demon [[Mahishasura]]. According to tradition, Kabar first came under Muslim rule in 1313, under [[Alauddin Khalji]]; however, [[Amir Khusrau]] wrote that Kabar was first conquered by [[Jalal-ud-din Khalji\|Jalal ud-Din Khalji]] in 1290. According to Amir Khusrau, the town was reconquered by the Hindus shortly after, but were then driven out by Jalal ud-Din's nephew. The Katehrias captured Kabar during the reign of [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] in the late 1300s, and it remained a stronghold of theirs until the 1500s.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book \|last1=Nevill \|first1=H.R. \|title=Bareilly - A Gazetteer \|date=1911 \|publisher=Government Press \|location=Allahabad \|pages=237–38, 268–69 \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47989 \|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

	In the 16th century, [[Sher Shah Suri]] decisively conquered Kabar and drove out the Katehrias. He built the [[Shergarh Fort, Uttar Pradesh\|Shergarh Fort]] to the east of Kabar, and the modern town grew up around this fort. The Khawas Tal tank, on the south side of Shergarh, is named after [[Khawas Khan]], one of Sher Shah's generals.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>		In the 16th century, [[Sher Shah Suri]] decisively conquered Kabar and drove out the Katehrias. He built the [[Shergarh Fort, Uttar Pradesh\|Shergarh Fort]] to the east of Kabar, and the modern town grew up around this fort. The Khawas Tal tank, on the south side of Shergarh, is named after [[Khawas Khan]], one of Sher Shah's generals.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

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'''Shergarh''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Bareilly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is a small town known for rice and sugarcane.

== Location ==
Shergarh is located about 7 miles west of [[Deoranian]] railway station situated on [[Lucknow]]-[[Kathgodam]] Railway line.

== History ==
Shergarh was originally called '''Kabar''', and it was alternately a stronghold of the [[Katehria]] Rajputs and the [[Delhi Sultanate]]. Very little remains of the earliest periods of settlement. When [[Alexander Cunningham]] visited the site in 1863, all he found was a few coins from the 9th and 10th centuries and two small figurines. One was badly damaged and could not be identified, but the other was identified as [[Durga]] slaying the demon [[Mahishasura]]. According to tradition, Kabar first came under Muslim rule in 1313, under [[Alauddin Khalji]]; however, [[Amir Khusrau]] wrote that Kabar was first conquered by [[Jalal-ud-din Khalji|Jalal ud-Din Khalji]] in 1290. According to Amir Khusrau, the town was reconquered by the Hindus shortly after, but were then driven out by Jalal ud-Din's nephew. The Katehrias captured Kabar during the reign of [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] in the late 1300s, and it remained a stronghold of theirs until the 1500s.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Bareilly - A Gazetteer |date=1911 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=237-38, 268-69 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47989 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

In the 16th century, [[Sher Shah Suri]] decisively conquered Kabar and drove out the Katehrias. He built the [[Shergarh Fort, Uttar Pradesh|Shergarh Fort]] to the east of Kabar, and the modern town grew up around this fort. The Khawas Tal tank, on the south side of Shergarh, is named after [[Khawas Khan]], one of Sher Shah's generals.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

Shergarh is mentioned in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]], still under the old name of Kabar, as a [[pargana]] in the [[sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]] of [[Sambhal]]. It produced a revenue of 566,539 [[dam (Indian coin)|dam]]s for the imperial treasury and a force of 400 infantry and 50 cavalry to the Mughal army.<ref name="Ain-i-Akbari">{{cite book |last1=Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak |last2=Jarrett |first2=Henry Sullivan (translator) |title=The Ain-i-Akbari |date=1891 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal |location=Calcutta |page=290 |url=https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

Shergarh was founded by [[Shershah Suri]] in 1540.<ref>[[Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur]], p.910</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Shergarh had a population of 14,687. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shergarh has an average literacy rate of 72%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 68%. In Shergarh, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bareilly district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Bareilly district]]

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