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'''Shahjahanpur''' is a [[municipal corporation]], town and district headquarters of [[Shahjahanpur District]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Shahjahanpur
| native_name                    = Sahejapur
| native_name_lang                = Hindi
| other_name                      = Shaheedon Ki Nagri
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| subdivision_type1              = State
| subdivision_name1              = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2              = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2              = [[Shahjahanpur district|Shahjahanpur]]
| established_title              = <!-- Established -->
| established_date                = 1647
| named_for                      = [[Shah Jahan]]
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| area_total_km2                  = 51
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| elevation_m                    = 194
| population_total                = 346,103
| population_as_of                = 2011
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| blank1_name_sec1                = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1                = 880 [[female|♀]]/ 1000 [[male|♂]]
| blank2_name_sec2                = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| blank2_info_sec2                = {{increase}} 61.99% {{color|#CCCC00|Medium}}
| timezone1                      = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1                    = +5:30
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code                    = 242001
| area_code_type                  = Telephone code
| area_code                      = 05842
| registration_plate              = UP-27
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'''Shahjahanpur''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ɑː|dʒ|ə|ˌ|h|ɑː|n|ˈ|p|ʊər}}) is a [[municipal corporation]], town and district headquarters of [[Shahjahanpur District]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].
 
The city is nestled between [[Bareilly]] and [[Lucknow]], the capital of Uttar Pradesh.  


The city is the home for prestigious industries like [[KRIBHCO|Kribhco]] fertilizers limited, [[Rosa Thermal Power Plant|Roza thermal power plant]], [[Ordnance Clothing Factory, Shahjahanpur]].
The city is the home for prestigious industries like [[KRIBHCO|Kribhco]] fertilizers limited, [[Rosa Thermal Power Plant|Roza thermal power plant]], [[Ordnance Clothing Factory, Shahjahanpur]].


==History==
==History==
Shahjahanpur was established by [[Dilir Khan]] and Bahadur Khan, sons of Dariya Khan, a soldier in the army of the [[Mughal emperor]] [[Jahangir]]. Dariya Khan was originally from [[Kandahar]], in modern-day [[Afghanistan]].<ref>Dr. Mehrotra N.C. ''Shahjahanpur Etihasik Evam Sanskritik Dharohar'' 1999 Pratiman Prakashan 30 Kucha Ray Ganga Prasad [[Allahabad]] 211003 [[India]] page 114</ref> Both Dilir Khan and Bahadur Khan were dignitaries in the regime of [[Shah Jahan]]. Pleased with the services of Dilir Khan, Shah Jahan gave him 17 villages with the permission to construct a [[fort]] in 1647, following the suppression of the rebellious Katheria [[Rajput]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Afghan Nobility and the Mughals 1526-1707|last=Joshi|first=Rita|publisher=Vikas Pub. House|year=1985|isbn=9780706927528|location=New Delhi|page=153}}</ref>
Shahjahanpur was established by [[Dilir Khan]] and Bahadur Khan, sons of Dariya Khan, a soldier in army of the [[Mughal emperor]] [[Jahangir]]. Dariya Khan was originally from [[Kandahar]], in modern-day [[Afghanistan]].<ref>Dr. Mehrotra N.C. ''Shahjahanpur Etihasik Evam Sanskritik Dharohar'' 1999 Pratiman Prakashan 30 Kucha Ray Ganga Prasad [[Allahabad]] 211003 [[India]] page 114</ref> Both Dilir Khan and Bahadur Khan were dignitaries in the regime of [[Shah Jahan]]. Pleased with the services of Dilir Khan, Shah Jahan gave him 17 villages with the permission to construct a [[fort]] in 1647, following the suppression of the rebellious Katheria [[Rajput]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Afghan Nobility and the Mughals 1526-1707|last=Joshi|first=Rita|publisher=Vikas Pub. House|year=1985|isbn=9780706927528|location=New Delhi|page=153}}</ref>


On 9 August 1925, the Indian [[Indian independence movement|freedom fighters]] [[Ram Prasad Bismil]], [[Ashfaqulla Khan]], [[Chandrashekhar Azad]] and [[Rajendra Lahiri]] conducted a [[Kakori conspiracy|robbery]] of government funds near [[Kakori]] railway station. Both Bismil and Khan were born in Shahjahanpur.<ref name="Chandra2000">{{cite book|last=Chandra|first=Bipan|title=India's Struggle for Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0q7xH06NrFkC&pg=PP302|accessdate=24 June 2013|date=14 October 2000|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-183-3|page=302}}</ref>
On 9 August 1925, the Indian [[Indian independence movement|freedom fighters]] [[Ram Prasad Bismil]], [[Ashfaqulla Khan]], [[Chandrashekhar Azad]] and [[Rajendra Lahiri]] conducted a [[Kakori conspiracy|robbery]] of government funds near [[Kakori]] railway station. Both Bismil and Khan were born in Shahjahanpur.<ref name="Chandra2000">{{cite book|last=Chandra|first=Bipan|title=India's Struggle for Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0q7xH06NrFkC&pg=PP302|access-date=24 June 2013|date=14 October 2000|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-183-3|page=302}}</ref>


==Geography==
==Geography==
Shahjahanpur is located at {{coord|27.88|N|79.91|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 194&nbsp;metres (600&nbsp;feet). It is situated at the junction of two rivers.
Shahjahanpur is located at {{coord|27.88|N|79.91|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 194&nbsp;metres (600&nbsp;feet). It is situated at the junction of two river.
 
===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Shahjahanpur (1981–2010, extremes 1977–2012)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|width = auto
| Jan record high C = 28.3
| Feb record high C = 32.8
| Mar record high C = 38.8
| Apr record high C = 43.4
| May record high C = 45.0
| Jun record high C = 46.2
| Jul record high C = 43.2
| Aug record high C = 39.5
| Sep record high C = 37.5
| Oct record high C = 37.4
| Nov record high C = 33.5
| Dec record high C = 28.7
|year record high C = 46.2
| Jan high C = 20.3
| Feb high C = 24.1
| Mar high C = 29.7
| Apr high C = 36.2
| May high C = 38.2
| Jun high C = 37.3
| Jul high C = 33.4
| Aug high C = 32.7
| Sep high C = 32.2
| Oct high C = 31.6
| Nov high C = 28.0
| Dec high C = 22.9
|year high C = 30.6
| Jan low C = 7.1
| Feb low C = 9.9
| Mar low C = 14.1
| Apr low C = 19.5
| May low C = 23.9
| Jun low C = 25.8
| Jul low C = 25.7
| Aug low C = 25.4
| Sep low C = 23.8
| Oct low C = 18.0
| Nov low C = 11.8
| Dec low C = 8.0
|year low C = 17.7
| Jan record low C = 0.6
| Feb record low C = 2.6
| Mar record low C = 6.0
| Apr record low C = 8.4
| May record low C = 15.6
| Jun record low C = 17.0
| Jul record low C = 20.1
| Aug record low C = 20.0
| Sep record low C = 15.0
| Oct record low C = 8.4
| Nov record low C = 5.0
| Dec record low C = 1.2
|year record low C = 0.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 14.6
| Feb rain mm = 21.6
| Mar rain mm = 9.8
| Apr rain mm = 11.6
| May rain mm = 30.2
| Jun rain mm = 133.1
| Jul rain mm = 289.3
| Aug rain mm = 239.9
| Sep rain mm = 198.0
| Oct rain mm = 38.2
| Nov rain mm = 2.7
| Dec rain mm = 10.9
|year rain mm = 999.9
| Jan rain days = 1.1
| Feb rain days = 1.6
| Mar rain days = 1.1
| Apr rain days = 1.2
| May rain days = 1.9
| Jun rain days = 5.2
| Jul rain days = 11.0
| Aug rain days = 11.3
| Sep rain days = 8.0
| Oct rain days = 1.3
| Nov rain days = 0.3
| Dec rain days = 0.8
|year rain days = 44.9
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 70
| Feb humidity = 56
| Mar humidity = 46
| Apr humidity = 30
| May humidity = 33
| Jun humidity = 48
| Jul humidity = 72
| Aug humidity = 77
| Sep humidity = 75
| Oct humidity = 64
| Nov humidity = 65
| Dec humidity = 70
|year humidity = 59
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Shahajahanpur Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 693–694
| access-date = 22 September 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M223
| access-date = 22 September 2020}}</ref>
}}


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
As per provisional data of 2011 census, Shahjahanpur urban agglomeration had a population of 346,103, out of which males were 183,087 and females were 163,016. The literacy rate was 69.81 per cent.<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 | publisher = |accessdate = 7 July 2012 }}</ref>
As per provisional data of 2011 census, Shahjahanpur urban agglomeration had a population of 346,103, out of which males were 183,087 and females were 163,016. The literacy rate was 69.81 per cent.<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>


==Cultural heritage==
==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]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chakraverty|first1=Soumya|title=History of the Gharana|url=http://www.sarodia.com/history.php|accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Miner|first1=Allyn|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Sitar_and_Sarod_in_the_18th_and_19th_Cen.html?id=4nPHTCS8vfUC|title=Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=140|accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gharana|url=http://www.buddhadevdasgupta.com/Gharana.htm|accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref> Present Sarod legend, [[Amjad Ali Khan]] also belongs to Shahjahanpur gharana.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gharana|url=http://www.buddhadevdasgupta.com/Gharana.htm|accessdate=25 December 2017}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chakraverty|first1=Soumya|title=History of the Gharana|url=http://www.sarodia.com/history.php|access-date=8 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Miner|first1=Allyn|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Sitar_and_Sarod_in_the_18th_and_19th_Cen.html?id=4nPHTCS8vfUC|title=Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=140|access-date=8 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gharana|url=http://www.buddhadevdasgupta.com/Gharana.htm|access-date=8 February 2015}}</ref> Present Sarod legend, [[Amjad Ali Khan]] also belongs to Shahjahanpur gharana.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gharana|url=http://www.buddhadevdasgupta.com/Gharana.htm|access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref>


==Notable people==  
==Notable people==  
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* [[Ram Prasad Bismil]] (Freedom Fighter)
* [[Ram Prasad Bismil]] (Freedom Fighter)
* [[Ashfaqulla Khan]] (Freedom Fighter)
* [[Ashfaqulla Khan]] (Freedom Fighter)
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* [[Jitendra Prasada]] (Former M.P.)
* [[Jitendra Prasada]] (Former M.P.)
* [[Naik Jadu Nath Singh]] (Param Vir Chakra) in
* [[Naik Jadu Nath Singh]] (Param Vir Chakra) in
* [[Ahnivesh Shukla]] (National Poet)
* [[Rajpal Yadav]] (Film Actor)
* [[Rajpal Yadav]] (Film Actor)
* [[Alok Pandey]] (Film Actor)
* [[Alok Pandey]] (Film Actor)
* [[Krishna Kumar Srivastava]] (Theatre Actor)
* [[Jitin Prasada]] (Former Central Government Cabinet Minister)
* [[Jitin Prasada]] (Former Central Government Cabinet Minister)
* [[Mithlesh Kumar]] (Former member of parliament)
* [[Mithlesh Kumar]] (Former member of parliament)
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*[[Roshan Lal Verma]] (MLA Tilhar)
*[[Roshan Lal Verma]] (MLA Tilhar)
*[[Sharad Vir Singh]] (MLA Jalalabad)
*[[Sharad Vir Singh]] (MLA Jalalabad)
*[[Tanveer Khan]] (Former Chairman)
*[[Pallavi Gupta]] (Rajmata W3Villa)
*[[Pallavi Gupta]] (Rajmata W3Villa)
*[[Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri]] (Pakistani scholar)
{{Div col end}}


== Education ==
== Education ==
* [[Gandhi Faiz-E-Aam College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gfcollege.in/|title=Gandhi Faiz-E-Aam College, Shahjahanpur|website=gfcollege.in}}</ref>
* [[Gandhi Faiz-E-Aam College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gfcollege.in/|title=Gandhi Faiz-E-Aam College, Shahjahanpur|website=gfcollege.in}}</ref>
* [[Swami Shukdevanand Post Graduate College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sscollegespn.org/|title=Swami Shukdevanand Postgraduate College|website=sscollegespn.org}}</ref>
* [[Swami Shukdevanand Post Graduate College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sscollegespn.org/|title=Swami Shukdevanand Postgraduate College|website=sscollegespn.org}}</ref>
*Government polytechnic, Shahjahanpur
 
*Lakshya institute
*State medical college shahjahanpur(http://www.smcshah.in)
*Don & Donna Convent
*varun arjun medical college shahjahanpur(https://www.vamcrh.com/)
*Ryan international school
*Jaipuria international
*Dr. Sudama prasad girls inter College
*St. Paul's college
*Government inter College
*Islamia inter college
*Sardaar patel Hindu inter college
*Arya Kanya inter college
*Arya Mahila Degree College


==References==
==References==
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