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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 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]].

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 />

== 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>

=== Civic utilities ===

==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.&nbsp;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 ==

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>  

== See also ==

* [[Saharanpur district]]

* [[Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]