City
Shahjahanpur
Southern Asia
Shahjahanpur is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur district in western Uttar Pradesh, India, set between Bareilly and the state capital Lucknow. It was established by Diler Khan and Bahadur Khan, sons of Darya Khan, a soldier in the army of the Mughal emperor Jahangir who came originally from Kandahar. Pleased with Diler Khan, Shah Jahan gave him 17 villages and permission to build a fort in 1647 after the suppression of the rebellious Katheria Rajputs, and the area was then settled by Afghans brought by Bahadur Khan. The freedom fighters Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan were both born in the city. It lies at the junction of two rivers at an average elevation of 194 metres, and its urban agglomeration had 329,736 residents at the 2011 census.
Facts
Elevation Band Sources
1. Shahjahanpur (Wikipedia)
Demographics
Shahjahanpur urban agglomeration had a population of 329,736
Geography
It has an average elevation of 194 metres (600 feet).
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is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Western Uttar Pradesh, India
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is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Western Uttar Pradesh, India
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.
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