Shahjahanpur

This article is about the city in Uttar Pradesh, India. For other uses, see Shahjahanpur (disambiguation).

Shahjahanpur (/ˈʃɑːdʒəˌhɑːnpʊr/) is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located between Bareilly and Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

Shahjahanpur
City
River Garrah flowing through Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur Show map of Uttar Pradesh Shahjahanpur Show map of India
Coordinates: 27.88°N 79.91°E / 27.88; 79.91
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Named after	Shah Jahan
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Archana Verma (BJP)[1]
Area
• Total	51 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation	194 m (636 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	346,103
• Density	6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	242001
Telephone code	05842
Vehicle registration	UP-27
Sex ratio	880 ♀/ 1000 ♂
Literacy	61.99% Medium
Website	shahjahanpur.nic.in

History

Shahjahanpur was established by Diler Khan and Bahadur Khan, sons of Darya Khan, a soldier in army of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Darya Khan was originally from Kandahar, in modern-day Afghanistan.^[2] Both Diler Khan and Bahadur Khan were dignitaries in the regime of Shah Jahan. Pleased with the services of Diler Khan, Shah Jahan gave him 17 villages with the permission to construct a fort in 1647, following the suppression of the rebellious Katheria Rajputs.^[3] The area was then settled by Afghans, brought by Bahadur Khan following one of his campaigns.^[4]

On 9 August 1925, the Indian freedom fighters Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Chandrashekhar Azad and Rajendra Lahiri conducted a robbery of government funds near Kakori railway station. Both Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan were born in Shahjahanpur.^[5]

Geography

Shahjahanpur is located at 27.88°N 79.91°E / 27.88; 79.91. It has an average elevation of 194 metres (600 feet). It is situated at the junction of two river.

Climate

Climate data for Shahjahanpur (1991–2020, extremes 1977–2012)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	28.3 (82.9)	32.8 (91.0)	38.8 (101.8)	43.4 (110.1)	45.0 (113.0)	46.2 (115.2)	43.2 (109.8)	39.5 (103.1)	37.5 (99.5)	37.4 (99.3)	33.5 (92.3)	28.7 (83.7)	46.2 (115.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	19.5 (67.1)	24.2 (75.6)	29.7 (85.5)	36.3 (97.3)	38.5 (101.3)	37.1 (98.8)	33.5 (92.3)	32.8 (91.0)	32.5 (90.5)	32.0 (89.6)	27.9 (82.2)	22.3 (72.1)	30.5 (86.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.3 (45.1)	10.5 (50.9)	14.7 (58.5)	20.1 (68.2)	24.3 (75.7)	26.4 (79.5)	26.2 (79.2)	26.0 (78.8)	24.5 (76.1)	18.7 (65.7)	12.4 (54.3)	8.2 (46.8)	18.2 (64.8)
Record low °C (°F)	0.1 (32.2)	2.6 (36.7)	6.0 (42.8)	8.4 (47.1)	15.6 (60.1)	17.0 (62.6)	18.5 (65.3)	20.0 (68.0)	15.0 (59.0)	8.4 (47.1)	5.0 (41.0)	1.2 (34.2)	0.1 (32.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	13.2 (0.52)	19.4 (0.76)	13.5 (0.53)	12.5 (0.49)	27.6 (1.09)	125.9 (4.96)	305.4 (12.02)	230.2 (9.06)	164.0 (6.46)	35.3 (1.39)	4.2 (0.17)	8.2 (0.32)	959.7 (37.78)
Average rainy days	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.2	1.8	4.9	10.8	10.9	6.9	1.2	0.3	0.6	42.7
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST)	70	56	45	31	32	48	72	77	73	61	63	68	59
Source: India Meteorological Department[6][7][8]

Demographics

Religions in Shahjahanpur (2011)[9]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			54.49%
Islam			44.12%
Sikhism			0.73%
Other or not stated			0.66%
Distribution of religions

As per the 2011 census, Shahjahanpur urban agglomeration had a population of 329,736, out of which males were 173,006 and females were 156,730. The literacy rate was 67.25%: 71.49% for males and 62.59% for females. Scheduled Castes make up 8.47% of the population.^[10]

Languages in Shahjahanpur (2011)^[11]

1. Hindi (68.7%)
2. Urdu (30.9%)
3. Others (0.47%)

Hindi is the most spoken language. Urdu is the second most-spoken language.^[11]

Transport

Shahjahanpur is well-connected with major towns and cities in Uttar Pradesh through road and rail network. National Highway 30 links Shahjahanpur with Bareilly and Lucknow. A spur route National Highway 731 too passes through Shahjahanpur, linking it to the eastern UP town of Jaunpur.

Shahjahanpur railway station lies on Lucknow–Moradabad line of Indian Railways. Several through trains from Lucknow to Delhi pass through Shahjahanpur station.

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.^[12][13][14] Present Sarod legend, Amjad Ali Khan also belongs to Shahjahanpur gharana.^[15]

Notable people

• Ram Prasad Bismil (Freedom Fighter)
• Ashfaqulla Khan (Freedom Fighter)
• Roshan Singh (Freedom Fighter)
• Prem Krishna Khanna (Freedom Fighter)
• Ram Chandra (Babuji) (Indian Spiritual Leader)
• Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (Pakistani Islamic Scholar)
• Dil Shahjahanpuri (Urdu Ghazal Writer)
• Madan Shahjahanpuri (Indian Muslim Theologian)
• Rajpal Yadav (Film Actor)
• Alok Pandey (Film Actor)
• Hira Thind (Punjabi singer)
• Jitin Prasada (Former Central Government Cabinet Minister)
• Hriday Narain Mehrotra (Writer)
• Jitendra Prasada (Former M.P.)
• Naik Jadu Nath Singh (Param Vir Chakra)
• Mithlesh Kumar (Former member of parliament)
• Krishna Raj (Former MP)
• Rammurti Singh Verma (Former Minister of UP)
• Roshan Lal Verma (MLA Tilhar)
• Sharad Vir Singh (MLA Jalalabad)
• Salona Kushwaha (MLA Tilhar)
• Yunus Samad Khan (Director of Eden Public Inter College Korokuiyan)
• Dr. Gopal Saran Gupta (Scientist)^[16]
• Jitin Prasada (Former Central Government Cabinet Minister)
• Suresh Kumar Khanna (UP Government Cabinet Minister)
• Nitin Gupta (Ministerial Adviser, adviser to former Premier Ted Baillieu, Australia)^[17][18]

Education

• Gandhi Faiz-E-Aam College^[19]
• Swami Shukdevanand Post Graduate College^[20]

• State medical college shahjahanpur(http://www.smcshah.in)
• varun arjun medical college shahjahanpur(https://www.vamcrh.com/)