Saharanpur Tourism, Uttar Pradesh India
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Saharanpur Fast Facts
- State: Uttar Pradesh
- District: Saharanpur
- Famous for/as: Historical, City
- Population: 3,464,228 (2011)
- Religions: Hindu, Muslims
- Area: 3,860 km2
- Language: Hindi, Urdu
- Best Season: Oct - Mar
- Weather: Summer 22-37°C, Winter 19-32°C
- Clothing: Dhoti and Kurta, Saree and Salwar-Kurti
- Local Transport: Rail, Bus, Taxi, Cycle-Rickshaw, Auto-Rickshaw,
- Pincode: 247001
- STDCode: 0132
Saharanpur, India Overview
Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur District as well as Saharanpur Division. Situated close to the borders of Haryana and Uttarakhand states, and surrounded by a very fertile agricultural region plentiful yields in grains and fruits, Saharanpur is a flourishing city in Uttar Pradesh. Saharanpur is famous for its wood carving cottage industry.Many firms like A-one handicrafts and Venus arts are working in handicrafts industry since starting. It is a thriving market of local agricultural produce, including basmati rice and mangoes.
Saharanpur district attained the status as Saharanpur division in 1997 of Uttar Pardesh. As regards its physical features, the north and the northeast of the district is surrounded by Shivalik hills and separates it from the Dehradun district in the recently created state of Uttranchal. The river Yamuna forms its boundary in the west which separates it from Karnal and Yamunanagar districts of Haryana. In the East lies the district of Haridwar which was the part of district Saharanpur before 1989 and in the south lies the district Muzafarnagar. At the time of the British Rule District Muzafarnagar was also a part of district Saharanpur.
The district is in a rectangular shape and it lies between 29 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds and 30 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds north lattitude and 77 degrees 9 minutes and 78 degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds east longitude. Its total area is 3860 square Kilometers. According to 2001 census the population of Saharanpur 2896860. Saharanpur is primarily an agricultural district.
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Saharanpur, India History
Saharanpur Distt including the present haridwar Distt was under the Gurjar Overlordship of Gurjar King Raja Ramdayal Singh Panwar who belonged to the Khubbad Clan. As the Mughal empire was disintegrating the Gurjars chiefs started to control vast territories in western UP. The Landhaura state was built by The Gurjars of Pahansu distt Saharanpur and fought the wars with the Gurkhas.
The physical features of the district have proved that Saharanpur region was fit for human habitation. The archaeological survey has proved that the evidence of different cultures is available in this area. The excavations were carried out in different parts of the district, i.e Ambakheri, Bargaon, Hulas, Bhadarabad and Naseerpur etc. A number of things have been found during these excavations, on the basis of which, it is established that in Saharanpur district, the earliest habitants were found as early as 2000 B.C. Traces of Indus Valley civilization and even earlier are available and now it can be definitely established that this region is connected with Indus valley civilization. Ambakheri, Bargaon, Naseerpur and Hulas were the centres of Harappa culture because many things similar to Harappan civilization were found in these areas.
Akbar was the first Mughal ruler who established civic administration in Saharanpur and made it ` Saharanpur -Sarkar` under Delhi province and appointed a Governor. The Jagir of Saharanpur was honoured to Raja Shah Ranveer Singh who founded the city of Saharanpur. At that time Saharanpur was a small village and served as army cantt. area.