Shergarh, Uttar Pradesh

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Shergarh, Uttar Pradesh
Shergarh
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Shergarh, Uttar Pradesh
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Shergarh, Uttar Pradesh
Shergarh, Uttar Pradesh (India)
Coordinates: 28°32′N79°46′E / 28.53°N 79.77°E / 28.53; 79.77
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly
Elevation
254 m (833 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total12,651
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration UP 25
Website up.gov.in

Shergarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a small town known for rice and sugarcane.

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Location

Shergarh is located about 7 miles west of Deoranian railway station situated on Lucknow-Kathgodam Railway line.

History

Shergarh was originally called Kabar, and it was alternately a stronghold of the Katehria Rajputs and the Delhi Sultanate. Very little remains of the earliest periods of settlement. When Alexander Cunningham visited the site in 1863, all he found was a few coins from the 9th and 10th centuries and two small figurines. One was badly damaged and could not be identified, but the other was identified as Durga slaying the demon Mahishasura. According to tradition, Kabar first came under Muslim rule in 1313, under Alauddin Khalji; however, Amir Khusrau wrote that Kabar was first conquered by Jalal ud-Din Khalji in 1290. According to Amir Khusrau, the town was reconquered by the Hindus shortly after, but were then driven out by Jalal ud-Din's nephew. The Katehrias captured Kabar during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq in the late 1300s, and it remained a stronghold of theirs until the 1500s. [1]

In the 16th century, Sher Shah Suri decisively conquered Kabar and drove out the Katehrias. He built the Shergarh Fort to the east of Kabar, and the modern town grew up around this fort. The Khawas Tal tank, on the south side of Shergarh, is named after Khawas Khan, one of Sher Shah's generals. [1]

Shergarh is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari, still under the old name of Kabar, as a pargana in the sarkar of Sambhal. It produced a revenue of 566,539 dams for the imperial treasury and a force of 400 infantry and 50 cavalry to the Mughal army. [2]

Shergarh was founded by Shershah Suri in 1540. [3]

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, [4] Shergarh had a population of 14,687. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shergarh has an average literacy rate of 72%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 68%. In Shergarh, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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References

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  3. ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.910
  4. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.


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