Sambhal
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PIN | 244302 |
Telephone code | (+91) (05923) |
Vehicle registration | UP-38 |
Website | sambhal |
Sambhal Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city lies approximately 158 km (98 mi)[4] east of New Delhi and 355 km (220 mi)[5] north-west of state capital Lucknow. It also falls within the Rohilkhand region in the Moradabad division of the state, being approximately 32 km (20 miles) from the city of Moradabad.[6]
is a city located in theHistory
Sambhal, the name being a derivation of Shambhu - an epithet of the Hindu god
Sambhal is identified with
Sambhal has been an urban center for hundreds of years and was a prominent town during the medieval period. Two legendary battles between Prithviraj Chauhan and Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud are claimed to have taken place here. At the time under local rulers, in the 13th and 14th-centuries it would go on to become a part of the of the Delhi Sultanate, first under Qutb ud-Din Aibak and later under Firuz Shah Tughlaq.[7]
It was a capital of the
It is mentioned as Shambal in Tirtha Prabandha written by sixteenth century Madhva saint Vadiraja Tirtha.
Sambhal district
Demographics
As per provisional reports of the
Religions in Sambhal
Sambhal is a Muslim-majority city in India with approximately 77.67% of the city's population following Islam as their religion. Hinduism is the second most common religion in the city of Sambhal with approximately 22.00% following it, followed by Christianity (0.12%), Sikhism (0.06%), Buddhism (0.03%), and Jainism (0.02%).
Economy
Sambhal has the largest market of menthol in South Asia. Most of menthol oil is exported to Western Europe and China.[15]
Education
Sambhal has many schools and Inter colleges for primary and secondary level education affiliated with CBCS, ICSE, the UP Board, and the Madarsa Board.
Degree Colleges
UP Board
See also
- Shambhala
- Sambhal (Assembly constituency)
- Tirtha Prabandha written by Shri Vadiraja Tirtha
References
- ^ "Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India". latlong.net. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ a b "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ Ltd, rome2rio Pty. "New Delhi to Sambhal - 5 ways to travel via train, bus, taxi, and car". Rome2rio. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Sambhal | India | Britannica".
- ^ a b "History Sambhal". District Sambhal, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Global Security. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- Puranas, it is named as the place where Kalki, the last incarnation of Vishnu, is to appear (Monier-Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1899).
- ^ "Places of Interest". District Sambhal, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- Store norske leksikon.
- ^ Ain-i-Akbari, Vol II, Tr.H.S. Jarrett, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, repr., 1989. p. 295.
- ^ UP: Protest in Sambhal Over Change of District's Name Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "UP: Protest in Sambhal Over Change of District's Name".
- ^ "Mentha Oil Rate Today: मेंथा ऑयल में बिकवाली, रिकॉर्ड उत्पादन से कीमतों पर दबाव". Financialexpress (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 August 2022.