Sardhana

Coordinates: 29°08′42″N 77°36′36″E / 29.145°N 77.610°E / 29.145; 77.610
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Sardhana
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Sardhana is a city and a

municipal board in Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is 85 km (53 mi) northeast of New Delhi and 13 mi from Meerut
. It is 5 km from Meerut Karnal National Highway and 12 km from National Highway 58. It is famous for its cloth and timber industries, and its church.

History

Being close to

Pandavas prayed before leaving for the Lakshagrah, the notorious palace made of lac by Duryodhana, at the confluence of the Hindon and Krishna rivers (Kali River, Kali Nadi). This palace was located at Varnavrat, the present Barnava, where the prince resided with their mother Kunti.[2]

In the 19th century, Sardhana was the capital of the

Catholicism[3] in 1781, under the name Johanna.[4][5]

Muslim attendants of the Court of Samru

During her lifetime she supported financially many charitable and religious institutions.

Minor Basilica to the church, now known as Basilica of Our Lady of Graces. This dignity is given only on churches that are both beautiful and historically famous.[7]

Amjad Ali Shah and his advisers

It was also ruled by the

Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah was the father of the Sufi teacher and writer Idries Shah
.

In 1901, it was the headquarters of a Tehsil, by the same name, in Meerut district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, and had a population of 12,467.[4]

Demographics

Interior of the 'Basilica of Our Lady of Graces', Sardhana.

As of 2001 India census,[8] Sardhana had a population of 47,970. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Sardhana has an average literacy rate of 48%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55%, and female literacy is 40%. In Sardhana, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The main communities in sardhana are

Kashyap, Tyagis, and Muslims
.

Mahapanchayat

There is called a mahapanchayat (great council) of 40 villages on 29 September 2013 to protest against the

BJP MLA Sangeet Singh Som under the stringent National Security Act at Khera. The crowd becomes violent when the police began to brandish sticks. The situation turned tense when a rumour spread that a youth injured in police action had died. Crowd set fire police jeeps and other vehicles.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Sardhana MLA"
  2. ^ Epic Proportion: Sardhana - There’s more to Sardhana than the church.. The Economic Times, 6 March 2008.
  3. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sardhana" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 210..
  4. ^ a b The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 105, Oxford, 1908. Retrieved from here
  5. ^ Sardhana to find a new place on tourism map by Atiq Khan. The Hindu, 31 August 2007.
  6. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Agra wikisource.
  7. The Tribune
    , 11 November 2007.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "20 injured in police clashes over Meerut mahapanchayat". The Times of India. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013.

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