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SAHARANPUR , a See also:city and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Meerut See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The city is situated on a stream called the Damaula Nadi, 907 ft. above See also:sea-level, 998 m. by See also:rail from See also:Calcutta. Pop. (1901) 66,254, of whom more than See also:half are Mahommedans. It is an important junction of the See also:North-Western railway with the Oudh and See also:Rohilkhand See also:line. The See also:government botanical gardens were established in 1817. There are railway workshops, and a large See also:industry is pursued in See also:wood-See also:carving. The DISTRICT of SAHARANPUR has an See also:area of 2228 sq. m. It forms the most northerly portion of the See also:Doab, ,or alluvial tableland between the See also:Ganges and See also:Jumna. The Siwalik hills rise precipitously on its See also:northern frontier; at their See also:base stretches a See also:wild submontane See also:tract, with much See also:forest and See also:jungle. Cultivation generally in this See also:part is backward, the See also:surface of the See also:country being broken by ravines. See also:South of this tract lies the broad alluvial See also:plain of the Doab, with fertile See also:soil and See also:good natural See also:water-See also:supply. This portion of the country is divided into parallel tracts by numerous streams from the . Siwaliks, while the Eastern Jumna and Ganges canals See also:cover the district with a network of See also:irrigation channels. The See also:annual rainfall averages about 37 in. The See also:population in 1901 was 1,045,230, showing an increase of 4.4% in the See also:decade. The See also:principal crops are See also:wheat, See also:rice, See also:pulse, See also:millet, and See also:maize, with some See also:sugar-See also:cane and See also:cotton. The district contains the towns of See also:Roorkee and See also:Hardwar. During the later years of the See also:Mogul See also:empire, Saharanpur suffered much from the perpetual raids of the Sikhs, but in 1785 the district under Ghulam Kadir enjoyed See also:comparative tranquillity. On his See also:death the country See also:fell into the hands of the See also:Mahrattas. It was afterwards again overrun by the Sikhs, remaining practically in their hands until their defeat at Charaou See also:November 1804, when it passed under British See also:rule. Several disturbances subsequently took See also:place among the native chiefs; but from 1824 to 1857 nothing occurred to disturb the See also:peace of the district. The See also:Mutiny in this part was soon quelled. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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