Shahdara

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Shahdara

Town in the Ghaziabad tahsil of Meerut District, United Provinces, situated in 28 40' N. and 77 18' E., on the Eabt Indian Railway, 5 miles from Delhi. A light railway to Saharanpur is being constructed. Population (1901), 5,540. It was founded by Shah Jahan as a market, and was sacked in the eighteenth century by Sura] Mai, the Jat Raja of Bharatpur, and plundered by the soldiers of Ahmad Shah Durrani just before the battle of Panipat. It is badly drained, and drinking-water is obtained from a distance. The American Methodist and Reformed Presbyterian Missions have branches here.

From 1872 to 1904 Shahdara was a municipality, with an income and expenditure averaging about Rs. 3,000. It is now administered as a 'notified area.' The trade of the place has fallen away, and it is chiefly celebrated for sweetmeats ; but there is still a small manufacture of shoes and leather, and a little sugar-refining. In 1904 there was a primary school with 75 pupils.