Saharanpur

Saharanpur, a town of British India, North-west Provinces, is situated 125 miles by rail N. of Delhi, and is the station for the hill sanatorium of Masuri (Mussoorie). It has an old Rohilla fort, a handsome new mosque, St Thomas' Church (1858), numerous administrative offices, and government botanical gardens (1817). It was formerly notorious for its malaria, but has vastly improved in this respect since a marsh to the east of the town has been drained. Pop. (1872) 43,844; (1881) 59,194.—The district has an area of 2221 sq. m. and a pop. of 979,544.