Shahjahanpur, a town of British India, in the North-west Provinces, stands 100 miles by rail NW. from Lucknow. It takes its name from Shah-Jehan, in whose reign it was founded in 1647. It was a hot-bed of rebellion during the Mutiny of 1857-58. Sugar is made and exported. Pop. (1890) 77,690.—The district has an area of 1745 sq. m. and a pop. of 856,946.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 360
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