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'Sirhind-Fatehgarh' is a city and a municipal council in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is often simply called 'Sirhind'.
As of 2001 India census,[1] Sirhind-Fategarh had a population of 50,788. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Sirhind-Fatehgarh has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 67%. In Sirhind-Fatehgarh, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Sirhind has been known as a small township from the beginning of the Christian era.
It became prominent in Mughal times, controlling the
Lahore-Delhi Highway.
Many European travellers describe its splendours, and it also
developed into a center of cultural activity[2]. Sirhind was known for the dozens of saints, scholars,
poets, historians, calligraphers and scribes who lived there.
A large number of buildings survive from this period, including
the fort named 'Aam Khas Bhag'; it is said that
in its heyday, the city had 360 mosques, gardens, tombs,
caravansarais and wells.
Beginning with the first decade of the eighteenth century, with the
Mughal hegemony on the wane,
Sirhind was plundered repeatedly by bands of Sikhs, Marhattas and Afghans, and was
completely destroyed in
1764 in a final attack by the Sikhs.
1.
2. Sirhind : The Greatest Mughal City on Delhi-Lahore Highway, Subhash Parihar, , , , ,
'Sirhind-Fatehgarh' is a city and a municipal council in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is often simply called 'Sirhind'.
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| Demographics |
| History |
| References |
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[1] Sirhind-Fategarh had a population of 50,788. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Sirhind-Fatehgarh has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 67%. In Sirhind-Fatehgarh, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
History
Sirhind has been known as a small township from the beginning of the Christian era.
It became prominent in Mughal times, controlling the
Lahore-Delhi Highway.
Many European travellers describe its splendours, and it also
developed into a center of cultural activity[2]. Sirhind was known for the dozens of saints, scholars,
poets, historians, calligraphers and scribes who lived there.
A large number of buildings survive from this period, including
the fort named 'Aam Khas Bhag'; it is said that
in its heyday, the city had 360 mosques, gardens, tombs,
caravansarais and wells.
Beginning with the first decade of the eighteenth century, with the
Mughal hegemony on the wane,
Sirhind was plundered repeatedly by bands of Sikhs, Marhattas and Afghans, and was
completely destroyed in
1764 in a final attack by the Sikhs.
References
1.
2. Sirhind : The Greatest Mughal City on Delhi-Lahore Highway, Subhash Parihar, , , , ,
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