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Shamli
Shamli Location of Shamli in Uttar Pradesh and India
Coordinates	29°27′N 77°19′E / 29.45°N 77.32°E / 29.45; 77.32
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District(s)	Muzaffarnagar
Population	189,861 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 248 m (814 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 247776 • Telephone • +01398

Shamli is a city, tehsil and a municipal board in Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Delhi - Saharanpur highway. It is around 100 km from Delhi, 38 km from Panipat and 65 km from Saharanpur.Shamli is also famous for its old sugar mill called Upper Doab Sugar Mill. It is big market place for 10s of villages around.

According to a legend, Shamli is the place where Lord Krishna took a night's halt while going for his last attempt of truce thus avoiding Mahabharata, hence was its previous name "Shyama vali"^{[citation needed]}. This small suburb is also famous for the Hanuman tilla & Bharav Dham , a temple of Hindu deity Hanuman & bharav, built by the great warrior Bhima^{[citation needed]}. The entire complex has around 20 temples devoted to various Hindu Gods and Goddesses. It is believed that Lord Hanuman stopped here while on his way to Dronagiri mountain to fetch Sanjeevani, a powerful life-restoring herb, for Lord Lakshmana. Ruskin Bond's experience long time ago in this small town inspired him to write a story called "Time Stops at Shamli".

[edit] People

People belong to Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Sikhism and Christianity.However, majority of the population is either Hindu or Muslim. The occupation of people predominantly include agriculture and business especially shops. Due to its close vicinity to the capital Delhi (around 100 km), the living standard of people even in villages is considerably good. Peace in shamli that used to be the talk of the day is now seeming reality. People are education conscious and value education a lot. There is a complete communication solution shop and umetal works near Hanuman road. There are many clubs where families socialize, like, Lions Club, Lioness club, Rotary club, etc. This town has almost seven^{[clarification needed]} movie theaters, Ajanta and Ashoka being the oldest existing theaters.P.Tika Ram Markit shamli live in AMIT TAILORS ( Spec. Pent Shart)& Verma Tailors (Spec. Kurta Payjama)& Mangal Tailors (Spec. Topi).

[edit] Current Scenario

Initially it was considered as a place of crime and political wave. But now the scenario has changed. Also the people have come up from the casteism. Although there has not been any improvement among the people living on daily wages. But it really looks good when Hindu and Muslim both share the festival of unity with each other. But it is shameful that some political group want to raise a wall of partition among the people. They are hungry for the votes only, they have nothing to do for the good of the people.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] History

During the first struggle for freedom in 1857 a lot of action was in the District. CHAUDHARY MOHAR SINGH of Shamli and SAIYED-PATHANS of Thanabhawan fought against the British and captured the Tehsil of Shamli. But later on the British army showed its brutality and recaptured the area. A lot of freedom fighters were done to death by them and this attempt was failed.

[edit] Geography

Shamli is located at 29°27′N 77°19′E / 29.45°N 77.32°E / 29.45; 77.32^[1]. It has an average elevation of 248 metres (813 feet). The small city lies on the roads linking some major cities in this area, such as Delhi, Meerut,Karnal,Panipat, Baghpat , Baraut , Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur. It lies to the east of the Yamuna river flowing between the borders of two Indian states, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The area has a very fertile land called 'Doab' meaning "a place lying in the deltas of two rivers", i.e. The Ganga and The Yamuna . The area is a major center of sugar cultivation and hence an area which attracts the sugar industries^{[citation needed]}.

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