Sambhal district comes under Moradabad division, its creation was announced on 28 September 2011. At that time the name of the district was kept as Bhimnagar, on 23 July 2012 the name of the district was changed from Bhim Nagar to Sambhal. Presently Sambhal district has 3 tehsils- Sambhal, Chandausi, and Gunnaur. The district has three Municipal Councils- Sambhal, Chandausi, and Bahjoi and five Nagar Panchayats- Gunnaur, Babrala, Gawan, Narauli and Sirsi. There are eight blocks in the district – Bahjoi, Sambhal, Bania Kheda, Rajpura, Asmoli, Pawansa, Junavai, Gannaur, and four assembly constituencies – Gunnaur, Asmoli, Sambhal and Chandausi. The geographical area of the district is 2277 sq. km. Is.
It is famous in relation to Sambhal that its name is Satyavrat in Satyug, Mahadgiri in Treta, Pingal in Dwapar, and Sambhal in Kalyug in all the four ages. A copper plate of Kannauj’s emperor Nagabhatta II of Samvat 885 has been found from Sambhal, in this copper plate Sambhal has been called Shambhu Pallika. By the ninth century, Sambhal had become a good town by the name of Shambhu Pallika. It is known from this copper plate that there were many huge temples in Sambhal. Sambhal Mahatmya is written in the plot of Skanda Purana, in which 68 pilgrimages and 19 wells are mentioned in Sambhal. A Tomar dynasty emerged in Sambhal around 700 AD, the king of this dynasty was Jagat Singh, it is believed that 68 pilgrimages were built in Sambhal by him. King Nahar Singh of a Dor dynasty had built the famous fort of Sambhal, which was later given a new look by Prithviraj Chauhan. When the Chauhan king Bisaldev put an end to the Tomar kingdom by taking possession of Delhi, Sambhal was also ruled by the Chauhans. Prithviraj Chauhan had to build many small forts besides Sambhal and Amroha. There are ruins of an ancient fort named Chuarkheda on the banks of Sot river near Bahjoi. There is an ancient Shiva temple here where people come from far and wide to offer water during the month of Sawan. Prithviraj Chauhan had built a fort here for his favorite Samantha Chaudhary. This fort was demolished during the Delhi Sultanate period, houses were built in the surrounding villages with its bricks.
A part of the destroyed fort of Prithviraj Chauhan is still safe. It is said that Prithviraj had earlier built a temple of Lord Vishnu here. This is called Hari Mandir, this is the only building left in Rohilkhand which is a unique example of Rajput period architecture. Vishnu temple was here till the time of Akbar.
In the medieval period (Muslim period), Qutbuddin Aibak made Sambhal and Amroha important as two important centers of the Muslim kingdom. In 1248 AD, Malik Jalaluddin was made the governor of Sambhal on behalf of the Delhi Sultanate, who was unable to suppress the Rajput states here. Sharqi Sultan Ibrahim Sharqi of East Jaunpur established his authority over Sambhal in 1407 AD. Ibrahim Sharqi’s coins have been coming out in large quantities from Sambhal region, their design can be said to be the best among all the coins of his time. Sambhali was made the governor of Sambhal. Sambhal has been an important place for the Sultans of Delhi. Bahlol Lodi gave Sambhal as a jagir to his son Sikandar Lodi. When Sikandar Lodi sat on the throne of Delhi, he kept his residence in Sambhal for 4 years. Sultan Sikandar Lodi had also called a religious assembly in Sambhal. Sher Shah made Mitrasen the governor of Sambhal in 1552 AD. When Humayun recovered his lost kingdom, he made Sambhal the fiefdom of Bairam Khan. Bairam Khan chose Isa Khan as its governor.
During the time of Akbar, Sambhal was a government of the Delhi province. There were 27 palaces in this Sarkar, the present Moradabad district was included only in the palaces of Sambhal. Sirsi was the center of Sayyids. Sirsi was established by a person named Phool Singh Sirsi. Sirsi got its prestige from the famous saint Syed Makhdum Shah. Sardar Dunde Khan got the region of Sambhal, Moradabad and Bijnor during Ruhela period. He made Bisauli his center. Dunde Khan had also built a bridge over the Sot river which was broken by a severe flood. In 1772, the second invasion of Marathas took place in Sambhal region. At this time, about 1300 villages of Sambhal, Bijnor and Moradabad were looted by the Marathas.
In modern times, in 1805 AD, Pindaris attacked this area. This attack was different from other attacks, in which villages were looted. Sambhal, Moradabad, Chandausi and Bijnor cities were looted. There was no caste of Pindaris. The meaning of Pindari was an unpaid soldier, Marathas made special use of them in spreading anarchy in the English state. Amir Khan, a Pathan youth born in Sarai Tarin, also joined the Pindari party and became their famous leader. The revolution of 1857 AD plays an important role in the freedom movement. The news of this revolution came in Sambhal on 13 May 1857. Received Under the leadership of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, the revolution of 1857 AD was done, he sent General Bakht Khan to Sambhal. When the residents of Sambhal came to know that the power of the freedom fighters was weakening in front of the oppressive policy of the British army in Meerut, they were in danger that the British should not try to stop Bakht Khan at Gajraula, in such a situation Sambhal would be one of them. Bada Bafd which was headed by Munshi Aminuddin and Niyadi Shaikh Turk proceeded towards Gajraula. Welcomed General Bakht Khan and took him towards Sambhal with respect. After the failure of this first freedom struggle, Niyadi Sheikh Turk and Munshi Aminuddin were blamed, as a punishment both of them were killed by the British by immersing them in lime water at Mohalla Bhatti Moradabad. Lala Chandulal was a resident of village Sirsi situated on the Sambhal-Moradabad road, he was highly influenced by Gandhi ji, he used to make people aware by going from village to village. In the year 1920, his work area was Sambhal Tehsil and work center was Shankar Pathshala (Shankar Bhushan Sharan Inter College Sambhal). Chandulal ji used to hold secret meetings in it. Chetan Swaroop Rastogi etc participated. In the non-cooperation movement of 1922, maximum impact was seen in Tehsil Sambhal. King George Union Higher Secondary School, at present Hind Inter College’s teacher Roop Kishore ji and Principal Shipli ji were there. Roop Kishore ji was active in the non-cooperation movement, while agitating in the Swadeshi campaign, emphasized the boycott of foreign goods and the use of indigenous goods. In 1930, the people of Sambhal actively participated in Gandhiji’s civil disobedience movement. Salt was manufactured in Sambhal illegally. As a result of which 11 people were arrested from here. In the year 1937 AD, the district was divided into 10 constituencies in which Sambhal was also included. People participated in the individual Satyagraha movement of 1941 AD, people were arrested by the police. The residents of Sambhal actively participated in the Quit India Movement on 09 August 1942.
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1-Sambhal from the window of history – Surendra Mohan Mishra
2. Brainstorming – Dr. ritu tyagi