Sherkot
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- Locality
- Sherkot
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 57,361
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sherkot
- Settlement.settlement_type
- city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bijnor
- Settlement.founder
- Sher Shah Suri
- Settlement.government_type
- Democracy
- Settlement.governing_body
- Sherkot Nagar Palika Parishad
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Chairperson
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Shabnam Naz
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 203
- Settlement.population_total
- 62,226
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Sherkot is a city and Municipal board in the Bijnor district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
==History== Sherkot, was founded by Emperor Sher Shah Suri, an Afghan ruler of the Sur Dynasty, who ruled North India from 1540 AD to 1545 AD after defeating Humayun, a Mughal emperor. Under the reign of Akbar, it was the main town of the pargana region and was attacked in 1805 by Amir Khan, a Pathan invader. Later, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 it was the scene of battle between loyalists and rebels. The first Battle of Sherkot took place on 28 July 1857 and the second on 5 August.
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