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Shahabad lies 21 kilometres south of Ambala on the Ambala - Delhi section of the historical Grand Trunk Road, or GT road as it is locally known. It is some 22 kilometres to the north of
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Divine Public School, Ram Parsad DAV Public School, Vishvas School, Satluj Senior
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Shahabad has produced a large number of women hockey players. The current National Women's Hockey Team has 12 players from Shahabad. From the last decade Shahabad has produced many women hockey players who have donned Haryana, Railways or Indian team colours. It has got the epithet of Sansarpur.
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It lies on the banks of the River/stream Markanda, a tributary of the Ghaggar, and supposed to be a part of the ancient Vedic Saraswati River basin system. There is a large temple on the banks of the river, which is called Markandeya Mandir, after the name of the famous Maharishi Markandeya.
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captured Shahabad. Shahabad was then quickly recaptured by Mughal general Firuz Khan Mewati. On 22 May 1791 Baghel Singh and Karam Singh Nirmala of Nishanwalia Misal recaptured Shahabad by killing Kiledaar Khalil Khan along with 700 Mughal soldiers. The Sikhs also captured two cannons here.
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Sardar Shingara Singh Hanjra sacrificed his life for the country during the Indo-Pakistani Partition 1947. He also underwent imprisonments with Mahatma Gandhi helping him for the successful completion of his missions. Jagdish Kalra a youngster sacrificed his life for the country during the
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Prince Coaching College, popularly known as Sardaar Ka School (1950–2000), run by Principal Joginder Singh. National School of Guruji Master Teerath Singh Ka School played a notable role in the field of education here.
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913:Religion
737:Geography
532:Time zone
512:Languages
443:Named for
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1311:Category
1273:Buddhism
1034:Others
963:Hinduism
859:Buddhism
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773:Religion
644:gurdwara
537:UTC+5:30
431:District
32:Shahabad
1281:Judaism
1269:Jainism
1130:Martyrs
987:Sikhism
981:27.13%
975:30.69%
957:68.47%
954:10,096
951:63.87%
933:(1941)
928:(1941)
923:(1911)
918:(1911)
877:
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789:
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778:Percent
750:Economy
707:Sardars
692:granthi
622:History
604:Haryana
583:haryana
578:Website
424:Haryana
400:Country
375:76°52′E
372:30°10′N
287:Village
217:scholar
18:Shahbad
1143:Sights
1097:Sports
1067:14,745
1057:11,054
1046:0.03%
1040:0.31%
1029:0.01%
1023:0.17%
1005:4.36%
999:4.97%
978:4,000
972:3,392
948:7,060
808:43.07%
793:54.47%
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676:Ambala
668:Sutlej
554:136135
499:42,607
447:Rishi
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881:0.05%
868:0.02%
853:0.04%
838:0.20%
823:2.15%
814:Islam
656:Bigha
636:Babur
573:HR-78
563:01744
521:Hindi
419:State
412:India
224:JSTOR
210:books
1237:2022
1216:2022
1072:100%
1062:100%
1002:643
996:549
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478:Area
196:news
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1037:34
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