State Uttar Pradesh, India
Administrative division Moradabad
Headquarters hayatnagar
Population 22.17 lack (2011)
Literacy 57%
Tehsils Sambhal, Chandausi, Gunnaur
Lok Sabha Constituencies Sambhal
Assembly Seats Sambhal, Asmoli, Chandausi, Gunnaur
In the late 12th century, Sambhal was the capital of Prithviraj Chauhan, the King of Hindu Kshatriya Chauhan (Chauhamana) dynasty, until he changed
his capital to Delhi and Ajmer. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the second ruler of the Afghan Lodi Dynasty, Sikandar Lodi made Sambhal one of his provincial capitals.[5] During the reign of the third Mughal Emperor, Akbar, Sambhal was a 'Sarkar' in the 'Subah' of Delhi and had a brick fort.[6] Sambhal has one of the Babri Mosques constructed by the first Mughal Emperor, Babur. Sambhal is a place of Muslim's majority including all communities Sunni, Wahhabi, Shia.The famous Sarai, Temer Dass Sarai which consists of only Muslims.According to Muslims, Mohammed's Footprint (Kadam-e-Rasool) has been carried here and kept in kot .According to the Hindu, Sri Vishnu will re-incarnate as Sri Kalki, the tenth Avatar.
