Shahjahanpur, Meerut

Shahjahanpur is a town in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, located about 25 kilometres from the district headquarters at Meerut.

The village is named after the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, and was said to have been founded by Mohammed Abbas Khan, a Dilazak Pashtun.

Abbas Khan was granted an estate by the Mughal Emperor, who named the village in his honour.

Shahjahanpur organised a mango festival in 1992, in collaboration with the Punjab Department of Horticulture.

It has attracted wholesale customers, suppliers, and exporters from all the states of the country as well as Bangladesh, Nepal, and China.