Saharanpur

[suh-hahr-uhn-poor]

noun

1. a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.

Example Sentences

"In some parts of the country, particularly in the Saharanpur area of Uttar Pradesh, it was once customary to send along a massive handi of mutanjan when a new bride left her parents' home for her husband's," says Husain.

Read more on BBC

Before the demolitions in Saharanpur and Prayagraj, Mr Adityanath presided over a meeting where he said that bulldozers would continue to crush "criminals and mafia".

Read more on BBC

The protests in Saharanpur were largely peaceful, with crowds marching from the mosque past shops in the city.

Read more on BBC

"No such incidents have happened in Saharanpur, there are two to three videos circulating on social media. If you watch one video on slow motion - you will see the name of some other district in the video," Akash Tomar, a senior police officer, told the BBC.

Read more on BBC

"I can't even look at this, he's being hit so badly," she says, as she's comforted by relatives at her home in the north Indian city of Saharanpur.

Read more on BBC