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Saharanpur

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[suh-hahr-uhn-poor] / səˈhɑr ənˌpʊər /

noun

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


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"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.

From BBC

They say he left home at around 5pm local time on Friday, to book a bus ticket for a friend, when he was arrested by officers and taken to Kothwali police station, in Saharanpur.

From BBC

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

From 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.

From BBC

Billboards in Saharanpur, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, feature his face with the words “Penetrated enemy territory and attacked terrorists.”

From Washington Post