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SARDHANA
, a See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in See also:Meerut See also:district of the See also:United Provinces, 12 M. by See also:rail N.W. of Meerut
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Pop
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(1901), 12,467
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Though now a decayed See also:place, Sardhana is historically famous as the See also:residence of the Begum Samru (d
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1836)
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This extraordinary woman was a Mussulman married to Reinhardt or Sombre (Samru), the perpetrator of the See also:massacre of British prisoners at See also:Patna in 1763
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On his See also:death in 1778 she succeeded to the command of his See also:mercenary troops
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Ultimately she was baptized into the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also: |
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