About Tilhar

Tilhar is a city and a municipal board in Shahjahanpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Shahjahanpur City was established by Shri Diler Khan and Shri Bahadur Khan, sons of Shri Dariya Khan who was a soldier in the army of the Mugal Emperor Jahangeer. Both Shri Diler Khan and Shri Bahadur Khan were dignitaries in the regime of Shahjahan. Pleased with the services of Shri Dilerkhan, Shahjahan gave him 14 villages with the permission to construct a fort. Diler khan developed a fort in Nainar Khera Village, which was situated on the rivers Garrah and Khannaut. Tilhar is the oldest town of the district. Due to supply of "BOWS" to the Military, this town was called as "TEER KAMAN NAGAR". Shri Mangal Khan who was a Nazim of Hafiz Rehmat Ali Khan, the Nawab of the Rohillas, established a fort in the village Mansurpur near Tilhar. He and his family members possessed it up to first freedom struggle of 1857. Later, British Government occupied it and converted it into a Tehsil and...