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Sambhal (संभल)
Sambhal (संभल), Uttar Pradesh city and district seat in Moradabad division; Kalki avatar prophecy site, Babur-era Shahi Jama Masjid, horn-bone handicraft exports, and the 2024 mosque survey dispute.
Shāhjānpur
Shahjahanpur (शाहजहांपुर), Uttar Pradesh district and city founded 1647 under Shah Jahan, district created 1813 from Bareilly; known as Shaheedon Ki Nagari for Kakori martyrs Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan; 4,575 sq km, population 3,002,376 (2011).
Shimla (शिमला)
Shimla (शिमला), capital of Himachal Pradesh, India; hill station at 2,205 m; summer capital of British India 1864–1947; UNESCO Kalka–Shimla Railway; 169,578 residents (2011).
Sirsa, Haryana
Sirsa (सिरसा) is a city in Haryana, India, headquarters of the state's westernmost and largest district (4,276 km²). Ancient Sairishaka/Sarsuti on the Ghaggar; refounded 1837; district re-formed 1975; cotton and kinnow belt.
Sītāpur, Uttar Pradesh
Sītāpur (सीतापुर) is a city on the Sarayan river and district headquarters in Awadh, Uttar Pradesh, India; district population 4,483,992, formed by the British in February 1856, known for Naimisharanya.
Sonamarg
Sonamarg (Sonmarg), the "Meadow of Gold," is a 2,800 m hill station in Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir, 80 km from Srinagar, known for Thajiwas Glacier, the Sindh River, Baltal Amarnath base camp, and year-round access since the January 2025 Sonamarg tunnel.
Sonīpat
Sonīpat (सोनीपत, also Sonepat): city and district headquarters in Haryana, India, about 20 km north of Delhi in the National Capital Region; Sanskrit suvarna prastha, "gold place"; district formed from Rohtak on 22 December 1972; Municipal Corporation since 2015.
Srinagar (سری نگر)
Srinagar (سری نگر), summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India, lies on both banks of the Jhelum River at about 1,580 m elevation. Founded around 250 BC, it had 1.24 million people in its 2011 urban agglomeration and faces major flood and seismic hazards.
Sultan Pur Majra
Sultan Pur Majra is a census town (code 063948) in North West Delhi, India, population 181,554 in 2011, about 45 percent Scheduled Caste, and the namesake of Delhi assembly constituency No. 10 (SC).
Thānesar
Thanesar is a town in Kurukshetra district, Haryana, India, named after the Shiva temple of Sthaneshwar and capital of emperor Harshavardhana, who ruled from 606 to 647.
Varanasi (वाराणसी)
Varanasi (वाराणसी), also called Kashi or Banaras, is an ancient city on the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, India. A million-class city since 1991 with 1.4 million in its 2011 agglomeration, it is a major pilgrimage and tourism center facing urban sprawl and sewage-driven Ganga pollution.
Vrindavan (वृन्दावन)
Vrindavan (वृन्दावन), a Krishna pilgrimage town near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh's Braj region, grew from 16th-century temples and groves; known for Banke Bihari, ISKCON, ghats, and the 21-km Parikrama Marg.
Yamuna Nagar
Yamuna Nagar (Yamunanagar), Haryana industrial city and district headquarters, twin city with Jagadhri; district formed 1989 from Ambala; 2011 population 1,214,205; produces nearly half of India's plywood; Hathnikund barrage on the Yamuna.
YEIDA City
YEIDA City is a planned greenfield industrial and urban development by the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority on ~25,000 hectares along the Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh, anchored by Noida International Airport at Jewar, Film City, and industrial sectors.