Farrukhabad
[key], joint municipality with Fategarh, Uttar Pradesh state, N central
India, on the Ganges River. It is a district administrative center and a
market for tobacco, fruit, and potatoes. Perfume, cotton prints, and
saltpeter are manufactured. A fort was founded (c.1714) on the site of the
present-day town by the Afghan ruler Nawab Muhammad Khan. Farrukhabad was
captured by the Marathas in 1751
and ceded to the British in 1802. The town's British garrison was attacked
during the Indian Mutiny of
1857.
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