Parikshitgarh is a town and a nagar panchayat

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 in Meerut district

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 in the India

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 of Uttar Pradesh

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, Parikshitgarh had a population of 17,399. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Parikshitgarh has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 49%. In Parikshitgarh, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Geography

There are many villages near Parikshit Garh. Behlolpur is one; it is famous for its education level, employment and agriculture with prosperity. There are main crop like sugarcane, wheat, etc.

Famous residents

• Dayanand Sharma - A renovated Arya & A person known for his values.
• Madanpal Saraswat - lecturer in D.N Inter college
• Sunil Saraswat - Inspector in PAC
• Sanjiv Saraswat - a business personality
• Vipin Saraswat - Professor in Uttarakhand
• Ajay Saraswat- MBA from Delhi & working at DLF Real Estate.
• Avnish Saraswat - Working at Kingfisher Airline.
• Anuj Saraswat - A computer Greek
• Vivek Saraswat - Coming Business Tycoon
• Umang Saraswat - Upcoming Sport Person
• Anand Swaroop Tyagi - freedom fighter and a lecturer. He was born in Kila poothi village. His father was Mukhiya of the village that time. He was previously a part of british force but after some time he joined lectureship in Mawana College. He was an active member of Swantra bharat sangram. He was honoured by Indian government as a Golden cap freedom fighter and his name is mentioned in mawana tehsil in Golden letters.

History

The Qila Parikishatgarh is ascribed to a Gurjar King Nain Singh.

The town is located on a hillock, which was the ancient fort built by Parikshit. Excavations have yielded pots of coins and pottery pieces, validating the antiquity of the place. The ashram of Rishi Shringi, that great medicine-man and facilitator to the birth of the sons of the infertile King Dashrath, also lies nearby, re-affirming the mythological origins of the town of Parikshit Garh.

Thus the fort was built by Parikshit and restored by Gurjar King Nain Singh in the eighteenth century. The fort was dismantled in 1857, to be used as a police station.

Mythology

This town in the past was the capital of King Parikshit, the grandson of Arjuna who ascended the throne of Hastinapur after the Pandavas decided to renounce the kingship. Raja Parikshit, due to a transient malfunctioning of his thinking process, incurred the wrath of 'samadhi-sthit' Sage Shamik by his stupid action of garlanding the sage with a dead serpent. He was accordingly cursed by the saint to die by snake bite. After his ordained death at the fangs of Takshak Naga, his son Janmejaya became King and held a great sacrifice to annihilate the Nagas out of the passionate feelings of revenge.