page_title: Tilhar
section_title: Kamaan Nagar
hierarchical_section_title: Tilhar / History / Kamaan Nagar
caption_attribution_description: English: Hun bowlength 125cm strung, 132 cm unstrung. Español: Arco de madera Italiano: Arco tradizionale mongolo Deutsch: hunnischer Komposit/Recurvebogen Magyar: Hun visszacsapó íj, jellegzetes asszimmetrikus formával.
context_page_description: Tilhar is a city, tehsil, and municipal board of the Shahjahanpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the oldest city in Shahjahanpur, and currently has a population of 61,444. It is also a constituency of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. As the town was also known to supply bows to Mughul armies, Tilhar is also referred to as "Kamaan Nagar" in ancient India.
context_section_description: Tilhar is the oldest town in the present-day district of Shahjahanpur. It was called "Kamaan Nagar" due to the production of bows for the Mughal armies. People who used to live in Tilhar or have been living in Tilhar from ancient times (since 1600) are called "Kamangar". Mohammad Umar Khan was a Nazim of Hafiz Rehmat Ali Khan. His son Mangal Kha, established a fort in the village Mansurpur, near Tilhar. He and his family members owned it until the first Indian Rebellion of 1857. Later, the British Government occupied it and transformed it into a tehsil. A police station was set up to control the revolt.
caption: Ancient type of bow
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