Located near National Highway 44 and bordering Haryana, Shambhu first gained national attention in 2020 when farmers protesting against three central farm laws broke through barricades at the Shambhu border to march towards Delhi. 

The farmers raised slogans against the Union government at the protest venue. A farmer from Punjab asked for action against the accused in violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri in October 2021. Mahapanchayat has led to traffic snarls at the National Capital.