Meerut - Wikipedia. This article is about the city in Uttar Pradesh, India. For its administrative district, see Meerut district. Meerut. Metropolitan City. Harikant Ahluwalia .

Manoj Kumar Chauhan. Area . The city lies 7. New Delhi, and 4. Lucknow. The city is also an education hub in western Uttar Pradesh.

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Meerut is also known as the . The city is famous for being the starting point of the 1. British colonial rule. Etymology. This name may have mutated to Mairashtra, Mai- dant- ka- khera, Mairaath and eventually Meerut. Tradition also has it that the city formed a part of the dominions of Mahipala, the king of Indraprastha, and the word Meerut is associated with his name. It was also the eastern- most settlement of the Indus valley civilisation. Meerut had been a centre of Buddhism in the period of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka (r.

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BC to 2. 32 BC.), and remains of Buddhist structures were found near the Jama Masjid in the present day city. Shortly after its capture the city was regained by the local Hindu Raja and part of his fortifications, built for the city’s defence, survived until recent times. It was held by Ilyas Afghan and his son Maula Muhammad Thaneswari who were assisted by non- Muslims led by Safi. Timur tried to negotiate a surrender, to which the inhabitants of the fort replied by stating that Tarmashirin had tried to capture it in the past but failed.

Incensed, he set forth with 1. The forces scaled the walls and Safi was killed in the battle. The inhabitants were killed and their wives and children enslaved. The fortifications and houses were razed to the ground with prisoners ordered to be flayed alive. Walter Reinhardt, an English soldier, established himself at Sardhana and some parts of the district came under his rule. Upon his death, they came into the hands of Begum Samru. During this time, the southern part of the district had remained under Maratha rule.

Colonial era. The city was made headquarters of the eponymous district in 1. Meerut cantonment is the place where the rebellion started when Hindu and Muslim soldiers were given rifle cartridges rumoured to have a coating made of animal fat. Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot and missed two Europeans, failed to kill himself, and was hanged. By April, the fire of Pandey’s Uprising scorched north India and reached Meerut, the second- largest East India Company garrison. Here, Europeans and native sepoys were evenly balanced, with a little more than 2,0.

The European cantonment was separated from the . On 2. 4 April 1. 85.

Meerut’s commander, Colonel Carmichael. Smyth, paraded 9. Indian sepoys of the Bengal Cavalry, hired mostly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. He ordered them to fire the new Enfield cartridges: 8. The cartridges were covered with paper that had to be torn off: Muslims believed the paper was greased with pig and Hindus, with cow fat.

The rebels were from the 3rd cavalry: they owned their horses, and were the upper- caste elite. If they could be shackled, what could others expect from the Company?

On Sunday, 1. 0 May 1. Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar opened the gates of the prison. These soldiers, along with other imprisoned soldiers escaped prison and declared themselves free, revolted, attacked and killed several of the British authorities to take the city under their control. This marked the beginning of a widespread revolt across northern India as these soldiers marched towards Delhi. May is still celebrated as a local holiday in Meerut. This immediately caught attention back in England, inspired the 1. Meerut Prisoners, by Manchesterstreet theatre group, the 'Red Megaphones', highlighting the detrimental effects of colonisation and industrialisation.

It was in this session that the Constitution- making committee was constituted. The cantonment of Meerut was set up in 1. Delhi and its area inside the rich Ganges – Yamuna doab. With time Meerut advanced into one of the biggest and most vital military stations of India.

Mythology. Maya's country) by Maya, who was the father of Mandodari, Ravana's wife in the Ramayana. How To Install Virtualbox On Ubuntu Server. There is an old Chandi Devi temple in the compound of Nauchandi ground. It is believed that Ravan's wife Mandodari used to come here to worship Goddess Chandi.

In the Ramayana, Shravan Kumar carried his feeble parents on his shoulders to all the pilgrimage sites in India, but it is believed that when he passed through Meerut, he put down his parents for a while to rest and drink. All of a sudden, his behaviour with his parents changed awkwardly. But as soon as he left Meerut, things went normally. Every year, after the festival of Holi, a fair is conducted at the Nauchandi grounds. There is a temple, known as Chandi Devi temple, and a mosque near Bale Miyan's mausoleum facing each other. Hence, this fair represents the unity between the Hindus and the Muslims. Climate. Summers last from early April to late June during and are extremely hot, with temperatures reaching 4.

Temperatures drop slightly, with plenty of cloud cover but with higher humidity. Temperatures rise again in October and the city then has a mild, dry winter season from late October to the middle of March.

Most of the rainfall is received during the monsoon. Humidity varies from 3.

In area Meerut district covers 2,5. Delhi (Delhi covers an area of 1,4. However, Meerut's population is three times less than that of Delhi (Current population of Meerut is 3,4. Meerut Cantonment. It is the second largest cantonment of India both in land area 3,5. It is well connected with the rest of country by roads as well as by rail.

The Delhi Niti Paas Road (State Highway No. Meerut Cantonment. A June 2. 01. 1 report by US financial services firm Morgan Stanley gave Meerut the 5th spot on the . While the city ranked in the bottom 1. The Upper Ganga Canal Expressway is also under development.

The Music of Puranmal) by Ramlal. The book was published in 1. Meerut is one of the important industrial towns of western Uttar Pradesh with several traditional and modern industries. It was a major center of commercial publishing during the 1. Being in the proximity of Delhi, it is ideal for industry.

It is home to 5. 20 micro, small and medium scale industries. Meerut is also the largest manufacturer of musical instruments in India.

Notable uses have been in the movies Gladiator, 3. Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The industry is pegged to be around .

In 2. 00. 5–0. 6, Meerut occupied the fifth slot and contributed Rs 1. It slipped to number six in 2.

Rs 1. 1,2. 03 crore was 1. Rs 1. 3,6. 27 crore. According to statistics compiled by the Income Tax department, Meerut contributed a Rs. Lucknow, Jaipur, Bhopal, Kochi and Bhubaneshwar. The district is divided into three tehsils, namely Meerut, Mawana and Sardhana. These tehsils are further divided into 1.

The first mayor of Meerut was Late Mr. Arun Jain from independent and first Deputy Mayor was Late Mr. Ashraf Advocate from Indian Union Muslim League.

Infrastructure development of the city is looked after by the Meerut Development Authority (MDA) administered by Divisional Commissioner (Chairman) and Vice- Chairman (PCS Officer). The office of the Chief Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise, Meerut Zone, has jurisdiction over 1.

Uttrakhand and 1. Uttar Pradesh. This jurisdiction was carved out of the Lucknow Zone. It comprises the erstwhile Customs & Central Excise Commissionerates of Meerut & Noida. The Meerut Commissionerate was bifurcated into two Commissionerates, namely, . In addition, jurisdiction of Central Excise Division Bareilly was included in the jurisdiction of Meerut- II Commissionerate. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Airport is located at Partapur.

It was proposed by the state government that the airstrip be converted to an international airport to reduce pressure on Delhi airport. A large number of people commute to Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon every day for work. Three national highways (NH- 5. NH- 1. 19 & NH- 2. Meerut. Upper Ganga Canal Expressway which passes through outskirts of the city is under development.