Najibabad
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| Coordinates | 29°38′N 78°20′E / 29.63°N 78.33°ECoordinates: 29°38′N 78°20′E / 29.63°N 78.33°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District(s) | Bijnor |
| Population | 79,087 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 245 metres (804 ft) |
Najibabad (Hindi: नजीबाबाद; Urdu: نجيب آباد ) is a pleasant city / partially hill station and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has a railway junction and is one of the administrative blocks of the Bijnor district. It is well connected to all major cities of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand via national highway #119 and #74 respectively.
Najibabad also has an All India Radio station. There are manufacturing units that deal with Coca Cola(Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, previously Mansarovar Bottling Company), Sugar(Dwarikesh Sugar), Wooden Handicrafts Export(M.M. Exims - JMK International Group), Kattha Manufacturing(Chandra Kattha Industries), Worldwide Synthetic Rubber Trading(JMK International Group), Bailey Mineral Water Plant(Chandra Beverages Pvt Ltd) etc. There are also dealers of metal,woolen,shoes, blankets and cotton and main hub of Kani & Jamawar shawls, embroideries shawls etc.
Najibabad has some good transit hotels as well. Some of them are Hotel Walia residency, Hotel Kanha Royal Salute, Ghai Motel.
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[edit] Geography
Najibabad is located at 29°38′N 78°20′E / 29.63°N 78.33°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 245 metres (803 feet).
It has good weather all round the year as its closed to hills. It also has very good quality water supply.
[edit] People's representative
The current Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Najibabad is Sheesh Ram.[2] najibabad is part of nagina parliamentary constituency, and current M.P is Yashveer Singh. Advocate Imran Ahmed Ansari Senior Advocate.
[edit] History
Nawab Najib-ud-Daula, also known as Najib Khan was a noted Rohilla muslim warrior and serviceman of both the mughal empire and the Durrani empire, Nawab Najib-ud- Daula was a noted Rohilla tribal chief in 18th century Rohilkhand, who in the 1740s founded the city of Najibabad in Bijnor district, India where he established the present day city of Najibabad, a state of Najibabad independent from other Rohilla tribes, and received the title, "Nawab Najib-ud-daulla". From 1757 to 1770 he was governor of saharanpur, ruling over Dehradun.Many architectural relics of the period of Rohilla he oversaw remain in Najibabad, which he founded at the height of his career as a Mughal minister.
He succeed Safdarjung as grand wazir of the Mughal Empire and was a devoted serviceman of the Mughal Emperor Alamgir II later in his carrier he was know as Nawab Najib-ud- Doula.
Najibabad has five sites, protected by the Archaeological Survey of India :[3]
- Cemetery of Nawab Najib-ud-Daula
- Jama Masjid
- Rohilla Palace (called is Thanna)
- Pathargarh Fort
- Portion of the old Palace
- Tomb of Nawab Najib-ud-Daula
- Mordhaj also known as Munawar Jar with lofty mound
In 1901, Najibabad had a population of 19,568. Even today, several architectural remains of Rohilla magnificence can be found within the city .[4]
Najibabad is also the birth place of Chandra Family which is based at Chandra House on Station Road. They have diverse business interests and deal in Kattha, Wooden Furniture, Synthetic Rubber Trading, Mineral Water Manufacturing etc.
Najibabad is also the native place of the [Sahu Jain]] family - Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain and Shreyans Prasad Jain were born here.[5] The descendants of the Sahu Jain family own the Times Group and its parent company, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. is world's largest selling news paper.
[edit] Educational institutes
The main institutes of the city are:
[edit] The English medium Schools
- St Mary's high school.
- Paras Public school
- Modern public school(samipur)
- R.R. Morarka public school
- Krist Jayanti school, bariya
- Shri Guru Ram Rai Public School
[edit] The Hindi Medium Schools are
- M.D.S. Inter college is one of the most reputated college of district.It has its own Primary school as well.
- M.D.K.V. Inter College is one of the most reputated college of District for girls.
- Guru Nanak Mission Inter College.
- G.I.C. Najibabad.
Green Light Public School
- A.R.N. Kela Inter college.
- Najibudullha girls inter collage
- M.G.M. Inter college.
- Qasmiya girls Inter College.
- Qasmiya Muslim Inter college.
Krist Jayanti school, kotdwara road, bariya Habib Memorial Girls High School Jalalabad Cambridge co-education school
[edit] Colleges
- Rama Jain Collage
- Sahu Jain College
- NATIONAL girls college Kalheri
Engineering College North India Institute of Technology
[edit] Villages Under Vikas Khand/Tahsil Najibabad
Gajraula Paimar,mirampur bega Padarathpur, Issepur Kalanpur Buzurg Urf Bahupura & Mouzam pur tulsi urf(Garhi)dhanora(Adarsh nagar) Najibabad
Bhaguwala largest gram Panchayat also known as big town in this tehsil.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Najibabad
- ^ Public Representative - MLA Bijnor district Official website.
- ^ List of Monuments - Agra Circle, Uttar Pradesh Archaeological Survey of India website.
- ^ Najibabad
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.. - ^ About DCW
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