Tundla
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| Coordinates | 27°12′N 78°17′E / 27.2°N 78.28°ECoordinates: 27°12′N 78°17′E / 27.2°N 78.28°E | ||
| Country | India | ||
| State | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| District(s) | Firozabad | ||
| Population | 40,336 (2001[update]) | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Tundla (Hindi: टून्डला) is a town and a municipal board in Firozabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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[edit] Geographic
Tundla is located at 27.2° N 78.28° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 168 metres (551 feet). Tundla is 24 km away from the city of Taj Mahal, Agra. Tundla has a rich heritage of British rule, high walled British constructions, huge barracks, a Catholic church built in 1887, kothis [Bungalows] of officers surrounded by sprawling lawns, displays Tundla as the main center of British Administration during there regime and world war I, II. It is a small town with rich culture and is enriched with old and beautiful British buildings which are now converted into railway quarters.Today it is a bustling town with markets and temples all over it.
Tundla has one of the oldest church in northern India. Famously Known as Church of the Holy Family (disambiguation)|Holy family Church. This church is taken care by the Samuels. They are one of the oldest families in this town.
Tundla has produced several eminent personalities in the recent years, including Bollywood actor Raj Babbar; noted thinker, journalist and TV commentator Narendra Taneja - who is also the author of popular book Mantras For A Golden India ( www.mantrasforagoldenindia.com ); mathematician Dr B L Sharma;Mr M.P.Singh; Human Right activist and Advocate for Supreme Court of India Jetendra Singh; Mr. B Saraswat former Principal Surveyor of Lloyd's Register Asia, former secretary of Marine Engineer Association of India presently working as First Indian Independent Consultant at American society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME), Dr Taposh Ghoshal, a nationally acclaimed marketing management specialist, current holding a senior position in Steel Authority of India Limited and Mr. Jayant Singh Tomar.
[edit] Reaching Tundla
Tundla is situated on NH2 which connects it to nearest major city of Agra, 24 km away, 17 km away from District Firozabad and 5 km away from Etmadpur.Tundla is a major railway junction in North Central Railway zone.Numerous trains ply from capital city New Delhi which is 210 km away.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census [GR|India], Tundla had a population of 40,336. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Tundla has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Tundla, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Important places
Tundla's main buildings are listed below.
- Nagar Palika or municipality
- Friend's Club
(It was basically ball room of Britishers during evening)
- Catholic Church
( Church found to be esatblishes in 1834)
- Christ The King Inter College(formerly known as "Christ The King High School")
- Lord Rishabh High School (L.R.H.S)
- Railway Junction
- Mildredian sacred senior sec. school (M.S. School)
This is the first CBSE school in tundla.
- Tiny Tots Inter College , Basai Marg , Tundla , 283204
MS School was found by Mr.N.K.Charles and Mrs. S.N.Charles. The school stand for its academic excellence development of skills and character formation based on the love of God through service to mankind with a view to train citizens remarkable for all round harmonious development of the physical,the mental,the social and the spiritual and sincere commitment to God and country.
( The oldest 1878 when Lt. Colonel Tundrox & Civil engineer Raphael C of East India railway built a challenging railway track midst of a jungle surrounded by crocodiles, panthers, Leopards surpassing Jamuna river in next 26 km, earlier he planned to cross yamuna 11 km ahead ( presently anwara) and go parallel to yamuna till Taj.
- Nano Corporation since 2006
- Heera Lal Kulfee wala
( Good name in exporting Kulfi up to Etawah, Shikhohabad)
- Brook Bond Tea Factory
(Probably a base for employment in tundla region)
- Three Theater's (New Kanwal, Prasad, Anamika)
- Bus Stand
(Till 1956 buses from kanpur never stopped at tundla, but after building of Jain structures mainly Adinath Jain Mandir built by Seth Lal Mahendra Kumar Jain at Tundla Crossing, bus stand came into existence)
- Northern Railway College (N.R.College)
(founded by brits as NCC center and ammunition house in 1878, later on turned into primary for British officers students and India railway officers)
- Company Bagh
(cricket ground of British officers fielded by Indian class 2 officers )
- Railway barracks or rest camp colony
(Basically a huge dormitory of 1800 mts. seating capacity of Indian and British platoons for resting after first world war with horse yards at back of these barracks where at present railway qtrs are made in 1970)
- City center near Electric office
- Guru Nanak Inter College
- Th.Biri Singh Inter College
- Govt. Girls Inter College
- NR Ground (huge ground near barracks, use to be a shooting range, for military exercises, for local olympics)
- High Way Plaza
- Bharra ( It was supposed to be a reason why tundla was flooded, Britishers fooled tundla people promisig of a dam which was never made 1934 ).
- Jain Temples. The city has several beautiful Jain temples.
- The Adinath Digamber Jain temple is one of the biggest and since being located very close to the national highway is a prominent landmark of Tundla.
- Niyamatpur, a village 18km away from Tundla having way from National Highway-2 said to be the village of the royal family of Alwar princely state of Rajasthan. Royal family of Alwar can be found here.
[edit] Education and the town
Its literacy level is better than the states average literacy rate. Although the town has only six old established schools namely 1.Christ The King Inter College is one of the most reputed School of this region 2. N.R.Inter College 3.Lord Rishabh High School & Lord Rishabh Convent School is also one of reputed English & Hindi medium institution of this region 4. KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA (O.E.F.) Hazratpur-283103 5. Th.Biri singh Inter College 6. G.G.I.College 7. Rajeev Gandhi Computer Saksharta Mission 8. KOTKI BHAWAN FIROZABAD ROAD TUNDLA 9. Th. Biri Singh Degree College. 10. Shiv Prasad Memorial Girls Degree College 11.Mildredian Sacred Higher Sec.School ( M.S.School )C.B.S.E.BOARD.(English Medium.) 12.Ch. Multan Singh College of Education. 13. Nagar Palika or municipality 14.hemant upadhyay. indira colony
