Moradabad

Moradabad Moradabad
city
Nickname:  The city of Brass
Population  (2001)
• Total	641,240
Website	www.moradabad.nic.in/

Moradabad (Template:Lang-hi, Template:Lang-ur) is a city and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1600 by prince Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan; as a result the city came to be known as Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of Moradabad District. According to Government of India, the district Moradabad is one of the several Muslim majority districts on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.

Moradabad is situated at a distance of 167 km (104 miles) from the national capital, New Delhi, on the banks of the Ramganga River (a tributary of the Ganges). The city is famous for its huge export of brass handicrafts to North America Europe and all over the world, and is also thus called "Brass City" or Peetal Nagri (in the local language). The city has the distinction of being the biggest exporter of handicrafts in the country. Moradabad has nearly one million citizens of various ethnicities and religions.

History

Historically, a city and district of British India, in the Bareilly Division of the United Provinces, now itself is a divisional headquarter. The city is on the right bank of the river Ramganga, 938 ft. above sea-level, and has a station on the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway, 868 miles from Calcutta. Pop. (1901), 75,128. It was founded in 1625 by Rustam Khan, who built the fort which overhangs the river bank, and the fine Jama Masjid or great mosque (1631). In 1776 it was taken over by the Sahaspur-Bilari state under which the city governed. The town forms a large centre of trade in country produce. It has a special industry in ornamental brassware, sometimes plated with lac or tin, which is then engraved. Cotton weaving and printing is also carried on.

The District of Moradabad lies east of the Ganges and west of the native state of Rampur. Area, 2285 sq. m. It lies within the great Gangetic plain, and is demarcated into three subdivisions by the rivers Ramganga and Sot. The eastern tract consists of a submontane country, with an elevation slightly greater than the plain below, and is traversed by numerous streams descending from the Himalayas. The central portion consists of a level central plain descending at each end into the valleys of the Ramganga and Sot. The western section has a gentle slope towards the Ganges, with a rapid dip into the lowlands a few miles from the bank of the great river. In addition to Moradabad the principal towns are Amroha, Sahaspur, Bilari,Sambhal (39,715) and Chandausi (25,711).

For the early history of Moradabad see Bareilly. It passed into the possession of the British in 1801. The population in 1901 was 1,191,993. The principal crops are wheat, rice, millet, pulse, sugar-cane and cotton. The main line of the Oudh and Rohilkhand railway traverses the district from south to north, with branches towards Aligarh and Rampur. A third branch from Moradabad city towards Delhi crosses the Ganges at Garhmukteshwar by a bridge of eleven spans of 200 ft. each.

Brass Industry

Brass paperweight, along with zinc and copper samples.

Moradabad is renowned for its brass work and has carved a niche for itself in the handicraft industry throughout the world. Mohammed Yar Khan was the founder of the Indian Brassware Industry.He migrated from Afghanistan to India in 1860's and started the Brassware business in Moradabad.He has been awarded various prestigious medals from National and International Business Organizations.The modern, attractive, and artistic brass ware, jewelry and trophies made by skilled artisans are the main crafts. The attractive brass ware is exported to countries like United States, Britain, Canada, Germany and Middle East Asia. There are about 600 export units and 5000 industries in the district. Moradabad exports goods worth Rs. 2200 crore (USD 500 million) every year. Recently other products like Iron-Sheet, Metalwares, Aluminium Artworks and Glassware's have also been included as per the need of foreign Buyers. Mentha is also exported worth Rupees several crores -- 400 crores or more -- (USD 100 million) from Moradabad. These products are very popular in foreign markets and are being exported in thousand of crores every year.

Education

Engineering & Management colleges

Moradabad Institute of Technology (MIT)

Teerthanker Mahaveer Institute Of Management And Technology (TMIMT)
Institute of Foreign Trade and Management (IFTM)
Krishna Institute Of Management And Technology (KIMT)

Medical colleges
Paramount Research Center
Kothiwal Dental College and Research Center
Teerthankar Mahaveer Dental College & Research Center
Teerthankar Mahaveer Medical College& Research Center

Degree colleges
V.K.S Law College
Hindu Degree College, Moradabad
Wilsonia Degree College
R.S.D Degree College
M.H Degree College
K.G.K College

Technical Institutes
Taleem Technical Institute

Schools (Inter Colleges)
St. Paul's College
Bonny Anne Public School
V.K.S Public school
k.G.K Inter college
Ansar Inter College
Delhi Public School
Falah Daren Inter College
Gandhi Nagar Public School Moradabad
Hewitt Muslim Inter College
Hindu Inter College
Athar Ali Memorial Public School
KCM School
Kendriya Vidyalya Moradabad
Maharaja Agersen Inter College
Modern Public School
Moradabad Inter College
Amtul Public School
Parker Inter College
Parker Inter College
PMS Public School
R.S.D Academy
Rani Pritam Kunwar Memorial School
Tiny Tots School
Rishikul Mahavidhalya
S.S.Children Academy (very renowned for tuitions greedy teachers )
S.S.Inter College
SpringFields College
St. Judes Academy
St. Mary's School
St. Jame's Court School
Swraswati Shishu Mandir
Wilsonia college

Sahu Ramesh Kumar Girls' Inter College.
Arya Kanya Inter College
Methodist Girls Inter College
Baldev Arya Kanya Inter College
Kausalya Kanya Inter College
Sai Girls Inter College
Ram Chandra Sharma Girls Inter College
Prabhadevi Girls Inter College
Pratap Singh Girls Inter College
Adam & Eve Public School
Ansar Inter College Mradabad

Demographics

As of 2001 census, Moradabad has population of 641,240.Males constituete 53% of population whereas females 47%.Moradabad has an average literacy rate of 74% higher than national average literacy rate of 59.5%; male literacy is 82% and female literacy is 66%.In Moradabad 15% of population is under 6 years of age.As there are many educatinal centres in the city, the literacy has been constantly increasing.The languages spoken are Hindi,Punjabi,Urdu,English & Kumaoni.

External links

• Moradabad (by the National Informatics Centre, Moradabad)

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)