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Morādābād
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About Morādābād
Morādābād sits on the route: 20 minutes from Kundarkhi.
Morādābād is in Uttar Pradesh, India, with about 720,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kundarkhi, about 17 km away.
Moradabad (Hindi pronunciation: [mʊɾaːd̪aːbaːd̪] ) is an industrial city, police commissionerate and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is on the banks of the Ramganga river, 165 km (103 mi) from the national capital, New Delhi and 356 km north-west of the stateRead more
capital, Lucknow. Based on the 2011 census, it is the tenth most populous city in the state and 54th most populous city in the country. It is one of the largest cities in the Western UP region, and a hub for employment, education, industry, culture and administration.
The city is sometimes called Pital Nagri ("Brass City") for its brass handicrafts, which are exported across the world. In the last few decades it has started emerging as a hub for working in other metals also, including aluminium, steel, and iron. In October 2014, financial daily Livemint included Moradabad in its list of "25 emerging cities to watch out for in 2025".
Moradabad is also among the 100 smart cities being modernised under the National Smart Cities Mission of the Union Government of India.
During its four centuries of existence, the city has gone through multiple regime changes. It was firstly a part of the Delhi Sultanate, then flourished under the Mughal Empire, then was annexed into the Kingdom of Rohilkhand in 1742, and then came under the control of Oudh State in 1774 after the fall of Rohillas in the First Rohilla War. Finally, it was ceded to the British East India Company by the Nawab of Oudh in 1801. In the early 19th century, the British divided the Rohilkhand area into the Rampur State and two districts: the Bareilly and Moradabad districts. The city of Moradabad then became the headquarters of the latter.
Moradabad was connected with railway lines during the latter half of the nineteenth century. A line connecting Moradabad to Chandausi was built in 1872 and it was continued up to Bareilly in 1873. The Bareilly-Moradabad chord via Rampur was completed in 1894, which was extended to Saharanpur in 1886. A branch line to Aligarh via Chandausi was opened in 1894, while Moradabad was linked to Ghaziabad in 1900. It is also the divisional headquarter of the Moradabad division of Northern Railway (NR).
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Morādābād is in Uttar Pradesh, India, about 17 km from Kundarkhi.
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- Population
- 721,139
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 28.8389, 78.7768
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