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Meerut

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Street map of the area around Meerut; the red dot marks 28°58′48″N 77°42′36″E
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It is located 80 km northeast of New Delhi and 480 km northwest of Lucknow, with a 2025 estimated urban metro population of about 1.875 million.[1] Due to its manufacturing of sports equipment, Meerut is referred to as the "Sports City of India," and it ranks among the largest gold markets in Asia.[2][3]

Geography and history

Meerut lies between the plains of the Ganges and the Yamuna in the Doab region, and the district covers 2,522 km², larger than Delhi.[4] The name Meerut is believed to have evolved from Mayarashtra, the capital of the mythological kingdom ruled by Mayasura, and underwent transformations such as Mairashtra and Mairaath before settling into its current form.[2] Timur attacked and sacked Meerut in 1399, killing the inhabitants and razing the fortifications.[5] Excavations at Vidura-ka-Tila, a site 23 miles northeast of Meerut, revealed that the city contains remnants of Hastinapur, the ancient capital of the Kauravas and Pandavas from the Mahabharata epic, which was destroyed by Ganges floods.[6]

Har Dat, the Dor Raja of Bulandshahr, governed the area southwest of Meerut during the 11th century AD; he constructed a fort there and was subsequently defeated by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1018, surrendering with his troops.[7] In March 1929, Meerut hosted the Meerut Conspiracy Case, where colonial authorities arrested several trade unionists, including three Englishmen, for organizing a railway strike.[8]

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The city and district suffered from communal Hindu-Sikh riots in 1984 and Hindu-Muslim riots in 1982, and in May 1987 the Hashimpura massacre occurred when Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel shot and killed 42 Muslims.[9] Victoria Park in Meerut was the location for the final session of the Indian National Congress before India's independence in 1947, held on 26 November 1946, during which the committee to draft the Constitution was formed.[8][10] A fire at a "Brand India" consumer electronics fair in Victoria Park Stadium in 2006 resulted in at least 100 deaths, though authorities officially confirmed 45 fatalities, with the actual toll believed to be much higher.[9] Data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' CityFinance Portal shows that for the fiscal year 2022–23, the Meerut Municipal Corporation had total revenue receipts of ₹430 crore and total expenditure of ₹353 crore.[11]

Approximately 54% of all cases filed at the Allahabad High Court come from the 22 districts of western Uttar Pradesh, yet there is no High Court bench located in that region.[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "City Development Plan Final Report - Consultancy Services for preparation of the City Development Plan(CDP) for Meerut in the state of Uttar Pradesh under JNNURM", Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Minist (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "History Government of Uttar Pradesh India" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Home Page", meerutgdp.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Government of Uttar Pradesh District Meerut, The Land of India's First Freedom Struggle India" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces of India", Oxford University, 1876, p. 321; "The Cambridge Shorter History of India", Cambridge University Press, 2016, p. 252 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Tourist places – Meerut"; "History", The Imperial Gazetteer, 1909, p. 254; "Major Attractions", Meerut Development Authority (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "District Meerut", The Imperial Gazetteer, 1909, p. 264; Murray Thurston Titus, "Indian Islam: a religious history of Islam in India", Oxford University Press, 1930, p. 21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Ewan MacColl: The Red Megaphones", Working Class Movement Library; Sylvia Vatuk, "Kinship and Urbanization: White Collar Migrants in North India", University of California Press, 1972, p. 2–3; KD Sharma, "Victoria's secret", Meerut Plus, Times of India, 15 August 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The voice of a monologue", The Hindu, 18 July 2004; "Looking for justice", The Hindu, 30 May 2002; "The art of not forgetting", Indian Express, 27 February 1998; "Justice out of sight", Frontline, 20 May 2005; "Indian Electronics Show Kills More than 100" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: KD Sharma, "Victoria's secret", Meerut Plus, Times of India, 15 August 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Meerut Municipal Corporation Finance", CityFinance Portal, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Meerut" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Lawyers rally for Meerut HC bench, suspend all work on Saturdays", The Times of India, 3 September 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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