MEERUT
Meerut is a city in the western part of
massive Uttar Pradesh. It is an ancient
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| Meerut City Railway Station |
city with settlements dating
back to the
Indus Valley Civilization. It is the 26th
most populous city in India.
The municipal
area is 141.89 km2 with the cantonment covering 35.68 km2. It is the largest producers of sports goods, and the
largest producer of
musical instruments in India. It is a part of National Capital Region (NCR)
and is surrounded by Muzaffarnagar in north, Ghaziabad in south,Amroha and Moradabad
in east and Delhi in south west.
The city may have derived
its name from
Mayarashtra, the capital of the kingdom
of Mayasura, Mandodari's father and
Ravana’s father-in-law. This name may
have mutated to Mairashtra, Mai-dant-ka-
khera, Mairaath and eventually Meerut.
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| Meerut City Railway Station |
It is famously associated
with the Indian
Rebellion of1857 against the British East
India Company.
Meerut is also known as
'Ravan Ki
Sasural' literally meaning "Ravana's
wife's home". There is an old Chandi Devi
temple in
the compound of Nauchandi
ground. It is believed that
Ravan's wife Mandodari used to come here to worship Goddess Chandi and since then every year a fate (Nauchandi
Mela) is held in sacred days of Navratri.
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| Mall Road in Meerut Cantt |
Meerut has a monsoon influenced humid
subtropical climate characterized by very
hot summers and very cold winters. It lies
between the plains
of the Ganga and
those of the Yamuna. In area it covers 2,522 km2 with
a population of
3,443,689.
Meerut Cantonment was
established by
the British East India Company in 1803.
It is the second largest cantonment of
India both in
land area
(3568.06 hectares) and population (90521
people) as per census of 2001. The
Revolt of 1857 started from "Kali Paltan"
in Meerut Cantonment.
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| Kali Paltan Temple |
It is the
63rd-fastest-growing urban area
in the world. It is the 14th fastest developing
city in
India.
There are numerous places in Meerut which
one can visit like kali paltan temple
(Augarnath temple), Gandhi Bagh, Malls of
Meerut
(Melange, Era, PVS, Magnum, and
Shopprix), Abu Lane (shoppolics lane),
St. John’s Church, Suraj Kund (sports goods
hub), Chaat Bazaar and many more places.