Baghpat is a city in the Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh. It is the
administrative headquarters
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of
Bagpat district, which was established in 1997. It is part of the
National Capital Region.
Etymology
The original name of the city was ''Vyaghraprastha'' (
Sanskrit: व्याघ्रप्रस्थ, meaning ''tiger city'') because of the large number of
tigers in that area. It is also mentioned as ''Vyaghraprastha'' in the Indian epic ''
Mahabharata'', one of the five villages that
Krishna demanded from
Hastinapur on behalf of the
Pandavas, so as to avert the war.
During the
Mughal
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Related to the Mughal Empire
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* Mughal dynasty
* Mughal emperors
* Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia
* Mughal architecture
* Mug ...
Era, the city was named as ''Baghpat'' (
Hindustani
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* something of, from, or related to Hindustan (another name of India)
* Hindustani language, an Indo-Aryan language, whose two official norms are Hindi and Urdu
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: बाग़पत) by emperors in Delhi, in reference to the city's gardens.
History
Baghpat is listed in the
Ain-i-Akbari
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as a
pargana
Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...
under Delhi
sarkar, producing a revenue of 3,532,368
dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 200 infantry and 20 cavalry.
Geography
Baghpat is located in western
Uttar Pradesh, on the east bank of the sacred
Yamuna river. It is approx northeast of Delhi and approx west of
Meerut, on the main Delhi–
Saharanpur
Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.
Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti.
Saharanpur is declared as on ...
highway. Baghpat is the headquarters of Baghpat district, which is in the shape of a north–south rectangle. To the north of Baghpat district are
Shamli and
Muzaffarnagar district, to the east
Meerut district, to the south
Ghaziabad district, and to the west, across the Yamuna,
Delhi, and
Sonipat district in
Haryana state.
Demographics
, Baghpat's 7880 households included a population of 50,310 of which 26,435 were males and 23,875 were females. 8,781 children ranged in age from 0 to 6. The literacy rate in Baghpat was 50.7%, with male literacy of 56.9% and female literacy of 43.8%. The effective literacy rate of the 7+ population of Baghpat was 61.43%, of which the male literacy rate was 68.9% and the female literacy rate was 53.1%. The
Scheduled Caste
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population was 2,337. In 2011.
Administration
The chairman of Baghpat's
Nagar Palika Parishad is Riazuddin (3rd term). The district magistrate is Raj Kamal Yadav.
Towns and villages
According to the 2011 census, 3 towns—a
municipal council (Baghpat itself), and 2
notified area, or city, councils (
Baraut,
Khekhda and Baghpat)—within the ''
tehsil'', as well as 103 villages.
Education
*
JagMohan Institute of Management and Technology
Notable people
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Satya Pal Malik
Satya Pal Malik (born 24 July 1946) is an Indian politician. Malik was the Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, from August 2018 to October 2019, and it was during his tenure that the constitutional decision to abrogate Articl ...
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Chandro Tomar
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Prakashi Tomar
Prakashi Tomar (born 1 January 1937) is an Indian sharpshooter from Johri village of Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district is one of the oldest sharpshooters in the world. She is an icon in the world of shooting.
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Satya Pal Singh
References
External links
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{{Meerut division topics
Cities and towns in Bagpat district