Amroha district is one of the 75
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of
Uttar Pradesh state in northern
India.
Amroha
Amroha is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is located north-west of Moradabad, near the Ganga River. It is the administrative headquarters of the Amroha district.
Geography
Amroha is located north-west of Moradabad, near the ...
town is the district headquarters. According to the Government of India, the district is one of the Minority Concentrated Districts on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.
The district is bounded on the north by
Bijnor District, on the east and southeast by
Moradabad District, on the south by
Badaun District, and on the west by the
River Ganges, across which lie the
Bulandshahr,
Hapur, and
Meerut districts. State Highways 72 and 73 penetrate the city and act as major routes.
History
The Battle of Amroha was fought between the
Mongols and
Alauddin Khilji
Alaud-Dīn Khaljī, also called Alauddin Khilji or Alauddin Ghilji (), born Ali Gurshasp, was an emperor of the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate in the Indian subcontinent. Alauddin instituted a number of significant administrative ...
on 20 December 1305. Alauddin won the battle. Later, the territory occupied by the present district was part of the Sambhal
sarkar of Delhi
subah
A Subah was the term for a province (State) in the Mughal Empire. The word is derived from Arabic and Persian. The governor/ruler of a ''Subah'' was known as a '' subahdar'' (sometimes also referred to as a "''Subeh''"), which later became ''subed ...
under the
Mughal empire. Later it came under the control of
Awadh. In 1801, the administration of this territory was ceded to the
British East India Company by the
Nawab of Awadh. On 24 April 1997, this district was carved out by separating Amroha, Dhanora and Hasanpur tehsils of the erstwhile
Moradabad district. In 2012, this district was renamed from ''Jyotiba Phule Nagar district'' to ''Amroha district''.
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Demographics
According to the 2011 census 'Amroha District' has a population of 1,840,221,640
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).[ The district has a population density of .][ Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.66%.][ Amroha has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1,000 males,][ and a literacy rate of 65.7%. Scheduled Castes make up 17.28% of the population.][
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Religion
Even though the district is Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
majority, Muslims form a significant minority and dominate urban areas. As per the 2011 census out of 9 Census towns Muslims are majority in 7 while Hindus are majority in Gajraula (77.33%) and Dhanaura
Dhanaura (or Mandi Dhanaura) is a city and a municipal board (nagar palika parishad) in Amroha district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Dhanaura is also known as Mandi Dhanaura, its native name.
Geography
Dhanaura (धनौरा) is l ...
(66.38%) towns.
Language
At the time of the 2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, 80.10% of the population of the district spoke Hindi and 19.70% Urdu as their first language.
Notable people
* Kalpana Iyer, Famous TV actress
* Ahmad Hasan Amrohi
Ahmad Hasan Amrohi (also known as Muhaddith Amrohi; 1850 – 18 March 1912) was an Indian Muslim scholar and freedom struggle activist who served as the first principal of Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband an ...
, Islamic scholar
* Kamal Amrohi, filmmaker, lyricist, actor, director, husband of Meena Kumari
* Jaun Elia
Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia ( ur, , 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pakistani poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets, popular for his unconve ...
, poet and columnist
* Mohammad Shami
Mohammed Shami Ahmed (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game as a right-arm fast bowler. He plays domestically for Bengal and in the Indian Premier L ...
, cricketer
* Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, artist
* Dr Naseem uz Zafar Baquiri, poet, lyricist, doctor
* Iqbal Mehdi, artist
* Nawab Waqar ul Mulk, educationalist, politician
* K.A. Nizami, historian
* Nisar Ahmed Faruqi
Nisar Ahmed Faruqi (29 June 1934 – 28 November 2004) was an Indian scholar and authority on Sufism in South Asia, with over 50 works and 700 articles to his credit.
Early life
Professor Nisar Ahmed Faruqi was born at Amroha in Uttar Prade ...
, Education
* Mashhoor Amrohi, Actor
* Shandar Amrohi, Actor, Film Maker
* Tajdar Amrohi, Actor, Film Maker
* Saiyed Zegham Murtaza, Journalist, Columnist, Author, Blogger and Documentary Film Maker
* Faraz Haider, Director, Actor, Film Maker
* Waseem Amrohi, Entrepreneur and Digital Media Marketer
* Dr. Azeem Amrohvi
Azeem Amrohi
( ur, ), was an Urdu poet and a scholar. Amrohi started writing poetry early in his life and has written almost every form of Urdu poetry, including Hamd, na`at, nazm, ghazal, qasida, salaam and manqabat). He is most famous for ...
, Poet and Critic
* Kafeel Azar Amrohi, Urdu Poet
* Bhuvnesh Chandra Sharma, Bhuvan Amrohi, Urdu Poet, Writer
Media
University in Amroha has several active media groups which continuously give the populace Hindi news updates on Amroha:
*Amar Ujala
''Amar Ujala'' is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published in India which was founded in 1948. It has 21 editions in six states and two union territories covering 180 districts. It has a circulation of around two million copies. The 2017 Ind ...
References
External links
*
Rickard, J (7 April 2010), Battle of Amroha, 20 December 1305, historyofwar.org
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Districts of Uttar Pradesh
Minority Concentrated Districts in India