The Town Hall in

Bulandshahr Bulandshahr, formerly Baran, is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr district and part of Delhi NCR region. According to the Government ...

, India, was built by

Muhammad Baquar Ali Khan Raja Mir Syed Muhammad Baquar Ali Khan Bahadur (1842–1902) C.I.E., The Mir of Kotaha and the Raja of Morni and Pindrawal,Asian Review 1902 -- Page 443 was a noted zamindar and philanthropist from Morni who lived in Pindrawal in United Province ...

at a cost of Rs. 30,000 in the late 19th century. The project was overseen by

Frederic Growse Frederic Salmon Growse (1836 – 19 May 1893) was a British civil servant of the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Hindi scholar, archaeologist and collector, who served in Mathura and Bulandshahr in the North-Western Provinces during British rule in ...

, a British civil servant of the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...

, who had been appointed collector of the region in 1878. It is situated in Moti Bagh, which was created as a public garden. The main approach is via the Garden Gate. it was built in 1883.

Entrance

The main approach is via the Garden Gate.

2023

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Frederic Salmon Growse: The Man that built Bulandshahr in the 19th Century
{{coord missing, Uttar Pradesh Buildings and structures in Uttar Pradesh Bulandshahr

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2023

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