municipal board
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in
Bijnor district
Bijnor district is one of the 75 districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Bijnor city is the district headquarters. The government of Uttar Pradesh seeks it to be included in National Capital Region (NCR) due to its close proximity to ...
in the
India
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state
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of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 195 ...
.
History
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), it was named by Syed's who received this place as jagir by the Mughals.
During the British period, it remained the headquarters of Nagina Tahsil,
Bijnor
Bijnor is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, IndiaUnited Province
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; and from 1817 to 1824, it was the headquarters of newly formed Northern
Moradabad
Moradabad () is a city, commissionary and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Moradabad is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Delhi and ...
district.Nagina Town The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 18, p. 299. In 1901, the Nagina Tehsil had 464 villages and two towns: Nagina, with a population of 21,412, and
Afzalgarh
Afzalgarh is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located at the border with the state of Uttarakhand.
Geography
Afzalgarh is located at . It has an average elevation of 212 metres ...
, with a population of 6,474.
The rise of
Rohilla
Rohillas are a community of Pashtun ancestry, historically found in Rohilkhand, a region in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It forms the largest Pashtun diaspora community in India, and has given its name to the Rohilkhand region. The Roh ...
power in the area was marked by an 18th-century fort, which was later used as ''tahsil'' or
tehsil
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offices. In 1805, the city was sacked by the
Pashtuns
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under
Muhammad Amir Khan
Nawab Muhammad Amir Khan (1769–1834) was a military general in the service of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire and later became the first ruler of the princely state of Tonk (in the present day Rajasthan state of India). He was of Pas ...
.
As a part of the
Indian Rebellion of 1857
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Najibabad
Najibabad is a town in the Bijnor district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, located near the city of Bijnor. It is a major industrial city and is well connected to all major cities of India by roadways via NH 119 and NH 74 respectively a ...
and the British, ending in the defeat of the Nawab on 21 April 1858,Nagina2 The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 18, p. 300. following which British established their authority in