Moradabad

Moradabad is an industrial city, commissionerate, and <a href="/facts/Municipal_corporation/VunELtxx">municipal corporation</a> in <a href="/facts/Moradabad_district/aCppndvP">Moradabad district</a> of the <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">Indian</a> state of <a href="/facts/Uttar_Pradesh/vXDwM9Df">Uttar Pradesh</a>. It is situated on the banks of the <a href="/facts/Ramganga/DQcg5HIN">Ramganga</a> river, at a distance of 192 km (119 mi) from the national capital, <a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a> and 356 km north-west of the state capital, <a href="/facts/Lucknow/HuGSvAMs">Lucknow</a>. Based on the <a href="/facts/2011_census_of_India/U4V680pf">2011 census</a>, it is 10th most populous city in the state and 54th most populous city in the country. It is one of the largest cities in the <a href="/facts/Western_Uttar_Pradesh/56JJCa9o">Western UP</a> region, serving as a crucial hub for employment, education, industry, culture, and administration.
The city is popularly known as Pital Nagri ("Brass City") for its famous <a href="/facts/Brass/pe8EHk6x">brass</a> handicrafts, which are exported across the world. In the last few decades it has started emerging as a hub for working in other metals also, including aluminium, steel, and iron. In October 2014, leading financial daily <a href="/facts/Mint_(newspaper)/JbkmwAUY">Livemint</a> included Moradabad in its list of "25 emerging cities to watch out for in 2025".
Moradabad also holds the distinction of being among the 100 smart cities being modernized under the <a href="/facts/Smart_Cities_Mission/vtfG0eq6">National Smart Cities Mission</a> of the Union <a href="/facts/Government_of_India/BIpETqjv">Government of India</a>.
Throughout its four centuries of existence, the city has gone through multiple regime changes. It was firstly a part of the Delhi Sultanate, then flourished under Mughal empire, then was annexed into the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Rohilkhand/a6kRNUFk">Kingdom of Rohilkhand</a> in 1742, and then came under the control of <a href="/facts/Oudh_State/JJKSnwJa">Oudh State</a> in 1774 after the fall of Rohillas in the <a href="/facts/First_Rohilla_War/J54exhBW">First Rohilla War</a>. Finally, it was ceded to the <a href="/facts/British_East_India_Company/jpfw533d">British East India Company</a> by the <a href="/facts/Nawab_of_Oudh/fGTSCQEf">Nawab of Oudh</a> in 1801. In the early 19th century, the British divided the <a href="/facts/Rohilkhand/whUPgHQT">Rohilkhand</a> area into the <a href="/facts/Rampur_State/6GJkulaK">Rampur State</a> and two districts: the <a href="/facts/Bareilly_district/5xjyjnuY">Bareilly</a> and Moradabad districts. The city of Moradabad then became the headquarters of the latter.
Moradabad was connected with railway lines during the latter half of the nineteenth century. A line connecting Moradabad to <a href="/facts/Chandausi/pf63vmzx">Chandausi</a> was built in 1872 and it was continued up to <a href="/facts/Bareilly/EEpNG2rC">Bareilly</a> in 1873. The Bareilly-Moradabad chord via <a href="/facts/Rampur,_Uttar_Pradesh/CzDwgDke">Rampur</a> was completed in 1894, which was extended to <a href="/facts/Saharanpur/1svx5ccg">Saharanpur</a> in 1886. A branch line to <a href="/facts/Aligarh/Korpktb2">Aligarh</a> via Chandausi was opened in 1894, while Moradabad was linked to <a href="/facts/Ghaziabad/zvcmKJxY">Ghaziabad</a> in 1900. It is also the divisional headquarter of the Moradabad division of <a href="/facts/Northern_Railway_zone/GlGUQVut">Northern Railway</a> (NR).

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