Muzaffarnagar
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Muzaffarnagar | ||
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City | ||
Nickname: Sugar Bowl of Uttar Pradesh | ||
State Uttar Pradesh | | |
District | Muzaffarnagar | |
First Settled | 1399 | |
Founded | 1633 | |
Incorporated as City | 1826 | |
Founded by | Syed Muzaffar Ali Khan | |
Named for | Syed Muzaffar Ali Khan | |
Government | ||
• Body | Municipal Board of Muzaffarnagar | |
• District Magistrate | Arvind Mallappa Bangari
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 251001 | |
PIN | 251002 | |
Telephone code | 0131 | |
Vehicle registration | UP-12 | |
First newspaper | Dainik Dehat (est. 1936) | |
Website | muzaffarnagar |
Muzaffarnagar is a city under
The city previously called Sarwat and is located in the middle of the highly fertile upper
History
The town was established in 1633 by the son of a
In 1901, during the British Raj, it was a district in the Meerut Division in United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.[9] In 1947, when the country got independence Indian flag was hoisted for the first time in the Muzaffarnagar City.[10]
On 18 October 1976, during "
2013 Muzaffarnagar riots
The 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots between Hindus and Muslims resulted in 62 deaths.[12]
According to a May 2015 report in India Today:
Shamli and adjoining Muzaffarnagar districts are considered sensitive ever since large-scale communal violence erupted in August and September 2013. More than 50 people had died and over 50,000 were rendered homeless ... The riot that ensued had engulfed many districts of western UP.[13]
Some politicians have demanded that the city name be changed from Muzaffarnagar to Lakshminagar.[14]
Geography
Topography
Muzaffarnagar is 272 meters above sea level[15] in the Doab region of Indo-Gangetic Plain. It is 125 kilometres north east of the national capital, New Delhi, and 200 kilometres south east of Chandigarh, and near to Roorkee, Saharanpur, Meerut & Bijnor.
Climate
Muzaffarnagar has a
The temperature in June averages 30.2 °C. In January, the average temperature goes to as low as 7 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year. The average annual temperature in Muzaffarnagar is 24.2 °C. The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in Muzaffarnagar are 45 °C (113 °F) on 29 May 1994 and −2.6 °C (27.3 °F) on 23 December 1990 respectively. The rainfall averages 929 mm. The driest month is November, with 8 mm of rain. Highest precipitation falls in July, with an average of 261.4 mm.[citation needed]
Climate data for Muzaffarnagar (1981–2010, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
42.6 (108.7) |
45.0 (113.0) |
44.4 (111.9) |
42.0 (107.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
33.1 (91.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
45.0 (113.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
34.6 (94.3) |
37.4 (99.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.7 (87.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
0.0 (32.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 25.1 (0.99) |
32.7 (1.29) |
23.5 (0.93) |
10.5 (0.41) |
25.6 (1.01) |
94.4 (3.72) |
261.4 (10.29) |
254.6 (10.02) |
162.2 (6.39) |
19.0 (0.75) |
8.0 (0.31) |
11.9 (0.47) |
929.0 (36.57) |
Average rainy days | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 42.0 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
|
58 | 51 | 45 | 31 | 34 | 48 | 69 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 54 | 58 | 53 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[16] |
Demographics
As of the[update] 2011 census, Muzaffar Nagar municipality had a population of 351,838[2] The municipality had a sex ratio of 897 females per 1,000 males and 12.01% of the population were under six years old.[2] Effective literacy was 85.16%; male literacy was 88.83% and female literacy was 81.05%.[2] The urban/metropolitan population is 494,792, of which 261,338 are males and 233,454 are females.[3]
Religion
The city has 55.79%
Language
The Khariboli dialect is the native tongue of the city which resembles the Haryanvi dialect of adjoining Haryana. The official languages of Hindi, Urdu and English are also widely understood.
Economy
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Sugar and jaggery production are important industries in the district. As a result of the farming activities around, the city is an important hub of jaggery trading business.[18]
Muzaffarnagar is an industrial city with sugar, steel and paper being the major industries. District Muzaffarnagar has 8 sugar mills. More than 40% of the region's population is engaged in agriculture. According to Economic Research firm Indicus Analytics, Muzaffarnagar has the highest agricultural GDP in Uttar Pradesh, as well as UP's largest granary.[citation needed]
Healthcare
Muzaffaranagar has both public and private healthcare system. The
Transportation
Muzaffarnagar connected by road and railway networks. The
The National Highway - 58 (NH-58) passes through Muzaffarnagar city. This highway provides connections towards Delhi on the southern direction and upper reaches of the Himalayas in the Uttarakhand state in the northern direction. The highway is the backbone of road transportation for the Muzaffarnagar city as well as the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Cities and areas of Hardwar, Rishikesh, Dehradun as well as Badrinath and Kedarnath are served by this highway.[citation needed]
City transportation mostly consists of tricycles and 3-wheeled vehicles, rickshaws. An international airport, Muzaffarnagar International Airport, was proposed in the city in order to reduce the traffic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, however, the same was transferred to the Jewar Airport.[citation needed]
Environmental concerns
Muzaffarnagar lies approximately halfway on the road from Delhi to Uttarakhand
Notable people
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- Kapil Dev Agarwal, politician, MLA from Muzaffarnagar City and state minister in Uttar Pradesh Government.
- Gourav Baliyan, wrestler
- Rajpal Singh Baliyan, political figure, MLA from Budhana Assembly Seat.
- Sanjeev Balyan, politician, Member of parliament Muzaffarnagar Loksabha
- Kartar Singh Bhadana, political figure[19]
- Kamna Chandra, Haryana film writer
- Commonfloor.com
- Divya Kakran, wrestler
- Swami Kalyandev (1876–2004), an ascetic in the fields of education and social reform, awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government
- Amir Alam Khan , former M.P. and Uttar Pradesh minister, chairman of Bharat groups of colleges
- Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (once lived in Muzaffarnagar)
- Nawazish Alam Khan, former MLA from Bhudana Vidhansabha
- Nishu Kumar, Indian professional football player, plays as full back at Kerala Blasters FC and India.
- Harendra Singh Malik, former Rajya Sabha MP, prominent Jat leader from Western Uttar Pradesh.
- Pankaj Kumar Malik, political figure, MLA from Charthawal Assembly Seat.
- Alam Muzaffarnagari, Indian Urdu writer
- Vishnu Prabhakar, novelist, writer, journalist[20]
- Sultan Rahi, Pakistani actor
- Sumit Rathi, Indian football player, plays for ATK and Indian U-17 Football Team
- Rajpal Singh Saini, political figure
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bollywood actor
- Narain Singh, Gurjar leader and deputy chief minister of UP
- Brahma Singh, scientist and agriculturist; awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government.
- Shaukat Thanvi, Pakistani author who wrote Qazi G
- Rakesh Tikait, Farmer leader
- A. M. Turaz, Indian poet, lyricist, and script writer
References
- ^ "Who's Who". muzaffarnagar.nic.in. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ Cadell, Alan (1873). Settlement Report of the District of Muzaffarnagar: Including a Report on the Permanent Settlement of the Western Parganas of the District, and Also a Report on the Settlement of the Ganges Canal Tract. North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press. p. 31.
- ^ Marmaduke William Pickthall, Muhammad Asad (1933). Islamic Culture:Volume 7. p. 439.
- ^ David Ross (1883). The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh. p. 266.
- ISBN 978-81-7019-108-7.
- ^ Abdul Aziz (1964). Discovery of Pakistan. the University of Michigan. p. 136.
- ^ Muzaffarnagar District The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 18, p. 83.
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, Digital South Asia Library, Volume 18. 1909. p. 93. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Emergency excesses still haunt Khalapar, by Mohammad Ali, The Hindu (Chennai, Tamil Nadu), 1 July 2015
- ^ "Government releases data of riot victims identifying religion". The Times of India. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "Western Uttar Pradesh tense after communal violence in Shamli". India Today. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Muzaffarnagar, India". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Station: Muzaffarnagar Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 515–516. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Population by religion community - 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Muzaffarnagar clashes sour its famed jaggery business". indiatimes.com. India Times. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Elections: Uttar Pradesh Assembly". Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Vishnu Prabhakar".