Ghaziabad

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Ghaziabad

Lat. 280 40' North and Long. 770 25' East

[edit] Formation of the District

Before 14th November 1976 Ghaziabad was the Tehsil of District Meerut. The then chief minister Mr. N.D.Tiwari decalered Ghaziabad as a district on 14th November 1976, on the birth anniversary of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehry, the first prime minister of India. From then Ghaziabad has moved forward leaps and bounds on the social, economic, agriculture and individual front.

Ghaziabad, the headquarter of the district of the same name, lies on the Grand Trunk road about a mile east of the Hindon river in Lat. 280 40' North and Long. 770 25' East, 19 Kms. east of Delhi and 46 Kms. south-west of Meerut with which it is connected by a metalled road. Other roads lead north-wesr to Loni and Baghpat and east to Hapur and Garhmukteshwar. Buses run at freequent intervals from here to Delhi, Meerut,Aligarh,Bulandshahar, Moradabad, Lucknow and to other districts also. It is an important station on the Northern Railway where railway lines, from Delhi to Calcutta, Moradabad and Saharanpur meet, connecting it with many important cities of India.

As it's boundary is adjacent to Delhi, it acts as the main entrance of Uttar Pradesh and that is why it is also called the GATEWAY OF U.P.

[edit] MALLS

Ghaziabad City(National Capital Region)is filled with number of good malls and shopping centers.

  • The EDM , Next to Anand Vihar Bas Stand . It is one of the first big mall in Ghaziabad
  • Pacific Mall, Next to EDM mall and its one of the unique mall in Ghaziabad
  • MMX Mall. Cineplex with 6 screens .
  • SM world Located in Shlimar Garden.
  • Adlabs , Located next to Bhusan Steel Company .
  • Shipra Mall, THis is one of the best malls in NCR ,This is in Gaziabad but just touching sec-62 Noida you can visit this Malls

Apart from that Ghaziabad is filled with flea markets like Turab Nagar ,Ganta Ghar etc.

[edit] EDUCATION

Ghaziabad is famous for good number of colleges and schools

  • Krishna Institute Of Engineering & Technology (KIET), Ghaziabad KIET
  • IMT Ghaziabad
  • IME College IME
  • IPEC College
  • IPS college
  • SIPS school
  • DAV school
  • Khaitan school
  • Holly Angels school

[edit] PLACE TO VISIT

  • Ram manohar Lohia Park
  • Mohan Nagar Temple
  • IME and Supertech
  • RajniGandha Apt.

[edit] From Ghaziuddinnagar to Ghaziabad

The place was founded in 1740 by the vizir, Ghazi-ud-din, who called it Ghaziuddinnagar after himself and built a spacious sarai consisting of 120 rooms of masonry with pointed arches.Only the gate , a few portions of the boundary wall and a massive pillar about fourteen feet in height remains now, the precincts now being inhabited. His masoleum still stands in the city but is in a bad state of preservation. The Jat raja, Surajmal, killed near the city by the Rohillas in 1763. An encounter between the freedom fighters and a small British force took place here in May, 1857, in which the former were defeated while trying to hold the Hindon. After the opening the railway line the name of the place was shortened to Ghaziabad.

[edit] How to reach ?

Ghaziabad can be reached by air, road and rail. The nearest airport is the Indira Gandhi International airport which is about 45 km away. By road, Ghaziabad is well-connected on all sides to Delhi, NOIDA, Hapur, Modinagar, Meerut, Saharanpur, Haridwar, etc. A large number of people commute to Delhi,Noida,Greater Noida and Gurgaon everyday for work.

There are bus terminuses at Mohan Nagar, Lohia Nagar, Vasundhara and close to Meerut Road from where Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) buses serve cities over the state.

Ghaziabad is also well-connected to all parts of the country through Railway line. It is a railway junction and several lines pass through Ghaziabad. The Main railway station is situated in the middle of the city. The city is very well connected to Delhi and other neighbouring cities through Fast Moving Local Trains called EMU. Several trains connect Ghaziabad to Meerut, Aligarh, Delhi, New delhi, Faridabad, Palwal, Mathura, etc.

By the year 2009 September Metro trains will be running in Ghaziabad. It will extend its journey from Anand Vihar to Vaishali.

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