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Origin and Development present Moradabad city was established as the head office of Chaupala pargana during emperor AKBAR 's regime. In 1624, Rustam Khan, the governor of sambhal, captured it and set up a fort at this place and named it as Rustam Nagar. Later on it was named as MORADABAD after the name of SHAHJAHAN 's son MURAD BUX and this name still persists. Physical development of the city was started after the construction of JAMA MASJID by Rustom Khan in 1632.

Geographical Location Moradabad city is famous for Brass Metal Handicrafts not only in India but also abroad since ancient times. This city is situated in western U.P. between 28°-21´ to 28°-16´ Latitude North and 78°- 4´ to 79 Longitude East. Presently it is an Administrative, Industrial and Commercial city. After the establishment of Divisional Commissioner Office,its importance and status has further been elevated. This city lies on National Highway 24 from traffic and transport point of view and is a main Railway Station, also Divisional Headquarters of Northern Railways, on HAWRA & AMRITSER main line. It is very well connected with main cities like DEHLI, LUCKNOW, BAREILLY, PATNA, HARIDWAR, etc. by both Rail and Road transport. Ramganga river flows in the north east and Gangan river is there in south west of the city. Being situated on the main railway line and National Highway, Moradabad city has bright prospects of development. Industrial and commercial development has taken place at a fast pace because the raw material becomes easily available to the city and manufactured goods are easily exported.

Area & Population The geographical area of the Moradabad District is 3493 Sq. Km. Its Total population is 27,61,620 out of which males are 14,94,220 and females are 12,67,400. Of the total population, 18,77,570 constitute the rural population and the rest i.e. 8,84,040 makes the urban population.

Infrastructure The Moradabad District is divided into 6 Tehsils & 13 Blocks. Total no. of Nyay Panchayats in the district are 87 while Gram Sabhas stands at 883. The total populated villages are 1388. The total no. of Police Stations in the district are 26 out of which 9 are in rural area and 17 in the Urban area. The total no. of Railway Stations (including Halts) are 29. Total length of Broad Gauge line is 219 Km. The total no. of Post Offices are 226 out of which 42 are in urban area while 184 in rural area.

Economy Primarily the Economy of the Moradabad District is Agrarian based while the Economy base of Moradabad city is Small Scale Cottage industry, Commerce & Trade. Major crops are Paddy, Wheat, Sugar cane & Mustard. There is a network of Agro based industries namely Rice & Dal Processing Units and a large no. of Gur & Khandsari Units. Over 15000 Small Scale Industry Units are spread all over the District having more concentration on Urban cities - Moradabad & Sambhal. Moradabad city is famous for the Brass Metal Handicrafts and exports to the tune of Rs. 2200 Crores on yearly basis. A good no. of Artisans are also engaged in home manufacturing of Horn and Bone handicrafts articles in Sambhal.

About 12 lakh metric tons of food grain, 10 thousand metric tons of oil seeds, 90 lakh metric tons of sugar cane & 2.6 lakh metric tons of potatoes are annually produced here and a major part of it is exported to other districts of the state and out of the state.

Personalities

Frontline artist have been born in the land of Moradabad who have shown for themselves and their motherland by their drawing and painting. These artists include s/s Thakur Ram Pal Singh, Prof. Jagdish Bahadur Chaudhary, Serveshwar Saran Sarve, Dr. (Mrs.) Saroj Bhati, Dr. Prasad Saran, Shri Ram Nath Dubey, Vinod Kumar Gupta, Mrs. Jaimala Rastogi, Ram Singh Chitrakar, Beena Gupta, Dr. Giyan Prakash Kshatriya etc.

Moradabad has also produced many great poets and writers whose contribution to the field of litrature is well recognised. Some of the famous Hindi poets are Pandit Narrottam Vayas , Pt. Jwala Prasad Mishra, Pt. Jwala Dutt Sharma, Jayanti Prasad Upadhyaya etc. Similarly some of the famous Urdu poets and writers are Jigar Moradabadi, Saheba Moradabadi, Qazi Badal Hasan Badr Jalai, Late Kamal Amrohi, Dr. Qammar Moradabadi, Dr. Mashkoor Moradabadi, Dr. Wali Hasanpuri, etc.

Moradabad has also contributed in the field of Music and has produced famous Tabla player Late Ahmad Jaan Tharakwa, Late Kamal Amrohi in films and Late Pt. Narottam Vyas etc. Late Jigar Moradabadi is well known for his Urdu Shayari.

This city has no parallel in stage. Late Master Fida Hussain Narsi, recepient of Avadh Samman, has devoted his life for Parsi theater.

Freedom Struggle

Moradabad district has played an improtant role in India's freedom sturggle. Moradabad has the credit for giving the final shape to Mahatma Gandhi's Non - Cooperation Movement. This land has produced several brave soldiers of freedom struggle and the prominent amongst them are Amba Prasad, Prof. Ram Saran, Maulana Mohd. Ali, Maulavi Abdul Salam, Dau Dayal Khanna and Pandit Shankar Dutt, etc. Amba Prasad spent his whole life in freedom struggle and was jailed for about a year and a half in 1897.Prof. Ram Saran Known as Gandhi of MORADABAD district was born in 1894 in a middle class family. He was the first person of Moradabad who left this vakalat during Non-Cooperation Movement. In 1923, he became a Professor of Economics in Kashi Vidyapeeth. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Kamla Pati Tripathi, and T N singh were his main students. Maulana Mohd. Ali was a great man born in Moradabad whose fame crossed international borders and he was a complete patriot. He had the privilege of presiding over an open connvention of Indian National Congress and sacrified his life for country's independence. Maulana Mohd. Ali started Khilafat movement aginst the British in 1918. This movement was so popular that every body became familiar with Maulana's name. Maulavi Abdul Salam was a frontline patriot of Moradabad district born on 22nd Sept. 1888. His whole life was devoted to Congress. All important national leaders used to stay at his residence Darul Salam to prepare line sketch of different movements. Despile being a Zamindar, he always favoured landless and small farmers. He was a strong supporter of Hindu Muslim unity. The credit for revolutionery events which took place in Moradabad district goes to Dau Dayal Khanna born on 19 Nov.1910. He left his studies in 18 years of age to participate in the freedom movement and established Moradabad Youth League.Other prominent freedom fighter from Moradabad include Pandit Shanker Dutt Sharma, Banwari Lala Rahbar, Zafar Hasan, Wasti Vakil, Lala Bhaqwat Saran, Dr. Narottam Saran, etc.

History

Moradabad is a city in Uttar Pradesh state of India. It was established in 1600 by Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan; as a result the city came to known as Moradabad. It is situated at a distance of 167 km from the national capital, New Delhi, at the bank of River Ram Ganga (a tributary to the great Ganges). Moradabad is renowned for brass work and has carved a niche for itself in the handicraft industry throughout the world. The brassware is exported to countries like USA, Britain, Canada, Germany and to the Middle East and Asia. Therefore Moradabad is also called "Brass City" or Peetal Nagri..

The brassware industry in Moradabad bloomed in early 19th century and British took the art to foreign markets. Other immigrating artisans from Benaras, Lucknow, Agra and many other places formed the current cluster of brassware industry in Moradabad.

In 1980's various other metal wares like brass; iron, aluminum etc. were also introduced to the art industry of Moradabad. New technologies like Electroplating, lacquering, powder coating etc. also found its way to the industry.

Type of business Business type- manufacturing and export Some of the artisans have their in house manufacturing units and workshops. Otherwise different tasks take place in different small manufacturing units. These units consist of furnace, moulding tools, polishing machine. It is a low technology industry and hand powered labor predominates.

Industry

Moradabad is renowned for brass work and has carved a niche for itself in the handicraft industry through out the world. The modern,attractive, and artistic brass ware, jewelry and trophies made by skilled artisans are the main crafts. The attractive brass ware are exported to countries like USA, Britain, Canada, Germany and Middle East Asia. There are about 600 export units and 5000 industries in the district. Moradabad exports goods worth Rs. 2200 crore every year. Recently other products like Iron Sheet Metalwares, Aluminium Artworks and Glassware's have also been included as per need of the foreign Buyers. Mentha is also exported in several crores from Moradabad. These products are very popular in foreign market and are being exported in thousand of crores every year. Due to increase of exports and popularity in foreign specially in Europe, America, Italy and other countries, a large No. of exporters are establishing their units and started their export. Out of the seven industrial corridors declared by the State Govt. in Industrial Policy 1999-2002, Moradabad is one of them.

The Government is investing a lot of money to improve infrastructural facilities to promote the Industrial activities at Moradabad like 24 hours UN-interrupted power supply, construction of By-pass, Proposal for widening and making 4 lane Delhi-Moradabad Road. About 450 Acres of land has been acquired to develop a New Industrial Area for Export Oriented Units at Pakbara to Dingarpur Road. Thus this is good opportunity for new entrepreneurs to establish their projects.

Brass Industry

Raw material used in the manufacture of brass utensils are called "SILLY" and "GULLY" in the local jargon. "SILLY" and "GULLY" is the mixture of many metals namely- Copper, Zink, Lead, etc.(in a specified ratio). All these metals mixed in a big pot called "GHARIA" and heated in a furnace. The molten mix is then poured into a mold of desired shape & allowed to cool. First & foremost, the design of the utensil, to be made, is sketched on a piece of a paper followed by its wooden frame which is later on used to make its metal prototype. This is known as Master piece.

The expert artisans also known as "DHALLAIYA" prepares mould for the different brass utensils. Molten metal is poured into these moulds, the utensils is then taken out for repair and refurbished with utmost care. These brass utensils are then polished. If needed, exotic design are made on these polished utensils. These utensils are then ready to be sold in the domestic market or are exported out to various countries.

Brass industry is developed as a small scale industry in Moradabad . Worker have small workshop in their houses.

Apart from brass, there are other handicraft industries in Moradabad :

• Jewelry made out of bones and horns.
• Kitchen ware
• Combs
• Wooden sticks

The main center of this industry is in Sambhal, a tehsil of Moradabad district. The attractive goods generated by this small scale industry are in great demand in many countries. There are about 1500 families involved in the production of these items, which provide job to about 5000 people.

Printing Printing on cloths is done at many places in the district, but Thakurdwara, Kanth and Amroha are the main centers. District administration has established a Handicraft Corporation depot in Thakurdwara. Design for printing on cloth is provided by this depot to these cloth merchants. The final prepared product in then taken over by the corporation. There are about 6000 people involved in the profession.

Moradabad district apart from brass and handicraft industries, there are about 7182 other small scale industrial units. Prominent among these are -

• Mentha oil.
• Rice Mills
• Sugar Mills
• Cement and Building material
• Agricultural Instruments
• Animal Feed
• Coal Bricks
• Oil Mill, etc.

These small scale units provide jobs to about 28545 people. There are about 44 units of Medium and Large Scale Industries, which includes Distillery, Sugar Mills, Pulp & Paper, Pharmaceutical & Chemical Industries etc. These industrial units provide jobs to about 40000 people.