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The history of Bulandshahr begins even before 1200 B.C. This region is nearer to the capital of Pandavas – Indraprastha and Hastinapur. After the decline of Hastinapur, Ahar which is situated in the north east of district Bulandshahr became an important place for Pandavas. With the passing of time the king Parma made a fort on this part of the region and a king named Ahibaran laid the foundation of a tower called Baran(Bulandshahr). Since it was perched on a highland it came to be known as highcity which was translated into passion language as Bulandshahr. At present this is called by this name.
The ancient ruins found at places Bhatora Veerpur, Ghalibpur etc. are symbolic of the antiquity of Bulandshahr. There are several other important places in the District from where statues of the medieval age and objects of ancient temples had been founded. Even today several historical and ancient objects such as coins, inscriptions etc. are preserved in Lucknow State Museum .
An early history of Bulandshahr and its origin of name is given by British District magistrate and collector for the Indian Civil Service, Frederic Salmon Growse, in a paper titled "Bulandshahr Antiquities" published in the Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1879. Bulandshahr was founded as 'Baran' by the king Ahibaran.
Since it was perched on a highland it came to be known as "high city", which translates as Bulandshahr in Persian language during the Mughal era.
Growse's discoveries in the 1880s showed that Baran was inhabited by Buddhists between 400 and 600AD.
The kingdom of Baran came to an end probably during the 12th century. In 1192 CE when Muhammad Ghauri conquered parts of India, his general Qutubuddin Aibak surrounded Fort Baran and conquered it and the Raja Chandrasen Dodiya was killed and Aibak took control of the Baran kingdom.
The ancient ruins found at places in Bhatora Veerpur, Ghalibpur, etc. are indicative of the antiquity of Bulandshahr. There are several other important places in the District from where statues belonging to the medieval age and objects of ancient temples have been found. Even today, several of these historical and ancient objects such as coins, inscriptions etc. are preserved in the State Museum Lucknow.
British rule
Raja Lachhman Singh (1826-1896), who served the government from 1847 and wrote a Statistical Memoir of the Bulandshahr District, moved to Bulandshahr following retirement.
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is generally associated with the surrounding areas such Meerut, Delhi and Aligarh. On 20 May 1857, the 9th regiment of Bulandshahr looted the treasury at Bulandshahr. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall was subsequently appointed assistant magistrate of Bulandshahr, and Lord Roberts was also present in the district.
Hindi scholar, archaeologist and district magistrate and collector of Bulandshahr from 1876 to 1884, Frederic Growse, resided at Collector's House, Bulandshahr. In 1884 he published Bulandshahr; or, Sketches of an Indian district; social, historical and architectural.
Raja Babu Park had been constructed in Bulandshahr in 1837, and a statue of Queen Victoria was placed there in 1901, when the park was renamed ‘Maharani Victoria Park’.
In 1857 during the first want of independence even Bulandshahr could not remain a lot by the popular explosion against the British rule. One message of resolution was carried from Aligarh by Pandit Narayan Sharma on 10th May 1857 to Bulandshahr.
The first popular alarm of the freedom struggle was surrounded in the bulandshahr district by the nationalist, brave. The gurjaras of Dadri and Sikandrabad area began destruction of inspection bungalows, telegraph offices and government buildings as they were symbols of foreign rule.
The government institutions were looted and burned to ashes.
The District of bulandshahr is in Meerut region of Uttar Pradesh located between Ganga and Yamuna rivers. This is situated between 28.4 0 south and 28.0 0 north latitude and between 77.0 0 and 78.0 0 longitude.
The District is about 84 km in length and 62 km in breadth. The district is 237.44 meters above sea level.
The river Ganga in the east separates this District from Moradabad and Badaun district and in the west river Yamuna separates the district from Haryana state and Delhi. In the north of the district is Ghaziabad and in the south east are the borders of Aligarh district.