Chaudhary Charan Singh, better known as Charan Singh was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter. Singh was principally known for his land and agricultural reform initiatives. He briefly served as the prime minister of India from July 1979 to August 1979 and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Baghpat. During prime ministership he was a member of the Janata Party (Secular). He served as 5th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bhartiya Kranti Dal. He also briefly served as deputy prime minister of India from January 1979 to July 1979 as a member of the Janata Party. Singh is widely regarded as the "Champion of Farmers", after his life has been dedicated to advocating for the wellbeing and rights of farmers.
Aligarh is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies 342 kilometres (213 mi) northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi) southeast of the capital, New Delhi. The cities and districts which adjoin Aligarh are: Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Sambhal, Badaun, Kasganj, Hathras, Etah and Mathura, as well as Palwal district of Haryana. As of 2011, Aligarh is the 53rd most populous city in India.
Gautam Buddha Nagardistrict is a district of Uttar Pradesh, named after Gautama Buddha. It is a part of Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) and is divided into 3 sub-divisions (Tehsils) of Noida, Dadri and Jewar. Greater Noida is the administrative headquarters of Gautam Buddha Nagar district. Noida, Greater Noida, Dadri, Jewar, YEIDA city and Dankaur fall under this district.
Bulandshahr, formerly Baran, is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bulandshahr district is a district in the Meerut region in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), situated between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. It is a part of the National Capital Region of India, and Bulandshahr is the district headquarters.
Kuchesar Fort, is located at Kuchesar, in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India, approximately 84.3 kilometers east of Delhi.
Maharaja Ahibaran was a legendary Indian king (Maharaja) of Baran, a city of traders. Maharaja Ahibaran was born on 26 December.
Raja Pratap Singh was the founder Raja of Barauli, in the Aligarh district. He close associate of Prithiviraj Chauhan, who founded his kingdom with capital at Barauli near Bulandshahar after defeating the Meos from Pahasu, Dibai and Anupshahr. He belonged to the royal Bargujar family of Macheri area near Alwar and was invited by Prithviraj Chauhan to this area.
Frederic Salmon Growse was a British civil servant of the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Hindi scholar, archaeologist and collector, who served in Mainpuri, Mathura, Bulandshahr and Fatehpur during British rule in India.
The Bathing Ghat in Bulandshahr is a stone platform with steps positioned between four domed towers on the banks of the Kali River in Bulandshahr, India. Its foundation stone was laid in 1878 under the supervision of British district magistrate and collector for the Indian Civil Service, Frederick Growse. It was completed in 1880.
William Henry Lowe, was a British district magistrate and collector of the district of Bulandshahr, during British rule of India. He led the funding of the construction of the All Saints Church in Bulandshahr. The Lowe memorial building by the district magistrate's court in Bulandshahr was named for him.
Frederick Pollen was a British District Collector at Bulandshahr, India. He had been a student at Dublin University, and passed the examination for the Indian Civil Service and Home Civil Service in first class in 1867, taking 13th place. In 1869 he was assistant magistrate and collector at Meerut. He married Emily Charlotte. The old District Gazetteer of Bulandshahr is largely based on his work, along with Kuar Lachman Singh, and on the settlement report by R. G. Currie. Pollen died in Bulandshahr on 11 February 1876, at the age of 29.
George Welstead Colledge was a British joint magistrate and deputy collector at Bulandshahr, North-Western Provinces, India. He was born in Macau, China, the eldest son of Thomas Richardson Colledge, gained admission to Haileybury (1851-1853), and passed the examination of the Indian Civil Service at a young age. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 he served at Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He died in 1863, the third district collector of Bulandshahr to have died within the previous three years.
Robert Lowther, was the first Collector of the district of Bulandshahr, North-Western Provinces, India, from 16 February 1824 to 15 March 1832. He is credited with raising the state of that town from a collection of mud huts to a flourishing and more populous town. His successors included George Dundas Turnbull, Charles Currie, and H. B. Webster.
George Dundas Turnbull, was a Collector of the district of Bulandshahr from May 1852 to 21 April 1857, and judge at Meerut and Allahabad, India. He was succeeded by Brand Sapte.
Charles Currie , succeeded George Hamilton Freeling as Collector of the district of Bulandshahr, North-Western Provinces, India. There, along with H. B. Webster and G. D. Turnbull, he was known for his contributions to some of the late nineteenth century buildings at the town of Bulandshahr.
Kuar Lachman Singh, also known as Raja Lachhman Singh,, was an Indian deputy collector of the district of Bulandshahr, North-Western Provinces (NWP), India, and author of Historical and Statistical Memoir of Zila Bulandshahar (1874), commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of the NWP William Muir. He also produced a Hindi translation from Sanskrit of Shakuntala and Meghadūta.
Henry Binny Webster was Inspector General of the Indian Police. From 1863 to 1866 he was joint magistrate and Collector in the district of Bulandshahr, North-Western Provinces. He is credited with supervising the erection of the English school in 1864 and the dispensary in 1867, in the town of Bulandshahr. His predecessors included George Dundas Turnbull and Charles Currie.
Brand Sapte, succeeded George Dundas Turnbull as Collector of the district of Bulandshahr, and later became judge at Farrukhabad, North-Western Provinces, India. He wrote short biographies of all the men from Haileybury who fought against the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Having spent two years at Haileybury he arrived in India in 1843 and remained there until 1871. He died on 6 June 1891 at 116 Gloucester Terrace, London.
Henry Dundas Willock, also referred to as Henry Davis Willock was a British Civil Servant in India. He was joint magistrate at Allahabad during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
