Najibabad

For the village in Iran, see Najibabad, Iran.

Najibabad
Town
A Mosque and a shrine in its courtyard
Nickname:  Najibnagar
Najibabad Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Najibabad Najibabad (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 29°36′46″N78°20′33″E / 29.61278°N 78.34250°E / 29.61278; 78.34250
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Founded by	Najib-ud-Daulah
Government
• Type	MLA: Tasleem (SP) Municipality Chairman: Muazzam Ahmad Khan aka "Engineer Muazzam"
• Rank	271
Elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	88,535
Language
• Official	Hindi [2]
• Additional official	Urdu [2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	246763
Telephone code	01341
Vehicle registration	UP-20

Najibabad is a town in the Bijnor district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, located near the city of Bijnor. It is a major industrial centre and has national transport links via rail and roadways such as NH 119 and NH 74.

History

Nawab Najib-ud-Daula, also known as Najib Khan Yousafzai, was a noted Rohilla Muslim warrior and serviceman of both the Mughal Empire and the Durrani Empire in 18th century Rohilkhand. In 1751, he founded the town of Najibabad in Bijnor district, India, after he received the title, "Najib-ud-Daula" from Mughal Emperor Alalmgir III. From 1757 to 1770 he was also the governor of Saharanpur, ruling over Dehradun. Many architectural relics of the period of Rohilla he oversaw remain in Najibabad, which he founded at the height of his career as a Mughal minister. He had succeeded Safdarjung as Grand Wazir of the Mughal Empire and was a devoted serviceman of the Mughal Emperor Alamgir II.^{[ citation needed ]}

According to George Foster ("A Journey from Bengal to England", 1790):

Najibuddaulah, who built this town, saw that its situation would facilitate the commerce of Kashmir, which having been diverted from its former channel of Lahore and Delhi, by the inroads of Sicques [Sikhs], Maharattas and Afgans, took course through the mountains at the head of the Punjab and was introduced into the Rohilla (country) through the Lall Dong Pass. This inducement, with the desire of establishing a mart for the Hindoos of the adjacent mountains, probably influenced the choice of this spot, which otherwise is not favourable for the site of a capital town being low, and surrounded by swampy grounds…. since the death of its founder, Najibabad had fallen from its former importance and seems now chiefly upheld by the languishing trade of Kashmir. ^[3]

Patthargarh fort also called Najibabad Fort

Geography

Najibabad is located at 29°38′N78°20′E / 29.63°N 78.33°E / 29.63; 78.33 . ^[4] It has an average elevation of 295.5 metres (1014 feet).

Climate

Climate data for Najibabad (1981–2010, extremes 1952–2012)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	29.9 (85.8)	33.6 (92.5)	39.0 (102.2)	42.7 (108.9)	45.0 (113.0)	45.2 (113.4)	43.0 (109.4)	37.4 (99.3)	36.7 (98.1)	35.6 (96.1)	35.0 (95.0)	30.4 (86.7)	45.2 (113.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	19.8 (67.6)	23.5 (74.3)	28.8 (83.8)	35.1 (95.2)	37.3 (99.1)	36.6 (97.9)	33.1 (91.6)	32.1 (89.8)	32.1 (89.8)	31.3 (88.3)	27.5 (81.5)	22.6 (72.7)	30.0 (86.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.6 (45.7)	9.8 (49.6)	14.0 (57.2)	19.0 (66.2)	23.5 (74.3)	25.1 (77.2)	25.0 (77.0)	24.6 (76.3)	23.3 (73.9)	18.2 (64.8)	12.4 (54.3)	7.9 (46.2)	17.6 (63.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−2.9 (26.8)	0.8 (33.4)	2.2 (36.0)	9.1 (48.4)	13.1 (55.6)	14.6 (58.3)	14.9 (58.8)	16.9 (62.4)	15.6 (60.1)	9.8 (49.6)	2.2 (36.0)	−1.0 (30.2)	−2.9 (26.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	21.6 (0.85)	28.1 (1.11)	16.5 (0.65)	7.8 (0.31)	24.1 (0.95)	80.7 (3.18)	295.7 (11.64)	282.3 (11.11)	163.7 (6.44)	14.3 (0.56)	3.9 (0.15)	12.0 (0.47)	950.7 (37.43)
Average rainy days	1.5	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.8	4.4	9.3	10.5	5.7	0.9	0.3	1.0	39.7
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST)	63	53	44	32	34	48	70	75	69	57	56	60	55
Source: India Meteorological Department [5] [6]

People's representative

The current Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Najibabad is Tasleem (Samajwadi Party). The current municipality (nagar palika parishad) chairman is Engineer Muazzam. Najibabad is part of Nagina parliamentary constituency and current Member of Parliament is Chandrashekhar azad

Forts and monuments

Najibabad has four sites protected by the Archaeological Survey of India  : ^[7]

• Tomb of Najib-ud-Daula
• Cemetery of Najib-ud-Daula
• Pathargarh Fort built by Najib-ud-Daula (Famous by name of 'Sultana Daku ka Qila')
• Portion of the old Rohilla Palace (called Thanna)

Other historical sites include:

• Jama Masjid Najibabad
• Eidgah Husainpur
• Purana Shiv Mandir, Adarsh Nagar, Najibabad
• Jama Masjid Husainpur
• Baba Nanhe Miya Mazar, Paibagh
• Gurudwara Najibabad
• Char minar Mehdibagh
• Mordhaj also known as Munawar Jar with lofty mound Called chaar minar

Industries

Najibabad has an All India Radio centre. The town is an important trade centre for timber, sugar and grain. There are manufacturing units which deal with metal, shoes, blankets, shawls and cotton.^{[ citation needed ]}

Handicrafts

Najibabad has many craftsmen, the most remarkable being the rafoogars or the darners. ^{[8] [9]}

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian census Najibabad had a total population of 88,535 of which 46,372 are males while 42,163 are females. Population within the age group of 0 – 6 years was 12,697. ^[10]

Religion

Religions in Najibabad (2011) [11]
Religion			Percent
Hindus			30%
Muslims			70%

Notable people

• Najib ad-Dawlah
• Akhtar ul Iman
• Sahu Jain family
• Mohammad Ali Jauhar
• Akbar Shah Khan Najibabadi
• Rais Anis Sabri - traditional singer ^[12]
• Tasleem

References

1. "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
2. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
3. Mehra, Priya Ravish, "'Rafoogari' of Najibabad", Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings, vol. 456, pp. 260–268
4. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Najibabad
5. "Station: Najibabad Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 527–528. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
6. "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
7. List of Monuments - Agra Circle, Uttar Pradesh Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Archaeological Survey of India website.
8. Bhutiani, R.; Ahamad, F. (2019), "A case study on changing pattern of agriculture and related factors at Najibabad region of Bijnor, India", Contaminants in Agriculture and Environment: Health Risks and Remediation, Agro Environ Media - Agriculture and Ennvironmental Science Academy, Haridwar, India, pp. 236–249, doi: 10.26832/aesa-2019-cae-0158-018 , ISBN   978-81-942017-0-0, S2CID   198246331
9. "Abstracts of the Textile Society of America 16th Biennial Symposium". Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. 2 October 2019. doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.tsasp.0068 .
10. "Census India". censusindia.gov.in. 15 August 2022.
11. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
12. Karnataka (29 April 2011). "Young qawwal's power-packed performance - KARNATAKA". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

• "Najibabad - The Undiscovered City". Jamawarshawls.com. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

External links

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