Babri Masjid was a mosque in Ayodhya, India, which many Hindus believe was built upon the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, the birthplace of Shree Rama, a principal deity of Hinduism. It has been a focus of dispute between the Hindu and Muslim communities since the 18th century. According to the mosque's inscriptions, it was built in 1528–29 by Mir Baqi, a commander of the Mughal emperor Babur. The mosque was attacked and demolished by a Hindu nationalist mob in 1992, which ignited communal violence across the Indian subcontinent.
Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India.
Bijnor district is one of the 75 districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Bijnor city is the district headquarters. The government of Uttar Pradesh seeks it to be included in National Capital Region (NCR) due to its close proximity to NCT of Delhi.
Mirza Asaf-ud-Daula was the Nawab wazir of Oudh ratified by Shah Alam II, from 26 January 1775 to 21 September 1797, and the son of Shuja-ud-Dowlah. His mother and grandmother were the Begums of Oudh.
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.
Najib ad-Dawlah, also known as Najib Khan Yousafzai, was a Rohilla Yousafzai Afghan who earlier served as a Mughal serviceman but later deserted the cause of the Mughals and joined Ahmed Shah Abdali in 1757 in his attack on Delhi. He was also a House chief of Rohilkhand, and in the 1740s founded the city of Najibabad in Bijnor district, India. He was instrumental in winning the Third Battle of Panipat.
Chandpur is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Noorpur is a City and a Municipal Board in Bijnor District in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh.
The Sahu Jain family is an industrial family of India. They own Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which owns The Times of India, the most-circulated English-language newspaper in the world. The members of the extended family have interests in education, chemicals and finance.
Zabita Khan Rohilla was a Rohilla chieftain in the time of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.
The demolition of the Babri Masjid was carried out on 6 December 1992 by a large group of activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organisations. The 16th-century Babri Masjid in the city of Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh, India, had been the subject of a lengthy socio-political dispute, and was targeted after a political rally organised by Hindu nationalist organisations turned violent.
Kadarpur Nanu is a village that was established by two people around 1930s. The village has a temple built on a well.
Najibabad is a village in Qatur Rural District, Qatur District, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 133, in 23 families.
National Highway NH 34 is a National Highway in India. It runs from Gangotri Dham in Uttarakhand to Lakhnadon in Madhya Pradesh, passing through the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Najibabad Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bijnor district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Nagina Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the delimitation order was passed in 1956. The constituency was assigned identification number 17 after "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in the year 2008.
Tasleem is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly and was also 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly and 16th Legislative Assembly member of Uttar Pradesh, India. He represents the Najibabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party.
Najibabad Junction railway station is a railway station in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. Its code is NBD. It serves Najibabad city. The station consists of four platforms. The platforms are well sheltered.
Bijnor railway station is a railway station in India where Mussoori express, Garhwal express, and Chandigarh Lucknow express trains are stopped. The only railway station is the Najibabad Junction Railway Station in Bijnor district where maximum trains stop, start and terminate. Its code is BJO and serves Bijnor city. The station consists of three platforms. The platforms are not well sheltered and lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.
National Highway 534, commonly referred to as NH 534, is a highway connecting the city of Najibabad to Bubakhal.
Nagal Soti is a village in India. It is located in the Najibabad block, Bijnor district of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Nagal Soti belongs to the Moradabad division, which is located 34 km north of the district headquarters of Bijnor, 15 km from Najibabad, and 483 km from the state capital of Lucknow.
