Bijnor
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Bijnor is a city and a
History
Indus Valley Civilization
steatite paste, faience, glass, carnelian, quartz, agate and black jasper. Little metal was in evidence. However, a broken blade made of copper was found.[5]
Medieval history
King Bijli Pasi is credited as the founder of the city of Bijnor in
northern India was divided into several small states, before the fall of the mighty empires of the past.[6]
During the time of
Marathas invaded Bijnor who was also instigated by enemies of Rohillas, leading to several battles. Rohilla chief, Najib, who sided with Ahmad Shah Abdali in Panipat, was made vizier of the empire.[7]
Climate
| Climate data for Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
35.9 (96.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38.7 (101.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24 (75) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.9 (0.86) |
18.6 (0.73) |
14.0 (0.55) |
9.3 (0.37) |
17.2 (0.68) |
81.8 (3.22) |
243.0 (9.57) |
267.4 (10.53) |
136.3 (5.37) |
18.9 (0.74) |
5.1 (0.20) |
7.9 (0.31) |
841.3 (33.12) |
| Average precipitation days | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 35.5 |
| Source: Weatherbase[8] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 17,583 | — |
| 1911 | 17,439 | −0.8% |
| 1921 | 18,095 | +3.8% |
| 1931 | 23,520 | +30.0% |
| 1941 | 27,900 | +18.6% |
| 1951 | 30,646 | +9.8% |
| 1961 | 33,821 | +10.4% |
| 1971 | 43,290 | +28.0% |
| 1981 | 56,713 | +31.0% |
| 1991 | 66,486 | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 79,346 | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 93,297 | +17.6% |
| Source: [9]: 754–756 | ||
As per 2011 census, Bijnor
urban agglomeration had a population of 115,381 out of which males were 60,656 and females were 54,725. The effective literacy rate (7+ population) was 77.90 per cent.[10]
Government and politics
Bijnor district administration is headed by the
divisional commissioner of Moradabad. The DM is in charge of property records and revenue collection for the central government and oversees the elections held in the city. He is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the city.[11][12][13][14] The DM is assisted by two additional district magistrates and several other officers.[15]
Bijnor district comes under the
Provincial Police Service.[16] Each of the several police circles is headed by a circle officer in the rank of deputy superintendent of police.[16]
Bijnor has a District Court under the High Court of Judicature of Allahabad.[17] The court is headed by the district judge of Bijnor, who is assisted by numerous additional district judges, civil judges and additional civil judges.
In popular culture
- The Hindi TV show, Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar was set in Bijnor.[18]
Notable people
- Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and first ambassador to USA
- Abdur Rahman Bijnori, Indian Urdu poet and scholar
- Marghubur Rahman, vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband
- Dushyant Kumar - Indian poet of modern Hindi literature
See also
- List of cities in Uttar Pradesh
- Dehra, Uttar Pradesh
- Bijnor railway station
- Bijnor (Assembly constituency)
- Bijnor (Lok Sabha constituency)
- 1990 Bijnor riot
References
- ^ a b "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 21 December 2018.
- Indian Express.
- ISBN 978-9-00409-264-8.
- ^ a b c Amalananda Ghosh (ed.). "Excavations at Alamgirpur". Indian Archaeology, A Review (1958-1959). Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. pp. 51–52.
- ISBN 9788131711200.
- ISBN 978-0-7619-3324-3.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bijnor". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 928–929.
- ^ "Bijnor, India Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase.
- ^ District Census Handbook Bijnor Part-A (PDF). Lucknow: Directorate of Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh.
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ "CONSTITUTIONAL SETUP". Government of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ISBN 9788125019886.
- ISBN 978-9339204785.
- ISBN 978-8170993810.
- ^ "Collectrate | Bijnor | India". Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Officers posted at Bijnor". Uttar Pradesh Police. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "District & Outlying Courts of Uttar Pradesh, India". www.allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar". in.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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