North India · Uttar Pradesh
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
About Ghaziabad
- Inland
Where it is
Ghaziabad is an industrial city in western Uttar Pradesh on Delhi's eastern border, part of the National Capital Region, divided by the Hindon River on the upper Gangetic plains.
History
The city was founded in 1740 by Ghazi-ud-Din, a vizier of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah. It saw fighting in the uprising of 1857 and later grew as a railway junction and factory town on the main route east from Delhi, becoming a separate district in 1976.
People
Hindi is spoken by almost everyone, with Urdu and Punjabi in some neighbourhoods. Many residents commute to Delhi and Noida from high-rise suburbs that have grown up around older villages and industrial estates.
Known for
- Gateway between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh
- Engineering and manufacturing industries
- Hindon Air Force Station
- Namo Bharat rapid rail to Meerut
- Dudheshwar Nath Temple
Did you know?
Ghaziabad was originally named Ghaziuddinnagar after its founder, and the shorter name came into use when the railway opened here in 1864.
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