Histrorical Importance
From the historical cultural,
mythological and archeological point of view Ghaziabad is a prosperous
city. This has been proved from the resarch work and excavations done in
the district. the excavation carried out at the mound of Kaseri suitated
on the bank of river Hindon, 2 km north from Mohan Nagar shows that civilization
was developed here in 2500 B.C.
Garhmukteshwar which provides
salavation to the people and the Pooth village situated on the banks of
river Ganaga are associated with the Mahabharat period. Nearby is the Ahar
region which was supposed to be the capital of Pandava's and Janamejay's
Nag yagya site. The Loni fort is associated with Lavanasura of the Ramayana
period. As per the Gazetteer the fort was named after Lavanasura (from
Lavana it changed to Loni).
On the eastern border of
the district is situated the village "KOT" which is associated with the
famous emperor SamundraGupta, who performed the Aswamedha yagya here after
destroying the fort and "Kot Kuljam" (princes of the Kot dynasty), which
was an incident of great historical importance at that time.
Durng the region of Sultan
Muhammad-bin -Tuglak in 1313 ,this entire region had become a huge battle
field .sultan Nasiruddin who was famous for his simplicity and honesty
spent his childhood in the Loni fort here.The attack of Taimur came on
this fort and the human massacre by him are well known references
of history.The importance of Loni increased during the Mughal period as
the Mughal King used to come here for hunting and pleasure trips.A Baage
Ranap is a memorial of that period.
It is clear from the recent
reaserches that seven wars were fought in this region.The Kot war in the
fourth centuary was fought at Loni and the war between Taimur and the Indian
warriors was fought at Surajpur.The Maratha-Mughal war,the war between
the ruler of Bharatpur King Surajmal and Najib on the banks of the Hindon
river,and the war in 1803 between Sir General Lake and the Royal Maratha
army were fought here but the most important war was fought at the banks
of river Hindon on 30-31 May,1857 with the British.This was the first war
of independence and it brought Ghaziabad much of its glory.Infact during
the 1857 war,the entire district witnessed scenes of this public war.The
hero of Dadri,Martyr King Umrao Singh ,the great sacrificer of Mukimpur(Pilkhuwa),King
Gulab Singh,fourteen Martyr of Dhaulana,Sahib Singh,Sumer Singh,Kitna Singh,Chandan
Singh,Makhan Singh,Jiya Singh,Daulat Singh, Jiraj Singh, Durga Singh, Masahab
Singh, Dalel Singh, Maharaj Singh, Wazir Singh and Lala Jhanku Mal Singhal
were hanged by the british.Many villages of the district jumped into this
war under the leadership of the immortal Martyr of Malagarh walidad Khan
and sacrificed themselves and their belongings at the altar of motherland
and made the entire region a holy one.People living here can be proud of
the role played by the martyrs of this district for the independence of
the country.
This land has given birth
to many freedom fighters who played a leading role in the 1949 August revolution
and also fought under the guidance of the father of the nation Mahatama
Gandhi.This district has also provided its sons, who have sacrificed their
life on differents frontiers for the defence of the country.Apart from
this many villages and sub-urban areas of this district name in store
a number of places of fame and glory since the ancient colony of
money lenders at Dasna who lent money to the Kings,Muradnagar which was
established by Murad Begamabad (presently Modinagar) the famous Maratha
General Mahadjin's daughter Balabai's jagir Jalalabad,centre of the 1857
revolution Hapur,Royal elephant farm and latar Horse farm during the British
period at Babugarh etc. are famous historical places of this area which
occupy a dignified place in the history of this district.