The book is in two volumes with 700 pages.
Authors - Amit Pathak, Krishna Kant Sharma and Amit Rai Jain.
Additional contributors are Sandeep Rai, Satish Jain and Manoj K. Gautam. Every photograph, old print, lithograph print, coin, postcard etc etc within the book is from our collection only (except one).
It was released on 14th of June, 2016, by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of Culture and Tourism + Civil Aviation, Govt. of India, at the office of Ministry of Tourism, No.1 Parliament Street, New Delhi.
हम इतिहासप्रेमी मित्रों की मंडली द्वारा अंग्रेजी भाषा में लिखित पुस्तक "पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश का इतिहास एवं संस्कृति" (दो भागों में ) का विमोचन आज दि. 14 जून 2016 को पर्यटन एवं संस्कृति मंत्रालय में स्वयं भारत के संस्कृति एवं पर्यटन मन्त्री ड़ा. महेश शर्मा जी अपने करकमलों से सम्पन्न हुआ ....
ज्ञातव्य है कि पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश एक बहुसांस्कृतिक एवं ऐतिहासिक स्थल होने के बाद भी आज तक यहां की सांस्कृतिक विरासत पर कोई स्तरीय शोध सम्पन्न नहीं हो पाया था, प्रस्तुत पुस्तकों के प्रकाशन से एक बहुत बडे अभाव की पूर्ती होने जा रही है......विमोचन कार्यक्रम की अध्यक्षता झांसी विश्वविधालय के पूर्व कुलपति श्री रमेश चंद्रा जी ने की....श्री देवपाल शास्त्री जी इस अवसर पर विशेष रूप से उपस्थित थे....केन्द्रिय मन्त्री ड़ा. महेश शर्मा जी ने पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश की संस्कृति को विश्व के सामने लाने के लिये लेखको का धन्यवाद किया....
None of the contributors have taken any royalty (or grants) whatsoever for any of their contributions to the book. The cost is of publication only.
Information about the book –
It has 2 volumes, 700 pages, 124 chapters in 9 sections.
It has 745 pictures (photos, lithographs, manuscripts etc) and 8 maps.
It covers the period between earliest humans and 1915 (a section on archaeogenetics is also added).
The region in focus is a single cultural zone extending through the following districts - 3 of East Delhi, Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida + Greater Noida), Ghaziabad, Meerut, Bulandshahar, Hapur, Baghpat, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Saharanpur and plains of Haridwar.
The text is divided into 9 sections -
1) Introduction
2) Prehistory – The First human imprint
3) Hastinapur and history of the ancient Kuru region
4) Western Uttar Pradesh 1000 AD to 1803 AD
5) Cantonments of Western Uttar Pradesh
6) Western Uttar Pradesh and the Great Uprising of 1857
7) History of Police
8) North Western Uttar Pradesh 1803 to 1915
9) Culture of North Western Uttar Pradesh
1) Introduction
(1) Western Uttar Pradesh and its regional and cultural identity
Dr. Amit Pathak
The state of Uttar Pradesh as it stands today
Defining Western Uttar Pradesh through geography and history
Cultural segment of Western Uttar Pradesh presently under study in this book
Relationship of North - West Uttar Pradesh with its neighbouring cultural zones
Geographical localisation of the North – Western Uttar Pradesh cultural zone
Human migration patterns
(2) Western Uttar Pradesh – Delhi regions at historical and cultural crossroads
Dr. Amit Pathak
The strategic `Neck’ of India
The Kuru Janpad and Dilli Suba
Western Uttar Pradesh – East Delhi region at the cross-roads of the Indian
subcontinent
Historical Background
Cultural background
(3) Administrative history of Western Uttar Pradesh (1) - The Dilli Suba (erstwhile Delhi
state)
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Dilli suba as described in the Ain-i-Akbari
Dr. Amit Pathak
1) The sarkaar or district of Dilli or Delhi
2) The sarkaar or district of Saharanpur
(4) Administrative history of Western Uttar Pradesh (2) – Under British Administration
Dr. Amit Pathak
During the reign of the Marathas
Changes undertaken under British administration
Post – 1947 changes in the administrative units of North Western Uttar Pradesh
(5) Toponymy of districts of North Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
(6) References to Meerut in historical documents
Dr. Amit Pathak
2) Prehistory – First human imprint in North West India and the Doab
(1) Human imprint in the Indian subcontinent and Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
The first humans of the Indian subcontinent
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Austro-Asiatic people
Humans in India during the Palaeolithic Age
The population increase and flux of the Neolithic period
Western Uttar Pradesh and the evolution of urbanisation
Archaeogenitics of India
Dr. Amit Pathak
Few specific genetic markers of India
- Mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA
- Y chromosome or paternal chromosome
- Haplogroup F (G, H and IJK)
- Haplogroup R
(2) Evidence of Neolithic Humans in Western Uttar Pradesh
Mr. Satish Jain, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Discovered of a Stone Hand Axe by Mr. Vijay Kumar IPS
The Hand Axe of Alamgirpur
(3)The Copper Hoards of Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Copper, the first metal of common use
The introduction of Bronze
The Copper Hoards
Dr. Amit Pathak
Group 1 - The Western Copper Hoard culture
Dr. Amit Pathak
Important implements of Group 1 Copper Hoards
- The Anthromorphic Figure
- The Antenna Sword
- Harpoon
- Shouldered Axe and Simple Axe
- Lugged Shoulder Axe
- Shouldered Celt
- Bangles and Rings
- Miscellaneous artefacts
Rajpur Parsu, Dist. Bijnor
Dr. Amit Pathak
Copper Hoard artefacts discovered at other sites of North Western Uttar Pradesh and listed in Metalwork of the Bronze Age (37 – 42)
Group 2 - The Eastern Copper Hoard Culture
Dr. Amit Pathak
Group 3 - Two other copper using cultures of India synchronous with the Copper
Hoards
Dr. Amit Pathak
Ahar Culture
Copper using cultures of Deccan and peninsular India
(4) Harappan Burial site of Sinauli, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma
(5) Harappan Culture in Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Alamgirpur, Dist. Meerut
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Maandi, Dist. Muzaffarnagar
Dr. Amit Pathak
Ambkheri, Dist. Haridwar (near Roorkee)
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Bargaon, Dist. Saharanpur
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
3) Hastinapur and history of the ancient Kuru region
(1) Kuru Janpad, the land of the Kurus
Dr. Amit Pathak
Origin of the Kuru clan and the Kuru region according to the Rig Veda
Dr. Amit Pathak
Maharaj Parikshit I
Origins of the Panchal clan and Panchal kingdom
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Kuru - Panchal Region
History of the Kuru - Panchals and the Lunar Dynasty of Hastinapur according to the Purans and the epic Mahabharat
Dr. Amit Pathak
The rise of Sudas and the defeat of the Puru or Paurav king Samvaruna
The Kurus
Extensions of the Kuru Clan into other parts of India according to the Purans / Mahabharat
Comparison of Kuru genealogies as given in the Vedic tradition and the Puranic / Mahabharat tradition
(2) Hastinapur City State
Dr. Amit Pathak, Mr. Satish Jain, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam,
Rise of the Kuru Janpad
Dr. Amit Pathak
Causes leading to the rise of the city state of Hastinapur
Probable causes leading to the decline of the city state of Hastinapur
The Hastinapur city state according to classical texts
Dr. Amit Pathak
Geographical spread of ancient Hastinapur according to classical texts
The Hastinapur city state in classical texts
Various names of the city commonly called `Hastinapur’
Kanv Asharam, Dist. Bijnor
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(3) Kurus in post – Mahabharat period
Dr. Amit Pathak
Maharaj Parikshit II
Dr. Amit Pathak
Kurus after the decline of Hastinapur
Dr. Amit Pathak
(4) Hastinapur after the Mahabharat period
Dr. Amit Pathak
(5) Archaeology of Hastinapur
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
A gist of the excavation report of Dr. B. B. Lal
Dr. Amit Pathak
A summary of the Archaeological report of Hastinapur
Dr. Amit Pathak
Corroboration of occurrence of events at Hastinapur as given in the epics with evidence found during the archaeological excavation
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Burhi Ganga at Hastinapur
Dr. Amit Pathak
(6) Hastinapur in Jain scriptures
Mr. Amit Rai Jain, Mr. Satish Jain, Dr. Amit Pathak
(7) Mahabharat sites in Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Meerut city
Dr. Amit Pathak
Parikshitgarh, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Ashram of Shringa Rishi, Parikshitgarh, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Barnava or Varnavrat, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Garhmukteshwar, Dist. Hapur
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Karnawal, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Baghpat Town, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Mawana, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Indraprastha, presently Delhi
Dr. Amit Pathak
Dankaur, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Ahar, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Karnawas, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Shuktal, Dist. Muzaffarnagar
Dr. Amit Pathak
Dara Nagar, Dist. Bijnor
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
(8) Western Uttar Pradesh and its linkages to the Epic Ramayan
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Meerut city and cantonment
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Bisrakh, Dist. Gautam Budh Nagar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Dughdeshwar Nath temple, Ghaziabad city
Dr. Amit Pathak
Village Bara Gaon also called Ravan, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Baleni, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Pura or Shivpura, Dist. Meerut
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Gagaul, Dist. Meerut
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Kharkhauda, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Loni, Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. Amit Pathak
Mandu, Dist. Hapur
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Garhmukteshwar, Dist. Hapur
Dr. K. K. Sharma
(9) Buddhism and the Kuru Janpad
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Kuru Janpad at the time of Buddha
Dr. Amit Pathak
Mandawar, Dist. Bijnor
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(10) Ashoka Pillars and Edicts around North Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(11) Sunga, Indo-Scythians and the Kushans
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Mr. Amit Rai Jain
Influx of people from Central Asia into Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Kushans
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
(12) Some Ancient Mounds of North Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam, Mr. Satish Jain
What is a mound?
Dr. Amit Pathak
Meerut Mound
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Hastinapur, Dist. Meerut
Mr. Satish Jain, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Bajot, Dist. Meerut
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Alamgirpur, Dist. Meerut
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Kheri (Sardhana), Dist. Meerut
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Muzaffarnagar - Saini, Dist. Meerut
Mr. Satish Jain, Dr. Amit Pathak
Barla (Kaithwara), Dist. Meerut
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Abupur (Modinagar), Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Suthari (Modinagar), Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Loni, Dist Ghaziabad
Dr. Amit Pathak
Alhahpur, Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Sakra Tila, Dist. Hapur
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Bulandshahar city
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Ahar, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Ahmadgarh, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Anupshahar, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Jalalabad, Dist. Sahranpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Lakhnawti, Dist. Sahranpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Gangoh, Dist. Sahranpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Sarsawa, Dist. Sahranpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Aminagar Serai – lost
Dr. K. K. Sharma
According to report of exploration undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of
India in Dist. Muzaffarnagar, Dist. Saharanpur and around Roorkee (Dist.
Haridwar) in 1962 – 63.
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
The Hindon River
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
(13) Mounds and Ancient Archaeological sites of Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Akberpur Thaska
Pura Mahadev or Shivpura
Parshuram ka Khera
Baleni
Khandavari Van, Baghpat
Mandaula
Sirsalgarh
Katha
Jagaus
Kakor
Tanda
Kurdi
Bamnauli
Pusar
Ranchar
Singhwali Ahir
Barka
Barnawa
(14) Exploration of the Archaeological site of Bamnauli
Dr. K. K. Sharma
(15) Some ancient temple sites in North Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Mr. Amit Rai Jain, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam, Mr. Satish Jain
Meerut City
Dr. K. D. Sharma Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Mahavilwaveshwar temple, Meerut Cantonment
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Suraj Kund, Meerut
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Phalawda, Dist. Meerut
Mr. Satish Jain, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Muzaffarnagar - Saini Village, Dist. Meerut
Mr. Satish Jain, Dr. Amit Pathak
Digambar Jain Temple, Hastinapur, Dist. Meerut
Mr. Satish Jain, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Rataul, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Pura Mahadev, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Mansa Devi Temple at Bara Gaon or Village Ravan, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Kishanpur Baral, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma, Mr. Amit Rai Jain
Kakor, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Temple of Angadpur Johri, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Bisokhar, Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Brick Temple at Datiyana, Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Badrinarayan Temple at Garhmukteshwar, Dist. Hapur
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Temple near Jalalabad, Dist. Muzaffarnagar
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(16) Garhmukteshwar, Dist. Hapur
Dr. K. K. Sharma
(17) Rataul, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. K. K. Sharma
4) Western Uttar Pradesh 1000 AD to 1803 AD
1) Establishment of Forts at Meerut and Bulandshahar
Dr. S. K. Mittal, Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Origins of Meerut Fort
Dr. S. K. Mittal, Dr. Amit Pathak
Remains of earliest period of occupation in Meerut Fort
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Invasion of Mahmud Ghaznavi
Dr. Amit Pathak
Jama Masjid of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Bulandshahar and Fort of Raja Hardutt
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
2) The Birth of the Delhi Sultanate
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Mohammad Gauri
Dr. Amit Pathak
Debai, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Mazaar (Mausoleum) of Bale Mian or Sayyed Salar Masud
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam, Dr. Amit Pathak
The Shahi Idgah of Meerut
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam, Dr. Amit Pathak
(3) The Early Sultanate Period
Dr. S. K. Mittal, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
The spread of the Delhi Sultanate in the Upper Ganges –Yamuna Doab
Dr. Amit Pathak
Shahi Edgah, Garhmukteshwar, Dist. Hapur
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Ala-ud-din Khilji and his state policy of fear
Dr. S. K. Mittal, Dr. Amit Pathak
(4) Sufi Tradition of Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Mr. Amit Rai Jain, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
The Chishti Tradition of Sufis
Dr. Amit Pathak
Sufi Saint Badruddin Shah
Mr. Amit Rai Jain, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Qutub Shah, Phalaoda
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Nasruddin Shah Nathan, Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma,
(5) Mongol invasions on Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Early Mongol Invasions
Dr. Amit Pathak
Attack of Tarmashirin Khan and his defeat at Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak.
(6) Delhi Sultanate before Taimur
Dr. S. K. Mittal, Dr. Amit Pathak
(7) Taimur the Barbarian invades Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Loni, Dist. Ghaziabad
East Delhi
Katha, Dist. Baghpat
Asara, Dist. Baghpat
Meerut Fort
Mansuri, Dist. Meerut
Ferozpur, Dist. Muzaffarnagar
Banks of Ganges in Dist. Muzaffarnagar
Dist. Bijnor
Haridwar
Foothills in Dist. Saharanpur
(8) Western Uttar Pradesh – East Delhi Region and the post - Taimur Period
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Change of Power structure within the Sultanate
Dr. Amit Pathak
Shikarpur, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(9) The coming of the Mughals
Dr. S. K. Mittal, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Gautam
Babar’s invasion and the Battle of the Doab
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Humayun and the interlude of Sher Shah Suri
Dr. Amit Pathak
Humayun regains Delhi
Dr. Amit Pathak
Jama Masjid of Saharanpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Lakhnauti Fort, Dist. Saharanpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Akber and the Mughal Empire
Dr. Amit Pathak
Jahangir and Shah Jahan
Dr. Amit Pathak
Badshahi Bag, Dist. Saharanpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Mosque of Abdullahpur, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Shah Peer Mosque, Meerut City
Mr. Andrew Liddle, Dr. Amit Pathak, Mr. Tanzir Ansar
Shah Peer Muqbara (Mausoleum), Meerut City
Dr. Amit Pathak
Jalalabad or Manharkhera, Dist. Muzaffarnagar
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Mosque of Khirwa Jalalpur, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Jama Masjid of Shahjahanpur, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Jehanabad Fort and Nawab Shujat Khan Muqbara, Dist. Bijnor
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(10) Nawab Abu Muhammad Khan Kamboh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Nawab Abu and his famous myth
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Abu Muqbara (Mausoleum)
Mr. Amit Pathak
The Abu Nala
Mr. Amit Pathak
(11) Khairandesh family of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Nawab Khairandesh Khan and his lineage
Dr. Amit Pathak
The illustrious lineage of Meerut Kamboh Nawabs
Dr. Amit Pathak
Problems in preservation of the Khairandesh legacy
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Shahi Masjid of Khairnagar
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Muqbara (Mausoleum) of Nawab Khairandesh Khan
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
The Mazaar on Delhi Road just outside the walls of Roadways Workshop
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Khairnagar Gate
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Serai of Khairnagar
Nawab Muhammad Afzal Khan, Dr. Amit Pathak
Muqbara (Mausoleum) of Nawab Shamshuddin
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam, Dr. Amit Pathak.
(12) Later Mughals and the new power struggles in and around Delhi
Dr. S. K. Mittal, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Aurangzeb
Dr. Amit Pathak
Later Mughals
Dr. Amit Pathak
The foreign Turani and Irani with the indigenous Hindustan-za (Hindustani)
Dr. Amit Pathak
Jama Masjid of Balaikot, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Gol Masjid and Gol Mohalla, Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(13) Sikhism and Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Guru Har Rai Saheb
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Hastinpaur in Sikh References, the birthplace of Bhai Dharam Singhji
Dr. Amit Pathak
Sikh participation in the Great War of 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
Ahar, Dist. Bulandshahar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Gurudwara at Suraj Kund, Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Punjab Regimental Gurudwara, Meerut Cantonment
Dr. Amit Pathak
(14) The Barha Sayyids
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Sayyed Brothers
Dr. Amit Pathak
Sayyed Brothers, the king makers of Delhi
Dr. Amit Pathak
Muqbaras (Mausoleums) of Nazar Muhammad alias Ruk-nu-daula and Nawab Shahamat Khan
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(15) The Rohillas
Dr. Amit Pathak
Origin of the Rohillas
Dr. Amit Pathak
Invasion of Nadir Shah and resultant rise of Rohilla power
Dr. Amit Pathak
Decline of Rohilla power
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Fort of Pathargarh or Najafgarh, Dist. Bijnor
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(16) Post - Nadir Shah decline of Mughal authority and the rise of new powers around
Delhi - Rohillas, Gurjars, Jats, Sikhs and the incursions of Marathas
Dr. Amit Pathak
Ahmad Shah Bahadur the Mughal
Dr. Amit Pathak
Ghaziabad and the Dasna Darwaza (Dasna Gate)
Mr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(17) Ghazi ud-din Khan Firoz Jung III, the Marathas, Najib Khan and Abdali
Dr. Amit Pathak
Ghazi ud-din III, Najib Khan and Mughal emperor Alamgir II
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Maratha siege of Shukratal and Abdali enters Ganges – Yamuna Doab
Dr. Amit Pathak
3rd Battle of Panipat
Dr. Amit Pathak
(18) The Jats under Raja Suraj Mal
Dr. Amit Pathak
(19) Marathas and Begum Samru, the final decline of Rohilla power
Dr. Amit Pathak
Resurgence of Marathas in Northern India
Dr. Amit Pathak
Sikh Incursions into Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Arrival of Begum Samru on the political horizon of Delhi – Upper Doab
Dr. Amit Pathak
Mirza Shafi
Dr. Amit Pathak
Rise of Begum Samru and Maratha consolidation, the political demise of the
Rohillas
Dr. Amit Pathak
North Western Uttar Pradesh under the Marathas and the Begum
Dr. Amit Pathak
(20) Life and times of Begum Samru
Mrs. Jean Audrey Thomas
(21) The Second Anglo - Maratha War and the arrival of the East India Company
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon
Dr. Amit Pathak
Turmoil before the establishment of Meerut Cantonment
Dr. Amit Pathak
(22) The Gurjar and Jat Kingdoms of North Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(23) The Fort and Old City of Meerut
(Beginning of Mughal era to 1857)
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Original fort upto invasion of Taimur
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
Enlarged fort of Mughal era
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K.Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Old localities (mohallas) of Meerut city
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Story of the Chatreewala Peer on Ahmed Road
Dr. Amit Pathak
(24) Suraj Kund, Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma and Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam and Late Mr. Vishnu Khanna
(25) Shakumbari Devi, Dist. Saharanpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
5) Cantonments of Western Uttar Pradesh
(1) Meerut Cantonment
Dr. Amit Pathak
Strategic Importance of Meerut
Mr. Andrew Liddle and Dr. Amit Pathak
Meerut Cantonment
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Meerut Division and First World War
Dr. Amit Pathak
(2) Anupshahar
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
(3) Roorkee Cantonment
Dr. Amit Pathak
(4) The Old Cemetery of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Renovation of Old Cemetery undertaken by Col. Parker in probably 1903
Dr. Amit Pathak
(5) St. John’s Cemetery, Meerut cantonment
Dr. Amit Pathak, Mr. Sauvik Majumdar
Its beginnings
Dr. Amit Pathak
Evolution of the cemetery
Dr. Amit Pathak
John Lang on St. Johns Cemetery in his article `The Meerut Graveyard’
Mr. Sauvik Majumdar, Dr. Amit Pathak
Recent projects undertaken in the maintenance of St. John’s Cemetery
Dr. Amit Pathak
(6) St. John’s Church, Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(7) Original Milestone of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(8) The Mall Road of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(9) Gandhi Bagh, commonly called the Company Garden
Dr. Amit Pathak
(10) The Belvedere
Dr. Amit Pathak
(11) The Meerut Race Course
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Meerut Race Course and 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
6) Western Uttar Pradesh and the Great Uprising of 1857
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
(1) Meerut Cantonment in 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
(2) April 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Travelling Chapatees
Dr. Amit Pathak
The First Stirrings
Dr. Amit Pathak
The coming of the Fakir
Dr. Amit Pathak
24th April, 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
25th April to 8th May, 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry before the Court Martial of May 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
Court of Inquiry
Judgement of the Court of Inquiry
Memorandum from Judge Advocate General
Draft of Charge
(3) Meerut 9th of May, 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
(4) Meerut 10th May, 1857
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
The Outburst
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Meerut after 10th May
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
(5) March to Delhi `Dilli Chalo’
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Routes taken by the sepoys of Meerut to reach Delhi on the night of 10th of May,
1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Route taken by the Main Body of Sepoys
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Other Routes taken by the Sepoys
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
(6) Herchandpur, Dist. Baghpat
Dr. Amit Pathak
(7) Status of Colonial Administration of Meerut after 10th of May
Financial crises and the colonial administration of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Meerut Treasury
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Dum Duma as an artificial fortification in Meerut after 10th May
Dr. Amit Pathak
(8) The Battle of Hindon
Dr. Amit Pathak
First British Force to leave Meerut cantonment for the siege of Delhi
Dr. Amit Pathak
Battles on 30th and 31st May, 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
Bridges of Boats on River Yamuna in 1857 connecting the Upper Doab with lands to its west
Dr. Amit Pathak
(09) Gagaul, Dist. Meerut
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
The First Attack and the saving of Gagaul by Bishan Singh
Dr. Amit Pathak
The second attack on Gagaul
Dr. Amit Pathak (as narrated by Mr. Lalit Dube)
Rao Tula Ram, the Yadav King of Rewari
Dr. Amit Pathak
(10) Panchali, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma
(11) Raja Kuddam Singh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(12) Dist. Muzaffarnagar and Dist. Shamli
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Muzaffarnagar City
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts
Dr. Amit Pathak
(13) Thana Bhuwan, Dist. Shamli
Dr. Amit Pathak
(14) The Farmers Revolt of Baraut - Baghpat and Baba Shah Mull
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Farmers of Baghpat – Baraut Region and 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
Shah Mull
Dr. Amit Pathak
Attack on Baraut by the British Force
Dr. Amit Pathak
Brave people of village Busodh
Battle with the farmers of Baraut and the death of Baba Shah Mull
Retreat of William’s Force
Dr. Amit Pathak
(15) Sardhana, Dist. Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(16) Bulandshahar 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
(17) Nawab Waleedad Khan of Malagarh
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
Waleedad Khan takes over Bulandshahar
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Dr. Amit Pathak
First Battle at Gulaothi and the passing of the Bareilly Brigade
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Fort of Malagarh becomes the centre of Uprising
Second Battle at Gulaothi
Dr. Amit Pathak
Coming of Jhansi Brigade and Third Battle at Gulaothi
Dr. Amit Pathak
Final Battle of Bulandshahar and reassertion of British authority
Dr. Amit Pathak
Destruction of Malagarh Fort
Taking over of Khurja and the rest of Bulandshahar
(18) Sikri, Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. Amit Pathak
(19) Muradnagar and Ghaziabad, 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
(20) Pilakhua, Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. Amit Pathak
(21) Dhaulana, Dist. Hapur
Dr. Amit Pathak
(22) Improvised Artillery Guns
Dr. Amit Pathak
(23) Situation in Western Uttar Pradesh in August 1857 and thereafter
Dr. Amit Pathak
The continued struggle
Dr. Amit Pathak
Situation in Meerut in mid August, 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
(24) Preserving memories of the Great Uprising 1 – Meerut Cantonment
Dr. Amit Pathak
Stone Markers at sites linked to the Uprising in Meerut cantonment
Dr. Amit Pathak
Statues on Mall Road
Dr. Amit Pathak
(25) Preserving memories of the Great Uprising 2 – Renovation of Shaheed Smarak of
Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(26) Preserving memories of the Great Uprising 3 – The Government Freedom Struggle
Museum at Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(27) Preserving memories of the Great Uprising 4 – Remembering 1857 in the villages of
Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
On William’s Trail in 2007 – the 150th anniversary of the Great Uprising
Dr. Amit Pathak, Mr. Amit Rai Jain, Dr. K. K. Sharma.
Route 1 - Going in reverse – Sardhana to Baraut via Harra
Bijraul
Route 2
Site of Battle
Gurjar leader Gulab Singh
Route 3
Busodh
Route 4
Sirsali, Dist. Baghpat, 2011
Dr. Amit Pathak, Mr. Amit Rai Jain, Dr. K. K. Sharma.
Ukulpura, Dist. Meerut, 2011
Dr. Amit Pathak
(28) Preserving memories of the Great Uprising 5 – Field visit by children of Vibgyor
International School, Dist. Ghaziabad
Dr. Amit Pathak
7) History of Police
(1) Early history of Meerut Police (upto 1860)
Dr. Amit Pathak
Police Stations and Policemen
Saddar Kotwali. Meerut cantonment
City Kotwali, Meerut
The Thuggi Officer and his Jail
Police Uniform
Police Ranks
Status of Meerut Police immediately after 10th of May, 1857
Re-Organisation of Meerut Police after the Uprising
Jails of Meerut
Jail of Begum Samru
Old Jail
New Jail
The Present District Jail near Abdullapur
(2) Contribution of Meerut and Bulandshahar Police in the Uprising of 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
Events at Saddar Kotwali of Meerut and participation of the police of Saddar
Bazaar
Kotwal Dhunna Singh of Saddar Kotwali
Kotwal Bishan Singh of City Kotwali, Meerut
Attack on the office, residence and jail of the Thuggee Officer, Major Williams
Bulandshahar Police and the Uprising of 1857
(3) Breaking of the New Jail of Meerut in 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
(4) Breaking of the Old Jail of Meerut in 1857
Dr. Amit Pathak
8) Western Uttar Pradesh 1803 to 1915
(1) The Eastern Yamuna Canal
Dr. Amit Pathak
(2) The Upper Ganga Canal and Proby Thomas Cautley
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Ganges Canal
Dr. Amit Pathak
Bridges on the Ganges Canal
Inspection houses on the Ganges Canal
Ganges Canal as a route for transport of people and goods
Sir Proby Thomas Cautley
Dr. Amit Pathak
(3) Western Uttar Pradesh and History of Botany, Zoology and Geology
Dr. Amit Pathak
Hugh Falconer MD FRS (1808 – 1865)
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Saharanpur Botanical Garden
Dr. Amit Pathak
Meerut, a collection centre for botanists
Dr. Amit Pathak
Correspondence between Hugh Falconer and Charles Darwin
Dr. Amit Pathak
(4) The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Great Trigonometrical Survey
Dr. Amit Pathak
Introduction
Results of the Survey
Colonel Lambton
Dr. Amit Pathak
Sir George Everest (1790 to 1866)
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Great Trigonometrical Survey and Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Naming of Mount Everest
Dr. Amit Pathak
Interesting Instruments of the Survey
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Theodolite
The Measurement Chain
(5) Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(6) Swami Vivekanand in Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(7) The Darul Uloom Deoband
Dr. Amit Pathak
(8) Mirza Ghalib visits Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(9) Railways in Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(10) The Government Transport Lines of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(11) The Town Hall of Meerut and the Duke of Connaught
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Town Hall of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Duke of Connaught in Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(12) Sir Robert Baden-Powel and Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Baden –Powell and Meerut in the history of his life
Dr. Amit Pathak
Meeting between Baden-Powell and Winston Churchill at Meerut
(13) Winston Churchill in Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(14) Hospitals of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Cantonment General Hospital, Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
The District Hospital of Meerut, presently P. L. Sharma Hospital
Dr. Amit Pathak
(15) Western Uttar Pradesh and Food Security
Dr. Amit Pathak
The Fertile Doab
Dr. Amit Pathak
Famines in Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Cost of food-grain in Meerut region in 1800s.
Dr. Amit Pathak
(16) The Water Supply of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
Introduction of piped water supply to Meerut
The culture of wells and water bodies
(17) Wildlife and Environment of Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Destruction of wildlife of Western Uttar Pradesh in late 1800s and early 1900s
Dr. Amit Pathak
Wildlife of Meerut Division in 1904
Official killing of animals as reported in 1904 ((24 – 25)
Badshahi Bag, Dist. Saharanpur
Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
The Kadir Cup and Hog Hunting
Dr. Amit Pathak
Depletion of Water Resource in Western Uttar Pradesh and the death of rivers
Dr. Amit Pathak
Death of Kali Nadi
Jim Corbett in Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(18) North West Soap Factory and the establishment of modern industry
Dr. Amit Pathak, Mr. Satish Jain, Mr. Amit Rai Jain
The first modern industry of Meerut
Printing Industry of Meerut
(19) The Old Lapper’s Home of Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
9) Culture of Western Uttar Pradesh
(1) Hindustani and other Languages of Western UP
Dr. Amit Pathak
(a) Birth of Hindi / Hindustani Language in Western Uttar Pradesh
The political centre and traveller’s melting pot
The underlying Apabrahms Languages
Birth of Hindustani (Hindi / Urdu)
Origins and history of the Hindustani Language
Modern Hindi
(b) Languages of North Western Uttar Pradesh
Language or Dialect
Languages and dialects of North Western Uttar Pradesh
Origins of Kauravi language
Kauravi and Khari Boli
Some distinctive features of dialects collectively called Kauravi language
(2) Traditional Festivals of Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma.
Basant
Phulaena Duj (?? Or phulera duj)
Holi
Sharadie Nauratre (the Nauratre during Dushehra or the month of `Sharad’)
Gowardhan Puja
Devo Utthani
(3) Musical Traditions of North Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(a) Gharanas of Indian Classical Music of North Western Uttar Pradesh
(b) The Ajrara Gharana of Tabla
(c) The Folk Renditions of Western Uttar Pradesh
Alha Udal Rendition in language of Western UP
Swang
Ragini
Singing Holi and Religious renditions
(4) Culinary Culture of Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(a) Culinary culture of Western Uttar Pradesh with a special focus on Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak
(b) Mughal Legacy in the Culinary Preparations of Meerut
Mr. Sandeep Rai
(c) Cuisine of Western UP Heartland
Dr. Amit Pathak
Makke ki Roti Sarson Ka Saag
Urad ki Daal and Roti
Alu Kachauri
Geele ante ki roti
Awae ka dudh
(d) The Nauchandi Gourmet
Dr. Amit Pathak
Halua Paratha
Nan Khatai
Traditional Ice cream
(e) The Kaseru Fruit
Dr. Amit Pathak
(f) The Ratual Mango and Fruit Orchards of Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
(5) Patterns of Dress in Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Female dress and ornaments
Dr. Amit Pathak
Female Shirt or Kurti of Western Uttar Pradesh
The additional Garments
The Chunni
The Saree of Western Uttar Pradesh
Others items of dress
Jewellery
Traditional Male dress in Western Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Amit Pathak
Footwear, the north Indian Jutee
Dr. Amit Pathak
(6) Fairs and Festivities
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. K. K. Sharma, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Jila Pradarshini, Bulandshahar
Dr. K. K. Sharma
Ganga Snan, Garhmukteshwar, Dist. Hapur
Dr. K. K. Sharma
The Nauchandi Mela (Fair), Meerut
Dr. Amit Pathak, Dr. Manoj Kumar Gautam
Origins of Nauchandi Mela
Expansion of Nauchandi Mela to its present proportions
The mela as it stands today
(7) Miscellaneous aspects of Culture and Folk Traditions
Dr. Amit Pathak
(a) Traditional Games and other forms of Entertainment
Games and traditional forms of entertainment, including jokes, jest and
jesters
Chaupar
Bullock and buffalo cart races
(b) Pata - the Martial Art form of Western Uttar Pradesh
10) Western Uttar Pradesh today
Dr. Amit Pathak