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Present Ghaziabad city was established by Ghaziuddin, a minister of emperor

Muhammad Shah in the year 1740. On his name it was named Ghaziuddin Nagar, which later on
changed into Ghaziabad. The district of Ghaziabad came into existence on 14th November 1976.
It was formed out of the areas of the old undivided districts, Meerut and Bulandshahr.
Although no much archaeological excavation has been made in the district, but
archaeological excavation, research and surveys done in Hastinapur provides information about
the history of prehistorical period in this district. Archaeological remains of old civilization are
scattered far and wide around Hastinapur. Many items such as copper items, sharp edged
weapons etc. found after the excavations of the old mounds relate them to copper age,
contemporary of Indus Valley Civilisation. According to Jain tradition Hastinapur was very old
town of India which was established by first Tirthankar Rishav Dev. Buddhist relate Hastinapur
to Pre-Buddhist age.
Excavations carried out at the mound of Kaseri, at the banks of river Hindon, some 2 km.
north of Mohan Nagar have shown that civilisation existed here, as early as 2500 BC.
Mythologically, some neighbouring towns and villages of the city including Garhmukteshwar,
Pooth Village and Ahar region have been associated with the Mahabharata and the fort at Loni, is
associated with the legend of Lavanasura of the Ramayana period. According to the Gazetteer,
the fort, "Loni" is named after Lavanasura. The city and its surrounding region have historically
witnessed major wars and battles over the last many centuries. The district is the part of the tract
where Vedic Aryans established themselves first which became the first stronghold of Vedic
Culture and Brahmanism. Kurus ruled the tract during later Vedic Age.1
The name "Ghaziuddinnagar" was shortened to its present form, i.e. "Ghaziabad" with the
opening of the Railways in 1864. Establishment of the Scientific Society here, during the same
period is considered as a milestone of the educational movement launched by Sir Syed Ahmad
Khan. The Ghaziabad Municipality came into existence in 1868. The Sind, Punjab and Delhi
Railway, connecting Delhi and Lahore, up till Ambala through Ghaziabad was opened in the
same year. With the completion of the Amritsar-Saharanpur-Ghaziabad line of the Sind, Punjab
and Delhi Railway in 1870, Delhi was connected to Multan through Ghaziabad, and Ghaziabad
became the junction of the East Indian Railway and Sind,Punjab and Delhi Railway. Ghaziabad,
1 Census of India, 2011, Uttar Pradesh, Part XII-B, Series 10, District Census Handbook,
Ghaziabad,pp.10-11

along with Meerut and Bulandshahr remained one of the three Munsifis of the District, under the
Meerut Civil Judgeship during most periods of the British Raj.
After coming under the possession of British rule, the main events happened in this
region were the famine of 1837-38 and the first movement for freedom in 1857. Fierce battle was
fought between Englishmen and Indian soldiers in and around this district. in the subsequent
years people of this district took part in every freedom movement. People celebrated the freedom
with great enthusiasm on 15th August 1947.
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.
The district of Ghaziabad is suitated in the middle of Ganga- Yamuna doab. In shape it is
roughly rectangular, its lenght is 72 Kms. and its breadth is 37 Kms. On the north it is bouned by
the district of Meerut, on the south by that of Bulandshahar & Gautambudh Nagar and on the
south- west by the national capital Delhi State and on the east by the district Jyotibaphule nagar.
Ganga, Yamuna and Hindon are the main rivers flowing through the district and they are
filled with water throughout the year. Other than these there are some small rainfed rivers,
prominent among them is the Kali river. Apart from these rivers the Ganaga Canal flows through
the district and irrigation work is carried out through different branches of Canal. The Ganga
canal also caters the drinking water needs of the people of ghaziabad as well as Delhi.
As it is connected to National capital Delhi, its temprature and rainfall are similar to
Delhi. Rajasthan's dust storms and snowfall in the Himalayas, Kumaon and Garhwal hills name
their impact in the weather regularly. The monsoon arrives in the district during the end of the

June or the first week of July and normally it rains till october. As in other districts of northern
India mainly three seasons- summer, winter and rainy prevail here but sometimes due to severe
snowfall in the Himalayas and Kumaon Hills adverse weather can also seen.
According to the census 2011, this is the third most populous district of Uttar Pradesh
(out of 71) after Allahabad and Moradabad. The district of Ghaziabad covers an area of 1,933.3
sq.kms. Ghaziabad district has population density of 3,971 persons per sq.km. which is higher
than the state average 829 persons per sq. km. It ranks 48 th in terms of sex ratio (881) which is
below than the state average of 912 females per thousand males. It ranks 5 th in literacy with 78.1
per cent which is higher than the state average 67.7 percent. There are only 36 uninhabited
villages out of total 547 villages in the district. Hapur tahsil has the highest number (202) of
inhabited villages while Ghaziabad tahsil has the lowest number (72) of inhabited villages. There
are 850,676 households in the district accounting for 2.5 percent of the total households in the
state. The average size of households in the district is 5.5 persons.2
Ghaziabad district has around 308 brick-kilns registered with Office of Zila Panchayat
License Section, Ghaziabad. The total number of women workers employed in these 308 bricks
kilns may be around 1,860.3 Ghaziabad district has been divided into 4 blocks: Loni, Razapur,
Muradpur and Bhojpur. The researcher has selected 10 brick kilns from the block of Loni,
Razapur, Muradpur and Bhojpur for the study.

2 Ibid.p.15
3Information is collected from Office of Deputy Labour Commissioner, Ghaziabad.

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