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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 815 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MORADABAD , a See also:

city and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Bareilly See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The city is on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Ramganga, 655 ft. above See also:sea-level, and has a station on the Oudh & See also:Rohilkhand railway, 868 See also:miles from See also:Calcutta. Pop. (1901), 75,128. It was founded in 1625 by Rustam See also:Khan, who built the fort which overhangs the river bank, and the See also:fine Jama Masjid or See also:great See also:mosque (1631). The See also:town forms a large centre of See also:trade in See also:country produce. It has a See also:special See also:industry in ornamental brassware, sometimes plated with See also:lac or See also:tin, which is then engraved. See also:Cotton See also:weaving and See also:printing is also carried on. The DISTRICT of MORADABAD lies See also:east of the See also:Ganges and See also:west of the native See also:state of See also:Rampur. See also:Area, 2285 sq. m. It lies within the great Gangetic See also:plain, and is demarcated into three sub-divisions by the See also:rivers Ramganga and Sot. The eastern See also:tract consists of a submontane country, with an See also:elevation slightly greater than the plain below, and is traversed by numerous streams descending from the Himalayas.

The central portion consists of a level central plain descending at each end into the valleys of the Ramganga and Sot. The western See also:

section has a See also:gentle slope towards the Ganges, with a rapid See also:dip into the lowlands a few miles .from the bank of the great river. In addition to Moradabad the See also:principal towns are See also:Amroha (q.v.), Sambhal (39,715) and Chaudansi (25,711). For the See also:early See also:history of Moradabad see BAREILLY. It passed into the See also:possession of the British in 1801. The See also:population in 1901 was 1,191,993, showing an increase of 1.x % in the See also:decade. Mahommedans are more numerous than in any other district of the See also:province, forming more than one-third of the See also:total. The principal crops are See also:wheat, See also:rice, See also:millet, See also:pulse, See also:sugar-See also:cane and cotton. The See also:main See also:line of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway traverses the district from See also:south to See also:north, with branches towards See also:Aligarh and Rampur. A third See also:branch from Moradabad city towards See also:Delhi crosses the Ganges at Garhmukhteshwar by a See also:bridge of eleven spans of 200 ft. each.

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