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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 103 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUZAFFARNAGAR , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Meerut See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The town is 790 ft. above the See also:sea, and has a station on the See also:North-Western railway. Pop. (19o1), 23,444. It is an important trading centre and has a manufacture of blankets. It was founded about 1633 by the son of Muzaffar See also:Khan, Khan-i-Jahan, one of the famous Sayid See also:family who See also:rose to See also:power under the See also:emperor Shah Jahan. The DISTRICT OF MUZAFFARNAGAR has an See also:area of 1666 sq. m. It lies near the See also:northern extremity of the See also:Doab or See also:great alluvial See also:plain between the See also:Ganges and the See also:Jumna, and shares to a large extent in the See also:general monotony of that level region. A great' portion is sandy and unfertae; but under See also:irrigation the See also:soil is rapidly improving, and in many places the villagers have succeeded in introducing a high See also:state of cultivation. Before the opening of the canals Muzaffarnagar was liable to famines caused by drought; but the danger from this has been minimized by the spread of irrigation. It is traversed by four See also:main canals, the Ganges, Anupshahr, Deoband and Eastern Jumna. Its See also:trade is confined to the raw materials it produces.

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climate of the district is comparatively cool, owing to the proximity of the hills; and the See also:average See also:annual rainfall is 33 in. The See also:population in 1901 was 877,188, showing an increase of 13.5 % in the See also:decade, which was a See also:period of unexampled prosperity. The See also:principal crops are See also:wheat, See also:pulse, See also:cotton and See also:sugar-See also:cane. The district is crossed by the North-Western railway from See also:Delhi to See also:Saharanpur. See also:Hindu tradition represents Muzaffarnagar as having formed a portion of the Pandava See also:kingdom of the Mahabharata; See also:authentic See also:history, however, See also:dates from the See also:time of the Moslem conquests in the 13th See also:century, from which time it remained a dependency of the various See also:Mahommedan dynasties which ruled at Delhi until the See also:practical downfall of the See also:Mogul See also:Empire in the See also:middle of the 18th century. In 1788 the district See also:fell into the hands of the See also:Mahrattas. After the fall of See also:Aligarh, the whole Doab as far north as the Siwalik hills passed into the hands of the British without a See also:blow, and Muzaffarnagar became See also:part of Saharanpur. It was created a See also:separate See also:jurisdiction in 1824. During the See also:Mutiny there was some disorder, chiefly occasioned by See also:official weakness, but no severe fighting. See Muzaffarnagar District Gazetteer (See also:Allahabad, 1903).

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