Modinagar
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Modinagar lies in Lat. 280 50' north and Long. 770 35' east, 25 kms north-east of Ghaziabad on the Delhi-Mussoorie National Highway (NH-58). Modinagar is in between Meerut and Ghaziabad.
Parallel to this road runs the Delhi-Saharanpur section of the Northern Railway with a railway station here. A metalled road ,going to Hapur, passes through the town.
It is of recent origin, having been founded by Gujar Mal Modi who established a sugar factory here in 1933, named the place after himself.
Begumabad, which has contributed about 571 acres of its area to the making of this town, is a much older place and is said to have been founded by one Nawab Zafar Ali and to have been named Begumabad by a lady of the royal family of Delhi when it passed into here hands.
Its importance has declined considerably with the growth of Modinagar as an industrial town. Sugar, vegetable oil, textiles(including rayon & silk), soap,paints, varnishes, and lanterns glycerine, cotton yarn, torches, carbon-di-oxide and flour are produced at Modinagar.
A temple (built in the early nineteenth century by Rani Bala Bai Sindhia) which was formerly in the village of Begumabad, is now included in the notified area of Modinagar near Rukmani Divi Girls Inter College. opposite Police Station.
Modinagar is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, approximately 45 kilometers north of New Delhi. It is approximately half an hour distant from Meerut and Ghaziabad. It is best known as the home of Modi Mills. In the resent years Modinagar is developing very fast in the field of Education as lots institution are coming up in and around the city.
The city also has engineering and management institutes set up by the Modis in 80s,Management institute - Centre for Management Development [www.cmd.edu] and engineering institute like Dr. K.N.Modi institute of Engineering & Technology [www.knmiet.edu], KNGD Modi Engineering College (KNGD) & also there are more management college as SRM Institute of Management & Technology[www.srmimt.com]& Unique Instt. Of Management, International Institute of Fine Arts (IIFA)[www.iifaindia.org], Dr K N Modi Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Research.
In recent times Mr. Ajit Singh Jassar has setup three fully recognised institutes. He has named all the colleges as DJ college, the colleges being DJ College of Dental Sciences and Research, DJ College of Engineering and DJ College of Pharmacy at Niwari Road, Modinagar.
A fully recognised Dental college namely Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies (IDST))[www.idst.org],idst@mail.com at N.H.-58, Kadrabad, Modinagar is established in 2001 by Padma Shri Dr. L K Gandhi, Founder Chairman of the Dental & Medical Educational Trust, New Delhi to provide world class dental education in the country. "Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies (IDST)" is a well known Centre of Dental Excellence. The dental college also has of students from other countries. Apart from above, IDST is the first dental college in India having CT Scan Machine for teching and training of Dental Students. So,This environment bring a unique sense of excitement amongs the students encouraging them to achieve their goals.
These colleges are doing extremely well in their respective fields.
TRM Public School, DMP School, Green Land Academy, st. Teresa School are some common schools in Modinagar.
Modinagar is also known for its famous Laxmi Narayan Mandir temple, also known as the "Modi Mandir" and located on National Highway 58.It is also famous for "JAIN SHIKANJI" the famous lamonide prepared here.On the name of IT there many cyber cafes in modinagar.
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