Hapur

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Hapur is a city with a population of 216,100 located 65 kilometers east of the capital of India and noted as an exporter of paper cones and tubes. It is part of the Ghaziabad district of the northern India state of Uttar Pradesh. Two Northern Railway lines run through Hapur: one from Meerut, 35 kilometers to the north; and another from New Delhi, 65 kilometers to the west. Hapur has a latitude of 28.45° N and a longitude of 77.45° E.

1 History
2 Population
3 Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute, Hapur
4 Miscellaneous Facts about Hapur
5 References

[edit] History

Hapur is said to have been founded in the 10th century. It was granted by Sindhia to his French general Perron at the end of the 18th century. The city was originally named 'Haripur', which means The Sirohi City.In the movement of freedom fight numbers of common people were involved from every level of society. Vaishy community provided their money and blood as well .

Roopendra Sirohi (Hapur) hapur is very well known for its contribution in freedom struggle and there is a fare organised every year in rememberence of the martyr of freedom struggle locally known as shaheed mela. there is a smarak also at tehseel chauapala in honour of the same

[edit] Population

2001 census: 211,987

Hapur is a city which has a mixed religious population, approximately 65% Hindu, 30% Muslim, and a small percentage Sikh.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute, Hapur

In order to develop facilities for Applied Research and Apex Level Training in the field of foodgrain storage and preservation, a Grain Storage Research and Training Centre was established at Hapur in 1958, which was later on expanded into Indian Grain Storage Institute (IGSI) with two field stations at Ludhiana and Bapatla (later shifted to Hyderabad) with the financial assistance from UNDP in 1968. Three field stations at Jabalpur, Jorhat, and Udaipur were subsequently established in 1981. In 1996, the IGSI was renamed as Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute (IGMRI). Field Stations at Jabalpur and Udaipur have however been closed w.e.f. October 2002. While the training, and research and development activities are undertaken by IGMRI, the work of popularising scientific methods of foodgrain storage developed by IGMRI among farming community is implemented through the Save Grain Campaign teams.