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Uttar Pradesh • India
Map indicating the location of Amroha
Location of Amroha
 Amroha 
Coordinates: 28°55′N 78°28′E / 28.92, 78.47
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 211 m (692 ft)
District(s) Jyotiba Phule Nagar
Population 164,890 (2001)
Codes
• Pincode
• Telephone
• 244221
• +915922

Coordinates: 28°55′N 78°28′E / 28.92, 78.47 Amroha (Hindi: अमरोहा, Urdu: امروہہ) is a town in northwestern Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district. It is located west-northwest of Moradabad town, on the Sot River.

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[edit] Etymology

The name of Amroha is usually seen as deriving from its production of mangoes (aam) and fish (rohu fish). An alternative explanation is that it comes from the Sanskrit aamr vanam meaning mango forest.

[edit] Geography

Amroha is located at 28.92° N 78.47° E.[1] It has an average elevation of 211 metres (692 feet). Amroha is connected by rail with Moradabad and Delhi.

[edit] History

The earliest arrival of Muslims in Amroha was associated with Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi in 1192.

In town is the dargah (tomb) of the Sufi saint Hazrat Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat. He is thought to have migrated from Wasti, Iraq via Multan, and the date is sometimes given as 1271, the date of his death having been 1381. The dargah stands in a large enclosure filled with graves of his descendants. A legend says that within the temple area scorpions inflict no harm.

During Partition, as was the case in most areas in northern India, many of the city's Muslim residents, either forcibly or by choice, migrated to Pakistan.

[[Media:Example.ogg]]==Demographics== As of 2001 India [[#REDIRECT census,[2] Amroha had a population of 164,890. Males

constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Amroha has an average literacy rate of 44%, lower than the national

average of 59.5%; with]]

59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Economy

Amroha is known for the quality of its mangoes according to BBC more then 1200 varieties of mangoes found in Amroha[3]. Industries include carpet manufacture, wood handicrafts, and the small-scale production of cotton cloth.

Amroha is a marketplace for agricultural produce, its main industries are pottery making, hand-loom weaving, and sugar milling. Colleges affiliated to MJP Rohilkhand University are also located there.

[edit] Society

Azakhana or Imambara Wazeer-un-Nisa Danishmandan Image By Masoom Raza Taqvi (Sami)smrazataqvi@gmail.com
Azakhana or Imambara Wazeer-un-Nisa Danishmandan Image By Masoom Raza Taqvi (Sami)smrazataqvi@gmail.com

Muslims constitute 70% of the population. Both Sunni and Shi'a Muslims celebrates festivals. Eid ,Shab-e-Barat ,Shab-e-Meraj are the popular festivals of Muslims. Sunnis on the occasion of Milad Un Nabi bring out large processions. Shi'a people gather in the city for azadari and moharram processions.

People from Amroha often use the surname "Amrohvi" or "Amrohi".

There are communities of people from Amroha living in Karachi, Pakistan and Houston, Texas, USA.

[edit] Education

Amroha has six degree colleges.

  • Rashida Begum Mu. Degree College
  • Jagdish Saran Degree College
  • Nayab Abbasi Girls Degree College
  • Hashmi Girls Degree College.
  • H.M.U Hashmi College Of Law
  • B.I Qureshi Degree College

Inter colleges (up to 12th standard)

  • M.Q.M Inter college
  • A.W.Faiz-e-aam Inter College
  • Imamul Madaris Inter College
  • Noor Ul Madaris (Estd. 1803)in Imambara Wazeer Un Nisa Danishmandan.
  • Sree Ram Public Inter College
  • Krishna Bal Mandir Inter College
  • Jagdish Saran Hindu Inter College
  • Abdul Karim Khan (Muslim) Inter College
  • R.N.M. Inter College
  • Kundan Model Inter College
  • Government Inter Collge
  • Government Girls Inter College
  • Sharma Devi Kanya Inter College
  • H.P. Inter College
  • Hashmi Inter College

[edit] Places to visit

  • Id-Gaah
  • Hazrat Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat Sahab (R.A)
  • Azakhana Wazeer Un Nisa or Bara Imambara Mohalla Danishmandan.
    Azakhana Wazeer Un Nisa or Bara Imambara Mohalla Danishmandan
    Azakhana Wazeer Un Nisa or Bara Imambara Mohalla Danishmandan
  • Azakhana musammaat NOORAN, Moh: Kali Pagri (Only immam Baargh which opens all 365 days a year)
  • Mazar Shah Vilayat
  • Ashraful Masjid (Shafat pota)
  • Nasruddin sahib ka Mazar
  • Dargah Bhure Shah
  • Muradabadi Darwaza
  • Vasudev Mandir & Tulsi Park
  • Bayen ka Kuan
  • Dargah Hazrath Shah Abdul Hadi
  • Dargah Hazrath Shah Abban Badr Chishti
  • Mazaar e Mubaarak Hazrath Shaikh Sadruddin Mohammed Yaqoob "Jihinda Shaheed"
  • Waqar-ul-mulk Gate*

[edit] Notable residents

Notable residents or former residents include:

  • Hakeem Khaleel Ahmad{imli Wale Hakeem}
  • GULSHAN-E-KHALELY Ahmad Urooj ,artist,Teacher
  • Haji Syed Mehdi Raza Taqvi who built Azakhana Wazeer Un Nisa or Bara Imambara Mohalla Danishmandan.
  • Azakhana_Wazeer_Un_Nisa_Danishmandan_Amroha.jpg See Picture& Detail])
  • Syed Nazar Ali Taqvi (Danishmandan) Freedom Fighter According to Shajar e nasab Taqvi sadaat (Anwaar E Qum) he killed two British soldiers.
  • Rais Amrohvi, poet, psychoanalyst, writer
  • Sadequain artist and calligrapher
  • Jaun Elia poet, philosopher, writer
  • Kamal Amrohvi
  • Nawab Viqarul Mulk - Well-known philosopher and social reformer, Founder-Viqarul Mulk Hall, A.M.U.-Aligarh
  • Maulana Mashhood Hasan - Well known Islamic scholar currently a Shaikhul Hadis in Madarsa Aminia, Kashmere Gate, Delhi
  • Ram Talabwell known as last north bank of Amroha