Ajrara

Ajrara is a village situated in the Kharkhoda Mandal of Meerut District in Uttar Pradesh, India . It located at a distance of 7.484 kilometres from its Mandal headquarters at Kharkhoda, and 19.97 kilometres distance from the district headquarters in Meerut.The population of Ajrara according 2001 Census of India was 11,513, and it is mainly a Muslim village, with Muslim Tyagis forming an important element.^[1]

Villages nearby include Badholi ( 2.2 km ), Ataula (2.7 km), Atrara ( 2.8 km ), Jasori (3.2 km), Kharkhari (3.2 km), Kaul ( 3.2 km ), and Mundali (3.7 km).^[2]

The Ajrara style of tabla playing gets its name from the village. It is thought to be an off shoot of the Delhi gharana because its founders, brothers Kallo Khan and Miroo Khan, had spent a considerable amount of time in Delhi learning from some of the great Ustads of the time, before returning to their native Ajrara.

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