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Meerut is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The city lies 70 km northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and 430 km
west of the state capital Lucknow.
As of 2011, Meerut is the 33rd most populous urban agglomeration and the 26th most populous city in India.
It ranked 292nd in 2006 and is projected to rank 242nd in 2020 in the list of largest cities and urban areas in
the world. The municipal area (as of 2016) is 450 km2 .
The city is one of the largest producers of sports goods, and the largest producer of musical instruments in
India.
The city is also an education hub in western Uttar Pradesh, and is also known as the "Sports City Of India".
The city may have derived its name from 'Mayarashtra' (Sanskrit: मयराष्ट्र), the capital of the kingdom of
Mayasura, Mandodari's father and Ravana's father-in-law. This name may have mutated to Mairashtra,
Mai-dant-ka-khera, Mairaath and eventually Meerut.
In Ramayana, It was known as 'Maydant Ka Kheda', the capital of May danav. It was hometown of Mandodari, wife of
Ravana.
After the archaeological excavations at Vidura-ka-tila, a collection of several mounds named after Vidura, in
1950-52, a site 37 km north-east of Meerut, it was concluded to be remains of the ancient city of
Hastinapur, the capital of Kauravas and Pandavas of Mahabharata, which was washed away by Ganges
floods.
Fragment of the 6th Ashoka Pillar in sandstone, with inscription of Edicts of Ashoka, in Brahmi, originally from
Meerut, now on display in the British Museum.
Meerut also contained a Harappan settlement known as Alamgirpur. It was also the easternmost settlement of the
Indus Valley civilisation. Meerut had been a centre of Buddhism in the period of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka
, and remains of Buddhist structures were found near the Jama Masjid in the present day city. The
Ashoka Pillar, at Delhi ridge, next to the 'Bara Hindu Rao Hospital', near Delhi University, was carried to Delhi
from Meerut, by Firuz Shah Tughluq it was later damaged in a 1713 explosion, and restored in 1867.
The city is famous for being the starting point of the 1857 rebellion against Company rule in India.
