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History of Bulandshahr

Bulandshahr is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India that has a long history dating back to before 1200 BCE. According to local legends, King Ahivarn founded a fort and tower called Baran in the region, giving the city its name which translates to "high city" in Persian. In 1192 CE, Qutubbudin conquered the fort and displaced the ruling Baranwal community. Today, remnants of the region's ancient past can still be found, but modern Bulandshahr lacks monuments to its early history and King Ahivarn is largely forgotten except by the local Baranwal community.

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History of Bulandshahr

Bulandshahr is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India that has a long history dating back to before 1200 BCE. According to local legends, King Ahivarn founded a fort and tower called Baran in the region, giving the city its name which translates to "high city" in Persian. In 1192 CE, Qutubbudin conquered the fort and displaced the ruling Baranwal community. Today, remnants of the region's ancient past can still be found, but modern Bulandshahr lacks monuments to its early history and King Ahivarn is largely forgotten except by the local Baranwal community.

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HISTORY OF BULANDSHAHR

Written ByVibhu Mittal

INTRODUCTION
Bulandshahr is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr District. According to Government of India, the district Bulendshahr is one of the Minority Concentrated District in India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.

History
The history of Bulandshahr begins even before 1200 BCE. This region is close to the capital of the Pandavas - Indraprasatha and Hastinapur. After the decline of Hastinapur, Ahar, which is situated in the north-east of Bulandshahr District, became an important place for the Pandavas. Later the king Parma made a fort in this part of the region and a king named Ahibaran laid the foundation of a tower called Baran (sahar). Since it was perched on a highland it came to be known as "high city", which translates as Bulandshahr in Persian language. King Ahivarn or Ahibaran was a Kshatriya and a Suryavanshi (lineage of the Sun). He was the 21st descendant of Samrath (Emperor) Mandhata, the ruler of Ayodhya. As per Mahalakshmi Vrat Katha, it is under Emperor Mandhata lineage that at one stage son of King Vallabh, Agrasen was born and at another stage son of King Parmaal, Ahivarn was born; both of whom further started their own clans: Agrawal (or Agarwal) and Varnwal (or Barnwal).

As per an old treatise on Indian Caste system, 'Jati Bhaskar', it is understood that Samrath Mandhata had two sons, Gunadhi and Mohan. King Parmaal was the descendant of King Gunadhi while King Vallabh was the descendant of King Mohan. In 1192 CE when Muhammad Ghauri conquered parts of India, his Senapati (Military commander) Qutubbudin surrounded Fort Barn and, with the help of traitors, was able to kill King Chandrasen Dor and in the process take control of the Barn kingdom. After the fall of Barn-sahar, the Baranwal community lost leadership and direction and in the process scattered to different parts of India, mostly to the Gangetic plains of India, and started living under the various family names of Lala, Modi, Goyal, Bakshi, Choudhary, Patwari, Gupta's, Parsariya, Simriya, Nagar, Arya, Shah. At present the Barnwal population is around half a million. They are mostly spread in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal along with a sprinkled presence in Rajasthan, MP and Maharastra and the neighboring Kingdom of Nepal. Some of them have spread globally and settled down in UK and USA.

The ancient ruins found at places in Bhatora Veerpur, Ghalibpur, etc. are indicative of the antiquity of Bulandshahr. There are several other important places in the District from where statues belonging to the medieval age and objects of ancient temples have been found. Even today, several of these historical and ancient objects such as coins, inscriptions etc. are preserved in the Lucknow State Museum. Moreover, according to the Hindu mythology the pandavas had an encounter with prajapati daksh, father-in-law of Hindu lord Shiva; the place of their conversation, a pond, was in Bulandshahr in Bhuteshwar Mandir, which has been ruined now and the pond has been demolished by the encroachment and so the part of the history. There is a place called Uppar Kot which is believed to be the Fort of Raja Ahibarna and the Old Baran was limited to this place only. Now in this new city called Bulandshahr, there is not even a single statue of Raja Ahibaran; in fact, no one in new generation knows him and the history. Baranwal community living in this town has old imaginary photograph of Raja and they celebrate Raja Ahibaran's Birth day on 25 December every year. in which a small Hawan is performed by the community people and Prashad is distributed.

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