GHAZIABAD: New IT hub in the making

The place was founded in 1740 by the Vazir, Ghazi-ud-din, who called it Ghaziuddinnagar after himself and built a spacious sarai consisting of 120 rooms of masonry with pointed arches. Only the gate, a few portions of the boundary wall and a massive pillar about fourteen feet in height remains now, the precincts now being inhabited.

The Jat Raja, Surajmal, killed near the city by the Rohillas in 1763. An encounter between the freedom fighters and a small British force took place here in May, 1857, in which the former were defeated while trying to hold the Hindon. After the opening the railway line the name of the place was shortened to
Ghaziabad.

Before 14th November 1976 Ghaziabad was the Tehsil of District Meerut. The then Chief Minister ND Tiwari declared Ghaziabad as a district on 14th November 1976, on the birth anniversary of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. From then Ghaziabad has moved forward leaps and bounds on the social, economic, agriculture and individual front. As it's boundary is adjacent to Delhi, it acts as the main entrance of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and that is why it is also called the gateway of UP.

The district of Ghaziabad is situated in the middle of Ganga-amuna doab. On the north it is bounded by the district of Meerut, on the south by that of Bulandshahar and Gautambudh Nagar and on the southwest by the national capital Delhi state and on the east by the district Jyotibaphule
Nagar.

The total area of the district (according to census 1991) was 2590.0 sq kms, but after the formation of the new district Gautam Budh Nagar, it becomes 1933.3 sq
kms.

According to the census of 1991 the population of the district is 22,47,434. The density of the population per sq kms is 1,127 and the population is 464.7 percent higher than what it was ninety years ago. 

Ghaziabad is a growing industrial city. Its population having increased from 5,81,886 (in 1901) to 27,03,933 (in 1991) mainly on account of its rapid industrialization and its proximity to Delhi. A large number of persons reside here but carry on their trades in Delhi or are employed there.

In the last twenty years Ghaziabad has expanded more than any other city. Before the formation of Ghaziabad district on 14th November 1976 it was a town of tehsil status of district Meerut but after it became a district it developed very fast and its population too increased in that proportion.

Glancing at the urban population and comparing it with the previous census of the district, it is clear that the rural population has decreased considerably. It seems rapid establishment of new industrial institutions were the main reason for it. Increase in the urban population of Ghaziabad can be attributed to the influx of people to the city for earning their bread and butter and secondly as the residential problem of the Delhi metropolis is increasing, a large number of people are leaving it to settle in the nearby areas. As Ghaziabad is the most suitable place its urban population has increased rapidly.

From the historical cultural, mythological and archeological point of view Ghaziabad is a prosperous city. This has been proved from the research work and excavations done in the district. The excavation carried out at the mound of Kaseri situated on the bank of river Hindon, 2 km north from Mohan Nagar shows that civilization was developed here in 2500 BC.

Garhmukteshwar, which provides salvation to the people and the Pooth village situated on the banks of river Ganga are associated with the Mahabharat period. Nearby is the Ahar region which was supposed to be the capital of Pandava's and Janamejay's Nag yagya site. The Loni fort is associated with Lavanasura of the Ramayana period. As per the Gazetteer the fort was named after Lavanasura (from Lavana it changed to
Loni).

On the eastern border of the district is situated the village 'Kot' which is associated with the famous emperor Samundra Gupta, who performed the Aswamedha yagya here after destroying the fort and 'Kot Kuljam' (princes of the Kot dynasty), which was an incident of great historical importance at that time.

During the region of Sultan Muhammad-bin -Tuglak in 1313, this entire region had become a huge battlefield. Sultan Nasiruddin who was famous for his simplicity and honesty spent his childhood in the Loni fort. The attack of Taimur came on this fort and the human massacre by him are well known references of history. The importance of Loni increased during the Mughal period as the Mughal King used to come here for hunting and pleasure trips. 

It is clear from the recent researches that seven wars were fought in this region. The Kot war in the fourth century was fought at Loni and the war between Taimur and the Indian warriors was fought at Surajpur. The Maratha-Mughal war, the war between the ruler of Bharatpur King Surajmal and Najib on the banks of the Hindon river and the war in 1803 between Sir General Lake and the Royal Maratha army were fought here but the most important war was fought at the banks of river Hindon on 30-31 May, 1857 with the British. This was the first war of independence and it brought Ghaziabad much of its glory.

This land has given birth to many freedom fighters, who played a leading role in the 1949 August revolution and also fought under the guidance of the father of the nation Mahatama Gandhi. This district has also provided its sons, who have sacrificed their life on different frontiers for the defense of the country. Apart from this many villages and sub-urban areas of this district name in store a number of places of fame and glory since the ancient colony of money lenders at Dasna who lent money to the Kings, Muradnagar which was established by Murad Begamabad (presently Modinagar) the famous Maratha General Mahadjin's daughter Balabai's jagir Jalalabad, center of the 1857 revolution Hapur, Royal elephant farm and later Horse farm during the British period at Babugarh etc are famous historical places of this area which occupy a dignified place in the history of this district.

The district Ghaziabad, a growing industrial city, has an important place in industrial development in Uttar Pradesh. Industries are divided into three categorized depending upon production, employment and turnover- small scale industries, medium scale industries, large scale / heavy industries. 

Major buyers

• Delhi Floor Mill Company
• Simbhawli Sugar Mill
• Amrit Protiens Food Limited
• Modi Sugar Works 
• Bhawani Roller Floor Mill
• Reliance Foods & Protiens Pvt Ltd 
• Maheshwari Floor Mill Pvt Ltd 
• MKR Frozen Foods exports Pvt Ltd 
• Excellasia Foods Ltd 
• Moon Braweraj Ltd (Unit-2)
• Coolage Pvt Ltd
• International Tobacco Company Ltd 
• Mohan Mikins Ltd
• Hamdard (Waks) Lab
• Hindustan Coca-Cola Botteling North-West Pvt Ltd
• Alps Textiles Pvt Ltd
• Viniyoga Clothes Ltd 
• DCM Shri Ram Industries Ltd
• Hindon River Mills 
• Chamopul Tissue Ltd
• Sidhu Mal Paper Conversion Company Ltd
• ECE Pvt Ltd
• Kailash Structural Pvt Ltd
• Diwan Rubber Reclan Pvt Ltd
• Pioneer Poly Febe Ltd

Major resellers

Sunil Goel

Ace Hardware Pvt Ltd

KD-51/A

Kavi Nagar

Ghaziabad

Dileep KR Mishra

ASPL 86 Prakash Indl Estate

Giani Border

Ghaziabad

Shishir Agarwal

ASRG International

92 Navyug Market

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4790440

Fax: 4791264

E-mail: asrg@mantraonline.com

Sanjay

Automated Business Machines

7 Old Arya Nagar

Ghaziabad

Pradeep Kumar Tuteja

Multitech Data Care

260/10, Sector-16

Vasundhara

Sahibabad

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4882296/9811116014

Fax: 4882296

E-mail: pktmd@email.com

Saral Computer Systems

KD-25/16

Kavi Nagar-2

Ghaziabad

Vineet Loiwal

Times Computers

120, New Gandhi Nagar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 8-756807 / 722969 / 754851

Naveen K Singhal

Harmonic IT Solutions

R4/93, Raj Nagar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 91-4713776

Fax: 91-4751934

E-mail: harmonic@vsnl.com

Simple Computers Management Systems

III-N/6/1, Chaudhary Morh

Ambedkar Road

Ghaziabad

Tel: 723044

Fax: 782682

Vijay K Bhamba

Computer Ghar

201 Shiva Tower

GT Road

Ghaziabad

Tel: 716316-2859

Fax: 716316 712839

E-mail: cghar@satyam.net.in

Jitendra Gandhi

Gemini Infotech Pvt Ltd

128, Sector 5

Rachna, Vaishali

Ghaziabad

Tel: 775155

E-mail: gkgandhi@manteaonline.com

Ravindra Kr Jain

Webtech Systems

38, First Floor

Palika Bazar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 91 4782171

Fax: 91 4750381

E-mail: webtech-s@satyamonline.com

Kumud Raghav

Raghav Computers

VI H 63, Duplex Sector V

Rajender Nagar Sahibabad

Ghaziabad

Tel: 2168332

Pramod Dyal

Computron Systems

R-9/20, New Rajnagar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 719418 0

Fax: 724599

E-mail: computron56@hotmail.com

Rajeev Singhal

Technosoft Computer Services

KE-86, Kavi Nagar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4717842

Fax: 4756250

E-mail: rajeev_tcs@yahoo.com

Dileep Mishra

Compuvision

10/185, Ansal's Chiranjeev Vihar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 759551

E-mail: dileepm@hotmail.com

Arun Singh

Comnet Computers & Peripherals

111, First Floor

Devika Chamber

Raj Nagar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4758018

E-mail: siddharthchandra@hotmail.com

Amit Kumar Varshney

RK Software Solutions

II B/159, Nehru Nagar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4794326

E-mail: rk@solution.com

Anshu Bhartiya

Systematics Technosoft Pvt Ltd

SA 46, Shastri Nagar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4717802

Fax: 4781763

E-mail: b.anshu@vsnl.net

CCES Tech Pvt Ltd

B-9 Surya Nagar

Opp Vivek Vihar

Ghaziabad

Alok Saxena

Sai Narayana Computers

III-N-42, Second Floor

Nehru Nagar

Ambekar Road

Ghaziabad

Arun K Kakkar

Nutek Computers

4, First Floor

Galaxy Hotel & Banquets Building

B-3 Ambedkar Road

Ghaziabad

Himmat Singh

HD Electronics

KK - 14, Kavi Nagar

Ghaziabad

Rajan Maheshware

Hitech Computer Services

K-32, Niti Nagar

Sector-23

Ghaziabad

Pankaj Farg

C-253 Lohia Nagar

Ghaziabad

E-mail: p_k_garg@niaiwmetoday.com

Jaswinder Singh Brar

GMC Comp Pvt Ltd

B 82 A, Lajpat Nagar

Sahibabad

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4634083

E-mail: jassi20@rediffmail.com

Anurag Varshney

RK Software Solutions

II B/159 Nehru Nagar

Behind Vasant Cinema

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4794326

E-mail: rksolutions@yahoo.com

Pradeep Kr Tuteja

Multitech Data Care

260/10, Sector 10

Vasundhara

Sahibabad

Ghaziabad

Tel: 120-4882296 / 9811116014

Fax: 120-4882296

E-mail: pktmd@email.com

Deepak Kashyap

Krishna Softech Solutions

R-6/168 Rajnagar

Ghaziabad

Computronics Intnl

B-9 Opp Vivek Vihar

Surya Nagar

Ghaziabad

Prime Info Technology

153, Main Chanderpuri Road

Ghaziabad 

Siva Automation Engineers

KD-55, Kavi Nagar

Ghaziabad

Harsh Nath Jha

Base Computes

II K - 30

Nehru Nagar

Ghaziabad

Professional Computer Service

11 Rakesh Marg

Ghaziabad

MM Entrps

R-11/69 Raj Nagar-2

Ghaziabad

Allen Bradley India Ltd

C-11 Industrial Area

Site IV

Sahibabad

Ghaziabad

Computeronics

B 9 Surya Nagar

Ghaziabad

Rajiv Kalia

Computer Ghar

Shiv Tower

GT Road

Ghaziabad

VS Rao

Computers Today

R 11/177

Raj Nagar

Ghaziabad

LN Singhal

21ST Century Corporation

SE-106, Shastri Nagar

Ghaziabad

Suresh Garg

Aadhar Computech Pvt Ltd

2177, GT Road

Near Clock Tower

Ghaziabad

Tel: 3862455

DHEERAJ

Parity Computers

113/6 First Floor

Navyug Mkt

Ghaziabad

Rakesh Singhal

KC-103, Kavi Nagar

Ghaziabad

Ganesh Bhatnagar

ASRG International

92, Navyug Market

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4791264

Sachin Mittal

JM Distributors

F-6, Yatendra Shopping Complex

½ Mukund Nagar, Hapur Road

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4732910

Fax: 4732910

R Gogia

Sun Systems / Computer Pack

IIIRD N/31, Ambedkar Nagar

Opp Turab Nagar

Ghaziabad

Tel: 4718035