Anupshahr

Anupshahr is a city and municipal board in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on the right bank of the river Ganga and close to the city of Bulandshahr. It is also known as Chotti Kashi, or Little Kashi, and its many ghats draw people from far afield to bathe in the Ganga at festivals. According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India it was founded by Raja Anup Singh Badgujar, a Rajput of the Bargujar clan who was given the area by the Mughal emperor Jahangir after helping to kill a lion that attacked him; the foundation is dated between 1605 and 1628, and the town is named after him. In the 18th century it became an important garrison on the western edge of the Nawabi of Oudh, and in 1857 it saw incidents against British rule. Today the town has a postgraduate degree college, a CBSE affiliated senior school, Jaypee University, and the Pardada Pardadi Educational Society, a non-profit working for the education and empowerment of girls and women.