Nagina

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For the Pakistani textile group, see Nagina Group.

Nagina is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Handicrafts
4 Demographics
5 References

History

The Ain-e-Akbari mentions the city as the headquarters of Nagina mahal or pargana ^[1]. During the British period, it remained the headquarters of the Nagina Tahsil, Bijnor district in the United Province, and from 1817-1824, it was the headquarters of newly formed Northern Moradabad district ^[1]. In 1901, the Nagina Tehsil, had 464 villages and two towns, Nagina, with a population of 21,412, and Afzalgarh, with a population of 6,474 ^[1].

The rise of Rohilla power in the area was marked by a 18th century fort, which was later used as tahsili or tehsil offices. In 1805, the city of sacked by the Pindaris under Amir Khan^[1].

As part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Nagina was the site of a battle between the Nawab of Najibabad and the British ending the the defeat of the Nawab on April 21, 1858 ^[2], following which the British established their authority in Bijnor, later Nagina became a municipality in 1886 ^[2].

Geography

Nagina is located at 29°27′N 78°27′E / 29.45, 78.45^[3]. It has an average elevation of 222 metres (728 feet).

Handicrafts

Nagina is famous for its Wooden handicrafts, especially ebony work. Nagina is the Wood Crafts City. Mohalla Luhari Sarai, is capital of Nagina and born the wood crafts from Luhari Sarai. Near about 50000 artisans are working of wooden carving and other wooden handicrafts items manufacturing.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[4], Nagina had a population of 71,310. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Nagina has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 44%. In Nagina, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.