Aligarh

Aligarh (sometimes Allygurh), a fort in the district of the same name in the North-west Provinces of India. It lies on the road and railway between Agra and Delhi, 55 miles N. of the former place. It was stormed by the British in 1803, being then the principal depot of the French general acting for Sindhia. Ten days after the outbreak at Meerut in 1857, the native troops in garrison mutinied; and the loss of the place almost cut off the communications between the south-east and the north-west. The fort and civil station of Aligarh, along with the prosperous native city of Koil, form a municipality called Aligarh, with a pop. of 60,000, of whom 40,000 are Hindus. The district of Aligarh has an area of 1952 sq. m.; pop. (1891) 1,043,172.