Meerut

Meerut, or more correctly MERATH, a town, district, and division in the North-western Provinces of British India. The town lies 40 miles NE. of Delhi, about half-way between the Ganges and the Jumna. Its most important edifice is the English church, with a fine spire and an excellent organ. There are also several ruins of native edifices. Here in 1857 the great mutiny broke out (see INDIA, p. 119). Pop. (1881) 99,565; (1891) 119,390, of whom 40,000 were in the cantonment. The district has an area of 2370 sq. m., pop. 1,391,458; the division, 11,326 sq. m., pop. 4,834,064.