Kundarki

Kundarki
Kundarki
town
	Kundarki Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
	Coordinates: 28°40′59″N 78°47′06″E / 28.683°N 78.785°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Moradabad
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kundarki is a town in the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on the Moradabad–Agra highway, 18 km from the city of Moradabad.

History

The settlement of Kundarki (कुंदारकी) predates the Mughal Empire. Historical records show its existence as early as the 10th century. Much later, in 1363, the explorer Ibn Battuta stayed there briefly.

In 1628, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan named Abdul Razzaq Sahab as Kundarki's shahar qazi, an Islamic judge. One of his descendants, Saeyad Raza Ali, was knighted by the British government and made the agent-general of South Africa. In 1874, Mir Hadi Ali, the grandfather of Sir Saeyad Raza Ali, introduced a railway station in Kundarki.^[1]

Kundarki became a panchayat in 1858 and a "town area" in 1907. In 1960, it was made a community development block, and over the next 30 years, a water system (1962), power station (1976) and police station (1986) were built. In 1994, to reflect the town's development, the government of Uttar Pradesh declared it a nagar panchayat.

A prominent attraction in Kundarki is its miniature Taj Mahal, made by a social worker, Chidda Khansari.

Demographics

Kundarki had a population of 29,951 as of the 2011 Indian census. Of those, 15,863 were male and 14,088 were female.

Political leadership

Mohammad Mehdi Hasan chairman of Kundarki.

Economy

There are no major businesses in Kundarki, but business and money flow in from nearby Moradabad. The town has one petrol pump (Kundarki Filling Station). Prachin Shiv Mandir, The Saadat Mosque & The Qazi Mosque is the main socio-cultural center.

Education

Colleges and universities

Meena Institute of Technology and management
Ambition Coaching center
Imamuddin Turki Memorial Institute of Higher Education
N. Bhushan Institute of Technology^[2]
Majeed Khan Memorial Public School
IQRA Public School
Kundarki Intermediate College
J.L.M. Intermediate College
Evergreen Intermediate College
Government Girls Intermediate College
Kisan Public Inter College
Kisan Public Primary School
Hazrat Ali Memorial Education Society

Public and Montessori schools

Skyline Public School Mohanpur
N. Bhushan Public School
Jwali Ram Inter College Jaitpur Patti
Al-Baru Academy
I.L.M. School
Sheesh Academy
Dayanand Bal Vidya Mandir
Adarsh Bal Vidyalya
Madrasa Ahle Sunnat Abwabul Uloom
Madrasa Islamia Latifia Gulshan e Islam
Madrasa Islamia Basheerul Uloom
Madrasa Islamia Maqsoodul Uloom
Madrasa Islamia Ahle Sunnat Gulshane Mustafa
Madrasa Talimul Quran Kundarki

References

^ Book: Amal Namma by Raza Ali, 1943
^ "N Bhushan Institute of Technology". Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

[1] Book: Amal Namma by Raza Ali, 1943

[2] "N Bhushan Institute of Technology". Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

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