2007-08-28 17:48:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
MEERUT is an ancient city located 72 km (44 miles) north-east of New Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Meerut also has one of the major army garrisons/cantonments in this part of the country. Meerut can also refer to the district in which Meerut is located.
Name Etymology
Ravana's wife Mandodari (in Ramayana) hailed from Meerut. The town may have derived its name from "Maya Rashtra", the capital of the kingdom owned by Mandodari's father Mayadanava.
Meerut is famously associated with the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company, when chants of popular Hindi-Urdu slogan "Dilli Chalo" ("Let's march to Delhi!") were first raised here. Meerut cantonment is the place where the rebellion started when Hindu and Muslim soldiers were given rifle cartridges with a coating made of animal fat. The bullet wrapping was to be opened by mouth before use, which affected religious sensibilities of both Muslims and Hindus as the animal coating was alleged to be composed of pork and beef.-
2007-08-29 17:58:43 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meerut is a city in Uttar Pradesh ( India). These days when Kawarias walk down from Rishikesh during July of every year, they say near Meerut the Kawar becomes very heavy and difficult to carry. Some of the kawarias give up or vow never to come again for holy water from Neelkanth above Rishikesh (Haridwar). However they again come every year.
2007-08-29 06:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by sudershan Guddy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meerut is a city in uttar pradesh
2007-08-29 02:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had heard it it a place name i think between rajasthan n delhi .exactly i dont know bcoz i had only heard this name
2007-08-29 01:44:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋