Ajrara (Tahsil Hapur)

Location

This village lies on the left bank of the Kali Nadi in Lat. 280 50' North and Long. 770 49' East, about 13 Kms north of Hapur and 7 Kms east of Kharkhauda which is both a Govt. Roadways Bus Station(on the Meerut-Hapur route) and a Railway Station (on the Meerut-Khurja line).

The place is said to have been the seat of Hindu monarchy begore the advent of the Muslims. The name owes its origin to a Yogi named Ajaipal who built a thakurdwara (temple) here and called it Ajaipara, the present name Ajrarabeing its corrupt form. Khwaja Basant Khan, who got the viilage in Jagir in the time of Muhammad Shah, built a fort here which was razed to the ground by the Marathas in 1794 when Fateh Ali Khan rebelled.