An overview of Meerut

MEERUT is an ancient town , but little literature about it is available . Any information mythical, factual, or in the form of hand down stories even specifically related to your ancestors are welcome.
The Pillar of Ashoka
The delightful Sophia School Auditorium. Completed 2000. The senior school building is in the background . After half a decade of Independence there is a great shortage of good schools in the surrounding region. Schools run by Nuns and Brothers are highly rated not withstanding the objections of the loud minority.
		Sophiya Girls School

		St. Mary's Academy . Affiliated to the Patrician Brothers of Ireland. Spacious grounds. Good Auditorium. Established 1952 Feb 4. By Brother O'Brien , Brother Dunne , Brother Mahoney , Brother Fitz Patrick . Though there are many schools teaching English here, you will rarely hear English spoken in the market place.
St. Mary's Academy

We really have to thank or blame an East India company employee Macaulay for so many English schools. If you have not read Macaulay's plea for teaching English in India . To come back use your browser back button .
St. John's Sr. Sec. School . The oldest English Medium school . Well on the way to recovery. Established in 1882.
		St. John's Sr. Sec. School

Wheler Club
Built 1863 . The still impressive Wheler club . Largely Army crowd. It is a restricted subset of the real thing with a few swear words, overworked to convey a very wide spectrum of meanings. There is a great affinity for much that is Western.


Meerut College

The very impressive Meerut College building. It was established around same time as the Delhi University. That does not mean we did not have an educational system before the British. It was just that it less structured and well defined.
Jama Masjid
This is the Jama Masjid. It is not even possible to take an unobstructed picture of this, as it is surrounded by construction. The mosque was built by Hasan Mahmuddi, a minister of Mahmood Ghaznavi, in 1019 AD (older than the Kutb Minar). That makes it the 1st Masjid in North India ?. (Source Fodor's India Guide or The Lonely Planet). The Gazette for this region says some Buddhist statuettes were found nearby during digging sometime in 1901.