An overview of Meerut

An Overview of Meerut District
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.
Cantonment Railway Station
The Cantonment Railway Station. Built around 1865. Twelve years after the 1st train ran from Bombay to Thana. See a picture of the Duke of Connaught arriving at the Cantonment Railway Station.
This picture shows the Duke arriving at the Cantonment Railway Station. In the Black and White old picture you can see the tension in the posture of the British soldiers. And you thought all this dramatics which takes place even today, when ministers arrive and depart was an Indian original. There was nothing much happening in the years after 1857, except for arrivals and departures.

Abu Lane Market


A view of Abu Lane. No number of pictures can give you a feel of being here. This is a city of kings, and most other people on the road, trespassers. The street is owned by the fathers of many of the pedestrians, scooterists, car owners.