Najibabad is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has a railway junction and is one of the administrative blocks of the Bijnor district. It is well connected to all major cities of Uttar Pradesh andUttarakhand via national highway #119 and #74 respectively.
Najibabad also has an All India Radio station. The town is an important trade center for timber, sugar and grain. There are manufacturing units that deal with metal, shoes, blankets and cotton. Mansarovar Bottling Company Ltd, the second biggest bottler of Coca Cola (previously known as Thumps-Up factory),is also located in Najibabad. The Company was previously owned by Agarwal Family, which currently resides at Chandra House, Station Road. Now the factory is operated by Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia USA). And, the family has ventured into Kathha manufacturing (their family Business), furniture manufacturing and petrochemicals trading etc.
Patthargarh fort outside Najibabad, built byNajib-ud-Daula in 1755. 1814-15 painting.
A silver ashrafiissued by Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, (Nawab of Awadh) from the Najibabad mint in AH 1211 (1796/7), regnal year 38
The Najibabad town was found by Najib-ud-Daula, a Rohilla chief in the mid-18th century, who also built Pathargarh Fort on its outskirts, using stone from a much older, Mordhaj Fort in the area [3] During the British period, this fort was used by noted dacoit, Sultana Daku as a shelter [4].
In 1901, Najibabad had a population of 19,568. Even today, several architectural remains of Rohilla magnificence can be found within the city [5].
Najibabad has five sites, protected by the Archaeological Survey of India [6]:
Cemetery of Nawab Najib-ud-Daula
Pathargarh Fort
Portion of the old Palace
Tomb of Nawab Najib-ud-Daula
Mordhaj also known as Munawar Jar with lofty mound
Hospitals
one of the oldest nursing homes in Najibabad is Prabhakar Nursing Home, which is managed by Dr. Rajesh Prabhakar(MD,Senior Radiologist and director of the hospital) and Dr.Suman prabhakar(Gyanecologist and obstetrcian) .It is currently the best hospital in town(?quotaion needed). The hospital is well equipped with Ultrasounds,X-Rays,Labs,Labour room, Operation Theatre. Dr.Suman Prabhakar is the current president of IMA Nazibabad
Educational institutes
The main institutes of the city are:
RRMPS,Dwarikesh Nagar
Uptech Computer Centre,Super Market, Najibabad
St Mary's high school.
Modern public school(samipur)
M.D.S. Inter college is one of the most reputated college of District.It has its own Primary school as well.
Vikas Children Academy, Adarsh Nagar
G.I.C. Najibabad.
A.R.N. Kela Inter college.
M.G.M. Inter college.
Qasmya girls Inter College.
Qasmya Inter college.
Shri Guru Ram Rai Public School.
Muslim College Jalalabad.
Rama Jain Collage
North India Institute of Technology
Sahu Jain College