Meerut

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city human settlement

Meerut is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, known as the place where the Indian Rebellion of 1857 first erupted against British colonial rule.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Meerut district 2
Meerut Cantonment 1
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
administrativeStatus municipal corporation ⓘ
areaCodeType telephone code ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
connectedByExpressway Delhi–Meerut Expressway ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countrySubdivision northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India
demographyCharacteristic high urban population density ⓘ
distanceToNewDelhi approximately 70 km ⓘ
governingBody Meerut Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasAirport Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Airstrip (regional) ⓘ
hasMilitaryCantonment Meerut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Meerut Cantonment
hasRailwayStation Meerut Cantt railway station ⓘ
Meerut City railway station ⓘ
hasUniversity Chaudhary Charan Singh University ⓘ
historicalEvent Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
surface form: Outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
historicalSignificance major center of 1857 uprising against British rule ⓘ
knownFor Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
educational institutions ⓘ
musical instruments manufacturing ⓘ
sports goods industry ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor of Meerut ⓘ
locatedBetweenRivers Ganges ⓘ
Yamuna ⓘ
locatedIn Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Meerut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Meerut district

Meerut division ⓘ
locatedNorthEastOf New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
officialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
partOf National Capital Region ⓘ
postalCodeType PIN ⓘ
railwayDivision Northern Railway zone ⓘ
surface form: Delhi division of Northern Railway
railwayZone Northern Railway zone ⓘ
region Doab ⓘ
surface form: Doab region
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
religionMinority Islam ⓘ
sportsCulture cricket ⓘ
hockey ⓘ
sportsGoodsBrandOrigin SG (Sanspareils Greenlands) ⓘ
SS (Sareen Sports) ⓘ
stateCapitalOf none ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode UP-15 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uttar Pradesh → hasMajorCity → Meerut ⓘ
Meerut → hasMilitaryCantonment → Meerut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meerut Cantonment
this entity surface form: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Meerut → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Meerut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meerut district
Doab → majorCity → Meerut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meerut district