The city of Aligarh is the administrative headquarters for Aligarh Division, Aligarh district and Aligarh Police Range, in the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and 126 miles (291 km) north-west of Kanpur. It is notable for being the seat of Aligarh Muslim University, and for its local lock industry. Aligarh is located approximately 90 miles (140 km) south-east of the capital city of New Delhi
How to Reach
Aligarh is on well connected railway line from national Capital Delhi. One can get trains almost at a frequency of an hour after afternoon.
See
- Aligarh Muslim University Campus
- Naqvi Park
- Old Fort
- Our Lady Of Fatima
- Manglayatan temple
Buy
Aligarh is famous for its lock industry and one can spend some time buying and searching some new and attractive lock models in the local city market
Traditional Indian clothes
Quite clumsy and lack parking space but you can find practically anything of daily use and industrial purpose in this market
Eat
Being in the nawabi state of Uttar Pradesh you can find some really good non-veg dishes out here at very reasonable price. The major restaurants are in center point location which is considered as posh market of Aligarh. Meizbaan, Mughal Kareem, etc. But if you want to explore the local taste go for various road side dhabas such as near Tasveer mahal and purani chungi area. And you can food almost round the clock in rasal ganj area of aligarh.
Reproduced from Wikipedia