Nagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
History
Nagina is the word for "Jewel", it was named by Syed's who received this place as jagir by the Mughals. Syed Ghalib Ali received this place as Jagir and he founded the city by building Nagina Mahal or Bara Mahal. The Ain-e-Akbari mentions the city as the headquarter of Nagina mahal[(Bara Mahal)currently located at Mohalla-SyedWara Nagina] or pargana. During British period, it remained the headquarter of Nagina Tahsil, Bijnor district, in the United Province; and from 1817–1824, it was the headquarter of newly formed Northern Moradabad district. In 1901, the Nagina Tehsil had 464 villages and two towns: Nagina, with a population of 21,412, and Afzalgarh, with a population of 6,474.
Rise of Rohilla power in the area was marked by an 18th century fort, which was later used as tahsili or tehsil offices. In 1805, the city was sacked by the Pashtuns under Muhammad Amir Khan.
As a part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Nagina was the site of battle between the Nawab of Najibabad and the British, ending in the defeat of the Nawab on April 21, 1858, following which British established their authority in Bijnor, and later, in 1886, Nagina became a municipality.
The population of Nagina has been a good mix of Hindus and Muslims who have been living mostly in peace and harmony with good relations.
A famous poet Khurrum Shahzad Noor was born here.
Nagina Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, as a part of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.
Agriculture Center (Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nagina)
It was established in 1995 to help farmers in crop production, animal husbandry, fisheries, etc. They train the farmers and demonstrate new technologies to raise crops.The mandate of KVK is spreading knowledge and teaching skills to improve the productivity and profitability of the farming.
Geography
Nagina is located has an average elevation of 282 metres (925 ft). It has good quality of Water Supply. The production of Mangoes, Sugarcane etc is very high and is exported to many countries of the world.