Umri Kalan



Umri Kalan is a town in the Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in Northern India.

History
The name Umri Kalan is derived from the name of Caliph Umar. "Kalan" means big. Before 1757, when the British East India Company Rule was instituted, the official name was Umari Kalan Ganj Faridi.

In 1265, the Sufi saint Fariduddin Ganjshakar and his nephew Sabir Kaliyari stayed in Umri Kalan. They left two of their disciples there, working towards the Sufism mission.

The Gate of Umri Kalan was named Shaikh-ul-Hadees Syed Maulana Fakhr-ul-Hasan Gate, after Syed Maulana Fakhrul Hasan who was born in 1905 (A H 1323), at Umri Kalan.

The gate was built in 2006 by Syed Nasir Ali, a two-time winner of chairmanship of Umri Kalan district moradabad. He is recognised by shree Mayawati behen (former Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh) for his development in Umri Kalan in road structure and drainage.

In the late 1960s, he Syed Maulana Fakhrul Hasan held a high office at the Darul Uloom Deoband.

Town Umri Kalan Muslim Population 99.5 percent and Hndu Population 0.5 percent.

Umri Kalan 's First Flight Attendant is SHAHRUKH KHAN From Mohallah Thekedaran. He is Flying in Air India as Cabin Crew Since 2014.

Umri Kalan's First Mobile Application Developer is hyder zubedi From Mohalla fared ganj. He is working in National Informatics Center (NIC) Moradabad as Mobile Application Developer since 2020.