Exhibition, Bulandshahr
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| Exhibition, Bulandshahr Numaish, Bulandshahr | |
|---|---|
 Bulandshahr exhibition 2023 | |
| Location(s) | Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh |
| Country | India |
| Inaugurated | 1873 |
| Founder | Willock |
| Website | Official website |
The annual exhibition at Bulandshahr, also known as Numaish ka mela,[1] and Bulandshahr's Numaish,[2] held around Holi,[3] was founded as a horse fair in 1873 in the town of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India, by the British Civil Servant Willock, the then collector of the district.[4][a]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Kuar Lachman Singh lists a H. D. Willock as a collector and magistarte at Bulandshahr from 17 April 1865 to at least 1874.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Saifi". People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. p. 1244. ISBN 81-7304-114-8.
- ^ Sharma, Ramesh Chand (1989). Regional Planning for Social Development. Criterion Publications. p. 151.
- ^ Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Bulandshahr. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1980. p. 91.
- ^ Growse, Frederic Salmon (1884). "1. Bulandshahr". Bulandshahr: Or, Sketches of an Indian District: Social, Historical and Architectural. Benares: Medical Hall Press. p. 19.
- ^ Singh, Kuar Lachman (1874). Historical and Statistical Memoir of Zila Bulandshahar. Allahabad: North-Western Provinces Government Press. pp. 45–52. ISBN 978-3-382-50031-3.
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