Pindrawal is a town is Bulandshahr district

Bulandshahr District

Bulandshahar District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Bulandshahr city is the district headquarters.-Geography:...

 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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, India

India

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Rohilkhand

Rohilkhand

Rohilkhand is a region of northwestern Uttar Pradesh state of India.Rohilkhand lies on the upper Ganges alluvial plain and has an area of about 25,000 km²/10,000 square miles...

 railway station is about 4 km away from Pindrawal.

History

"Pindrawal" was a zamindari during British India belonging to dynasty of Lalkhani

Lalkhani

The Lalkhani are a Muslim Rajput community, found in North India. They are a sub-division of the Bargujar clan of Rajputs. The community is found mainly in the districts of Aligarh and Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. They are found in Dataganj and Gunnaur tehsils of Badaun District...

 Badgujar, Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 Rajput

Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

 community.

Pindrawal was established in 12th century AD by Rawal of Meo

Meo

Mayo or Meo or Mewati is a prominent Muslim Rajput tribe from North-Western India. A considerable number of Meos migrated to Pakistan after independence in 1947 and now they are estimated to be over 12 million. In Pakistan, Meos have lost their distinct group identity and cultural traditions and...

 tribe. Later during Mughal period Syed Bakir Ali Khan received 24 villages out of total 88 villages Pindrawal estate.

Pindrawal gets its name from words Pind meaning a hill and Rawal meaning Rao

Rao

Rao or RAO may refer to:* Rao, an Indian princely title cognate with raja* Rao , a common royal surname , and male given name**Rao , Chinese family name...

, thus translated to Rao of Pind.

Among archeological interest, Pindrawal grey ware red ware of the Sunga-Kushan period and medieval era have been found.

Nawabs of Pindrawal

• Raja Syed Baqar Ali, Khan Bahadur, C.I.E.
• Raja Mohammad Kazim Ali Khan
• Raja Ahmad Ali Khan

Raja Babaqar Ali Khan donated a substantial amount of money to build MAO College

MAO College

MAO College was founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the leader of Muslim renaissance in Indian subcontinent, in 1875 at Aligarh. This later became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920....

, Aligarh.He also built and donated Bulandshahr Town Hall.